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Bangkok

Fri, 2 Nov 2007 | By mattjarvis | Views [960] | Comments [2]

Arrived in Bangkok after a comfortable flight at 10:00pm thai time 29C outside got a nice room with air-con, toilet and shower. The travel books recommed against the tuk-tuks but they are the most fun and if you hard on them you get taken all over the ... Read more >

Tags: Markets

English workshop in Bangkok

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 | By becci_hodge | Views [937]

How about a weekend workshop for Language B in Bangkok? Professional development takes on a different meaning in Asia and of course, I leapt at the chance! Inspite of a few worries about travelling alone, I arrived by midday and quickly took a taxi ... Read more >

Cambodia; another show of the gruesome 21st century

Sat, 14 Jul 2007 | By becci_m | Views [877]

This is just a short one, as i dont want people to think that i have become obssessed with internet entrys! As planned, we dashed out of Vietnam ( Saignon was actually, to give it its due, pretty nice)and into Cambodia. No problems what so ever in crossing ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

31 October: Chiang Mai. Of Khao Soi, Massage, and Markets

Tue, 31 Oct 2017 | By gatornav | Views [602] | Comments [1]

Happy Halloween! Another day of transition for us as we leave beautiful Phuket for the northern charm of Chiang Mai. We were so fortunate that the weather cooperated for us in Phuket. The rains held off on our boat tour to James Bond ... Read more >

Tags: chiang mai, khao soi, massage, night market, thailand

Morodok Thai Guesthouse

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 | By a_hayes11 | Views [530]

Last night turned into a gong show, after dinner we ended up partying in the lounge at Morodok Thai with a guy named Tyler from Vancouver, Peter from South Africa, Som Sri who is a wonderful lady that works at the guesthouse and Gina who owns it. She ... Read more >

Tags: eating and massages, more temples

The Islands are Getting the Best of Me!

Thu, 3 Sep 2015 | By tess311 | Views [389] | Comments [1]

Sorry, I know it’s been a while. I have not had good Wi-Fi since I left Koh Samui over a week ago. I have also been very busy and haven’t had a lot of time to myself. After I left Koh Samui, I took a ferry to ... Read more >

First few days-Khosan Road/Bangkok

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 | By mudchild_11 | Views [309]

Hey all, Im here in Bangkok!! Got a taxi from the airport and there was torrential rain and it was so grey. Got a bit nervous when the driver started driving with no hands so he could show me his cuddly toy. Haha he taught me Thai the whole journey ... Read more >

The brown-limbed boy of Pai

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By | Views [272] | Scholarship Entry

Pai is blistering at this time of day – so hot even the lizards are keeping their tails curled into the shadows to avoid any glare of sunlight. Sensible creatures, I think. Earlier I made the mistake of leaning against the metal skeleton of this rickety ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship

paradise lost

Fri, 2 May 2014 | By | Views [199] | Scholarship Entry

remember our final year class trip to Thailand. My friend Mike and I were watching the sun come up over Koh Phangan from the sea, a tropical island paradise and home to the famous full moon party. We were floating there in the early hours of the morning ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip

Beyond Chinatown’s Veneer

Thu, 15 May 2014 | By | Views [192] | Scholarship Entry

For all the breadth and depth of China, Chinatown always seems to manifest as the same soulless artifice of neon-lit profiteering everywhere I’ve been in the world. In spite of my past experiences, however, I ventured to Bangkok’s Chinatown, Yaowarat, ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip

The temple full of creatures

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By | Views [173] | Scholarship Entry

Rainy season had ended, leaving Khon Kaen in Thailand’s North East sweltering with a heavy dampness. I was doing an elective from Melbourne, a vital part of my Physiotherapy degree where I worked long days in desperately poor community health centres, ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship

Roti in the Morning

Tue, 13 May 2014 | By | Views [153] | Scholarship Entry

I haven’t tasted roti like that first time. I kept staring at the one shoe, a baby’s shoe, lying half-submerged on the beach. Beside me, fried oil escaped in clouds from underneath the roof, an aluminum sheet balanced across two uneven beams. The packed ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip