Destination: Thailand

First taste of Thailand

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 | By lucyandtim | Views [1051] | Comments [1]

After what felt like a very brief couple of weeks in Laos, we found ourselves boarding the slow boat to Thailand. With Chiang Mai in our sights we set off on what was to be an incredibly long two days up the Mekong to pastures new. It turns out that ... Read more >

Photos: Bangkok and the South

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 | By lucyandtim | Photo Gallery

First day

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 | By mysengsa | Views [434]

Here we go, we start the trek with a small group of 7 people: Laura, me and  4 girls coming from differents country as England, Wales Holland and Ireland, with a very sympatic english guide Bassa called scrubs (why? this will be told later). We jumped ... Read more >

Tags: stray, sukhothai, tom yum pass

Primeras impresiones de Bangkok

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 | By montserratina | Views [349]

Wowwwww ja estic aquí!!!! Despuès de un plácido y corto vuelo (no es ironía...) ya estoy en la capital tailandesa. La primera impresión es buena. Nada que ver con India. Aeropuerto bonito, los trenes van con unas monedas de plástico como en el tiovivo, ... Read more >

Photos: Northern Thailand

Sat, 4 Aug 2012 | By lucyandtim | Photo Gallery

Preparando el viaje

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 | By montserratina | Views [439] | Comments [3]

Lo que parecía ser muy lejano se está acercando cada día más, a poco más de una semana antes de iniciar el viaje empiezo a pensar dónde me gustaría ir y voy mirando dónde reservar la primera noche en Bangkok, evidentmente en la zona de Khao San Road, ... Read more >

Tags: preparando el viaje

Photos: Thailand

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 | By haberci | Photo Gallery

Bangkok 4

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 | By emily_b | Views [531]

Woke up late and caught the sky train to the MBK mall with our Scottish roomy. The mall was several stories high, absolutely massive!! We had a local feed of burger king haha. We only looked around one floor which had a huge market on it as we ran out ... Read more >

Bangkok 3

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 | By emily_b | Views [595] | Comments [2]

Note to self: never laugh at anyone's mosquito bite misfortune (especially jess'), it will literally come back to bite you- in my case twice on the nose!!! I have a swollen nose which looks like I have a giant boil on the end of it. I can’... Read more >

Photos: bangkok

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 | By emily_b | Photo Gallery

Bangkok 2

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 | By emily_b | Views [510] | Comments [1]

I can’t believe the smell here...it takes your breath away. Every time you walk past a drain it just hits you. The worst was when we turned a corner and there was a fish restaurant and they had these weird looking fish in an ... Read more >

Bangkok

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 | By emily_b | Views [635]

 W e flew out of Christchurch on Monday into Sydney airport to transfer onto our Bangkok flight. When we got to the airport we asked at customs where we needed to go and this Aussie customs officer told us to turn left and head down the hall. We ... Read more >

One afternoon in Bangkok

Sat, 7 Jul 2012 | By meanieb | Views [560]

Its 5pm local time and have just arisen from a delicious 4-5 hours leep back at the Convenient Hotel where I was, it seems so long ago.  What a good choice, although it took me two hours at the airport to realise that firstly the 'day room' is only available ... Read more >

Ladyboys and Beaches

Mon, 2 Jul 2012 | By ca-ra-mont-star | Views [632]

There is always that amazing height of anticipation before you leave on an unknown adventure. Be it to an elusive foreign country or a visit to the doctor or dentist. I find that first step intimidating. The plane..... I must say, every plane trip ... Read more >

Photos: Phuket

Sun, 1 Jul 2012 | By jaynem | Photo Gallery