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What a Wonderful World.......27th May 2011, Bangkok, Thailand travel blog

What a Wonderful World.......27th May 2011

A travel blog entry by samphilpott

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In the words of Lennon and McCartney it’s been a 'long and winding road’ I’ve travelled since stepping foot in the ancient Inca capital of Cusco, Peru back in September 2010. I have travelled thousands of miles across 5 continents, ...

Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand travel blog

Bangkok

A travel blog entry by ieeworldvoyage

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... one thing since we have arrived here: the Thai people are so friendly and smiling...they even often say “Welcome to Thailand!” to us... a difference from Malaysia, where we thought a lot of people were rather stern. Hope your New year has ...

Gulf of Thailand, Pattaya, Thailand travel blog

Gulf of Thailand

A travel blog entry by eric

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... ; If there's a good reason for a trip to end, it's for a reprieve from the weather. Pattaya is located along the Gulf of Thailand, along the eastern coast.  The area was untouched by the tsunami.  The tides were only a foot tall at most.  ...

Ko Phangan: 'Rain' Bow Bungalows!, Ko Phangan, Thailand travel blog

Ko Phangan: 'Rain' Bow Bungalows!

A travel blog entry by bowney

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Well we arrived in Koh Phangan....and it rained!!! It was raining so bad, with thunder and lightning, that our Half Moon Party night was called off.......I WAS DEVASTATED!!!!! At least our luxury beach bungalow at was nice though!! With the rain ...

Day 88, Pt.1: The Aftermath, Ko Phangan, Thailand travel blog

Day 88, Pt.1: The Aftermath

A travel blog entry by sirrocko711

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I woke up drenched, shirtless in the sand, having deployed said shirt as a makeshift pillow and splattered with Unknown Liquid at some point while I slept. Not slept actually, half-hearted nap is more like it. I looked around, Jeff was nowhere to be ...

On the road again, Chiang Rai to Chiang Mai, Thailand travel blog

On the road again

A travel blog entry by coryandlaura

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... temples in Thailand. The entire white structure is covered in carved Buddhist art and small pieces of mirrored glass. Thailand had a quickly growing population so they were looking for some sort of population control. The Population and ...

Thai Time..., Koh lipe, Thailand travel blog

Thai Time...

A travel blog entry by elizacass

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... walks and afternoons on the beach. Last night we went out for a seafood barbecue which is really popular on all the Thailand Islands, every restaurant displaying there daily catches in front in a boat display usually with the fish surrounded in ice, you ...

Messing about on the river, Bangkok, Thailand travel blog

Messing about on the river

A travel blog entry by fyrelizard

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After spending all day in bed yesterday, suffering from a peanut-induced stomach upset, I dragged myself out of my nice air conditioned hotel room to explore the sticky steets of Bangkok. This time, I was determined to avoid tuk tuks and was armed with a ...

Chiang Mai - Up North, Chiang Mai, Thailand travel blog

Chiang Mai - Up North

A travel blog entry by stephen.j.booth

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... ( a sunday) was spent wandering around the weekend market which has brilliant food and craft stalls. This is how I expected Chiang Mai to be, charming and interesting. I guess nowhere in Thailand can escape the inevitable effects of mass tourism. ...

A week of rest, Koh Samui, Thailand travel blog

A week of rest

A travel blog entry by jackie_n_james

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After getting our diving certificate and celebrating x-mas on Koh Tao we said by to our friends Thomas and Louise and got back on the ferry for a horrible ride to Koh Samui. We had to first stop at Koh Phangan, switch boats and then ride onto Koh Samui. ...

In Search of the Lucky Buddha, Bangkok, Thailand travel blog

In Search of the Lucky Buddha

A travel blog entry by coryandlaura

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... . The view from here is breathtaking. Between the decorative roofs of the Temples are the homes of the working class of Thailand. The differences between the opulence and simplicity is extreme.  In search of the Golden Buddha we came back down ...

In good news, I hear it cures skin diseases...., Ko Lanta, Thailand travel blog

In good news, I hear it cures skin diseases....

A travel blog entry by smartandsassy

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... by 5 or 6 ladyboys (I lost count but for the record, if I ever decide to get breast implants I’m getting them in Thailand) and saw more ladyboy vagina than I ever thought possible- I can say, having seen it myself, that many of the ladyboys have ...

Learning lessons the hard way, Phuket, Thailand travel blog

Learning lessons the hard way

A travel blog entry by smartandsassy

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... online.  And yet, these companies are still running and people just don’t know about these scams before they get to Thailand. I’m thinking I am going to make it a personal mission to get the word out as much as possible.  I also ...

Lamai Beach, Ko Samui, Thailand travel blog

Lamai Beach

A travel blog entry by bowney

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... we had to buy and extension. Bad news from immigration.....they can only extend visas for 7 days....so we have had to cut our Thailand trip short by 2 days. So we are going to have about a week in Singapore....could be worse hey! Still feeling guilty I ...

Bars, Beaches, Buddhas & Ladyboys - 6 May - 21 May, Phuket, Thailand travel blog

Bars, Beaches, Buddhas & Ladyboys - 6 May - 21 May

A travel blog entry by samphilpott

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... concentrating on the southern part, the north part is undeveloped…but for how long I wonder. I must admit before coming to Thailand I never realised Phuket was an island I just assumed it was a beach resort on the mainland. It is however the ...

It's the King's B-Day!!!!, Chiang Mai, Thailand travel blog

It's the King's B-Day!!!!

A travel blog entry by jackie_n_james

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So this morning we switched guest houses and now we hope the place we're at will make it easier to meet people because they actually have a large lobby and they serve food so there is somewhere to sit down and chat. The plan today was to rent a scooter ...

Ao Nang, Krabi, Thailand travel blog

Ao Nang

A travel blog entry by stephen.j.booth

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... The time has come to move on, we've had an amazing time in Thailand but just recently we've been dying to feel intrepid again. Thailand offers a hedonistic blur of beaches and bars but has sold its soul in many ways. I want to find places a little more ...

Bangkok Hilton, Bangkok, Thailand travel blog

Bangkok Hilton

A travel blog entry by bowney

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So we left Cambodia by bus and headed to the border town of Poi Pet, after about 3 hours we arrived and spent well over an hour going through the border control. We were supposed to get a train straight to Bangkok, but were told it took 6 hours and ...

Return of the Brits, Ko Samui, Thailand travel blog

Return of the Brits

A travel blog entry by smartandsassy

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... we ate Thai food in an Irish Pub and got the hell out before the live music started. As a side note, the music in Thailand is extremely entertaining.  Not only the live stuff which is funny based on the accents and how the singers pronounce all the ...

Bangkok - Part one, Bangkok, Thailand travel blog

Bangkok - Part one

A travel blog entry by stephen.j.booth

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... nbsp;but stay away from the elephants etc, it's just plain cruel. We have had a couple of great nights so far, Thailand is definately a good place to meet other travellers easily, it was much harder in Vietnam. Thai food blows all other ...

Riding the short bus, Ayutthaya, Thailand travel blog

Riding the short bus

A travel blog entry by coryandlaura

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... of them missing their heads. The stupas, though damaged, were beautiful. There are so many beautiful historical sites in Thailand but honestly we didn't learn that much about them in our art history courses in college.  Nok explained ...

Tour for Thai friend, Bangkok, Thailand travel blog

Tour for Thai friend

A travel blog entry by eric

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... you have someone to speak the language.  She hadn't been there since she was a kid.  Only had vague memories of Thailand's most important cultural sights.  It was a treat to see her eyes light up.  Her appreciation was obviously a ...

The Ancient City, Bang Pe, Thailand travel blog

The Ancient City

A travel blog entry by eric

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... .  The government has reproductions of traditional palaces, temples, stupas, sanctuaries, houses and boats.  They represent Thailand's past and present, covering every region of the country.  In all there are over 100 structures spread ...

A New Year, and  a new country, Chiang Mai, Thailand travel blog

A New Year, and a new country

A travel blog entry by thomaswguy

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... of the guest house was gorgeous, in the foreground the sleepy border town of Huay Xai, in the background a small river crossing and Thailand :)  I also had some good news to find out that the Christmas presents i had sent home to my family had ...

What an opener..., Bangkok, Thailand travel blog

What an opener...

A travel blog entry by smartandsassy

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I arrived in Bangkok and was checked into my hotel by a ladyboy.  A LADYBOY.  Thailand, it appears you do not disappoint.  ...

Oh-man we're in Bangkok (Claire hates this title), Bangkok, Thailand travel blog

Oh-man we're in Bangkok (Claire hates this title)

A travel blog entry by jlaire

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... bout 4 years ago and no one in Englnd likes them) songs also playing loudly on the TV overhead its quite the introduction to Thailand. We go to bed very happy to be here and excited to meet our tour group tommorrow! 31st August: Claire jumps straight ...

Day 84:  Roast Crickets & The Cargo Ship, Surat Thani, Thailand travel blog

Day 84: Roast Crickets & The Cargo Ship

A travel blog entry by sirrocko711

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... The ferry ride was pleasant enough but arrived in Krabi too late to catch a cross-isthmus bus to the other coast. Geographical lesson: Thailand has two main island paradise coasts: the Andaman Sea, home to Phi Phi, Phuket, and "007 Island," and the Gulf ...

Giving Thanks for Life Abroad Part Deux, Still in Chiang Mai, Thailand travel blog

Giving Thanks for Life Abroad Part Deux

A travel blog entry by lisa-ashley

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... It's true I live in a crime scene filled with ants- but the chalk serves its purpose well. The Council for National Security, Thailand's current government reported that it will be lifting Martial Law in more than half of the country's 76 provinces - ...

Day 86:  The Sweatiest I've Ever Been, Ang Thong Marine National Park, Thailand travel blog

Day 86: The Sweatiest I've Ever Been

A travel blog entry by sirrocko711

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... in a park featuring a local Thai rock band. Their music sounded vaguely Latino and helped add to an overall impression of South Thailand being the sort of "Mexico of Asia." Also present was a chubby balding old white man lost in a hopeless stupor who ...

Ooh! Alcohol..., Bangkok, Thailand travel blog

Ooh! Alcohol...

A travel blog entry by zee

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With no sleep since Dharamasala two days before, I found myself on the airport bus to Khao Sahn road. Though I was very happy to be heading away from India, I was not looking forward to Khao Sahn, and was planning to leave for an island as quickly as ...

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