Ao Nang
Travel Blogs from Ao Nang, Thailand
Sun, swimming and shopping
... enough. That evening we Skyped Vic from an Italian restaurant but her microphone was off so we just waved around a bottle of Chang. Thailand is just so expensive now though. A different place to when we came a few years ago. Yes we negotiated discounts ...
4* Luxury - From the sublime to the ridiculous
... went to the Swiss Cottage for our second Pad Thai in Thailand. It didnt disappoint. We then went for a walk around town, Ao Nang is so charming, before coming back to sit around the pool and have a swim, sunbathe and a read. It was ...
Ao Nang - Caught in the Monsoon Rain
... rain and took a brief walk along the beach front. We left the next morning for Nakhon Si Thammarat, but couldn't help wishing that the weather had been a little bit kinder to us so that we could have enjoyed Ao Nang to its fullest. Andrea and ...
Myanmar to Bangkok - Culture Shock
... sanctions on these things are not worldwide however with China taking much of the oil and gas and the logs apparently go to Thailand. The Thai’s then chop the wood and give it the Thai stamp before exporting around the world including the UK. ...
Return to the Planet of the Apes - Lagoon of Peril
... you read the earlier entry, Planet of the Apes - Koh Phangan, first. As we passed Railay Beach on the ferry on the way to Ao Nang, I looked over at the beach and 14 years didn't seem to have a negative impact on Railay. So just one more time, I ...
Living in a Postcard
... until we noticed the sign "For Monks Only." This was surely a sign we had, indeed, landed in Thailand. One of our first indulgences in Ao Nang was getting a traditional Thai massasge under a palm-thatched hut on the beach. Thai massages consist mainly ...
Parting ways
If you havent read Kristinas entry above, you'll have to read it becuase the two of us have parted ways for an unknown amount of time. Exactly as reported, it is for the better of both of us as individuals. Some of you may have initial ...
Ao Nang - what a lovely surprise
... of a steak/meat fix – it was delicious we ate sooooo much we couldn’t move. Costs Bust boat ticket Phuket-Ao Nang - £5.24 each but thanks to Kurynn we got it cheap one hour full body massage - £4.60 each Brazilian buffet dinner - ...
4 Islands Boat Tour of paradise
... early – our friends we met in China Terry & Emma are there too so there is a good bunch of us partying together. Ao Nang has been great so nice and chilled and really beautiful I have my mate Adam in Bangkok to thank for recommending it – ...
Hey Mister, how much for that Buddha in the window
... Aw... maybe I'm being a bit sarcastic or I'm just a little pissed that I've long since gone through manipause. Lumps-R-Us thinks Ao Nang is a little Kaleakala Boulevard in Honolulu. Strueth! I jumped a long-tail for Rai Lai instead and hooked up with ...
Yawning Sarchasm
... in the top of a palm tree. He pointed it out to me and looked at it with a sort of reverence. The power supply in Ao Nang did not come back on until 5pm that day and the locals had no idea until then that anything had occurred anywhere else. My ...
Fragmentitilation
Umm... What happens when five individuals go on a trip? Answer; you get multiple trips. Lumpy has been off in Ton Sai now for 3 or 4 days - at least that's where she was last time we heard from her. Today Sam took off for Koh Phi Phi and Phuket and ...
Another Rainy Day
Just another rainy day. Pooh! Damnit! I've only seen the sun a couple of times since we left Chiang Mai. So biking has been off the agenda, but otherwise, you just roll out the door with your umbrella and carry on. Rain... well that won't matter ...
It Was All Going So Well...
... A butterfly flaps its wings in a forest somewhere and the disturbance grows into a hurricane. Its a cumulative thingie. Heading back to Ao Nang after spending a quality beach day with the Lump-a-Hump, I find myself sitting in a long tail boat for about ...
AFTONBLADET???
... I eat more Swedish food? One really nice thing about the rain... it clears out most of the crowd on the main drag in Ao Nang and I actually enjoy navigating the sidewalk. But wait a minute, what the h... is this? The Akha peddlers have made it ...
The Last Beach Day
... I guess it is time to get back to the farm. I am looking forward to the absolute silence of my home and a snow covered landscape. Ao Nang is anything but quiet. I think Lumpy got the best of the trip staying in the jungle of Ton Sai. Well, been ...
Man Down!
... a pre-trip cut tendon. And I thought I was the token unhealthy wimp of the trip. Ha, have another smoke. Speaking of which, Thailand has this new anti-smoking campaign with a series of photos that take up a full half of each pack of cigs. Each ...
June 14 2008
We woke up and went for our included breakfast. It was alright, but we were there a bit later so there wasn't that much food left. We will have to get up earlier to beat the rush I guess. We asked about laundry at our hotel, and they ...
June 15 2008
... ; The memorial for my Grandmother had taken place on Saturday afternoon, or early Sunday morning for us. It is nice that Thailand has affordable and accessible ways to communicate with home. So it was a bitter sweet start to the day. The ...
June 13 2008
... out of Chan Cha Lay Guesthouse at around 9am. The lady at the reception told us we could catch a songthaew across the street to Ao Nang. One soon arrived and we hopped in, fortunately it wasn't full of people. The ride went down the main ...
Learning to dive in Ao Nang.
... up and down the beach front in Ao Nang, which turned out not to be exactly what we were expecting. We had thought Ao Nang would be a small, quiet village populated mainly by traveler types like ourselves. The reality was that it was quite like a Spanish ...
Day 13
Day 13 --------- 4 islands - these are the closest cluster of islands off the coast of Aonang; Tup Island, Chicken Island, Poda Island (inc. lunch), and Phranang Beach. Beautiful islands and beaches but just too busy with people and boats. ...
At the beach
... back to the hotel: we should have taken a tuktuk but the journey would have been more fruit shake than smoothie. Bit of a snooze then into Ao Nang for a beer. Great sunset. J and I have both bought cheesecloth shirts: going back to our roots in the ...
Sand, sea and stings
Currently writing from the hotel bar - most cordial. Today we hired a longtail boat and local Thai skipper, Hame. The plan was to visit 5 beaches. First stop Poda Island. We got off with our rucksacks. Monkeys were raiding other groups' belongings so the ...
Shopping day
we did a bit of shopping yesterday and I bought some new T shirts so time to chuck out some of the old worn out ones. Today we are going to learn how to cook Thai food, it is from 12:00 to 18:00, that's a lot of stir fries and ming bowl soups.... ...
Kayaking the Mangroves and Victorious Brits
... and completely exceeded our expectations. We went exploring on the last evening to see the monkeys that live between Ao nang and the neighbouring beach and after yet another climb up a massive hill on very dodgy steps we saw one through the ...
Ao Phrang Nang Beach
Hallo, heute sind wir mit einem Longtail Boot von Ao Nang nach Railay East Beach gefahren. Von dort aus sind wir zwischen den Bungalowanlagen hindurch zum Ao Phrang Nang Stand gelaufen. Leider ist die Halbinsel am Railay East Beach sehr mit Bangalows ...
Chillin'
A day at the beach and all that entails. Evening meal at a beach restauarant where we watched sky lanterns being lit and released into the sky. They slowly drift up and make a spectacular sight. A had outrageously hot crab curry: lip numbing. ...
Day 14
Day 14 --------- Our penultimate day in Thailand. We made it a long one! We got up at 4am, and left the hotel by 4.30am to ride out to the Wat Tham Sui temple. It's on the top of a cliff and apparently particularly pretty at sunrise. ...
