Surin, Thailand Travel Blogs

Border Bollix
Aug 7, 2006

... the fields as you would expect to see some sheep or cows back home. We arrived at the Kap Choeng - Chom Som border south of Surin in the late afternoon with me again only just woken up (eyeing all monks with suspicion from now on) as I realized I had no ...

Similan and Surin Islands
Jan 31, 2009 (4 photos)

Similan and Surin Islands Live aboard 31st to 2nd February 2009 Day 1 At about 7.45 we are collected from Amsterdam Resort and taken to the Wicked Diving dive shop. There we gather as a group of 12 and are then transferred to the harbour at Koh Lak. The ...

June 10 2008
Jun 12, 2008

... to come out at all today.  So we walked back to our hotel, and maybe if the sun came out we would just go to Surin Beach.  I wasn't feeling that great, and the sun never came out, so we stayed in the room most of the day.  We checked out ...

Paradise on earth!
Feb 24, 2005 (3 photos)

... off the coast and seeing manta rays and reef sharks! We thought we should find out for ourselves... The Surin Islands are located on the east coast of Thailand and was the first place that we went to to have been hit by the Tsunami therefore visitor ...

June 9 2008
Jun 10, 2008 (25 photos)

... peak out and it turned out to be a really nice day.  It was very relaxing and we decided we would stay another night at Surin Beach.  Around 3pm we decided to come back to the hotel, we were pretty tired from all the sun.  We got ready for ...

June 8 2008
Jun 8, 2008 (6 photos)

... Then they give you the "gas is so expensive" speech.  Since the weather was not the greatest, we decided to head back to Surin beach.  We waited for a bus and it took forever to come.  Finally it arrived and we hopped on.  We rode back ...

June 7 2008
Jun 7, 2008 (24 photos)

... driver.  We had another guy flag us down and we told him where we wanted to go, he had a chart of costs, 400THB for Surin.  So we agreed and hopped in the tuk-tuk.  The driver went pretty fast and after about 30 mins we arrived at our inn.& ...

A Day at the Beach & DVDs
Nov 18, 2009 (2 photos)

We took a break from schoolwork and took a $12 tuk-tuk ride north of Patong to Surin Beach for the day. You can rent a cushioned chair and beach umbrella $3 for the day.  Great!  I walked along the shops and got a haircut for $9.  It was ...

So I weakened...
Nov 17, 2006 (9 photos)

So I decided to commission my very first Classic Thai Scooter. I have just bought a Honda C70 cub who's original colour dates it to circa 1970/1971. It is in a pretty poor state of dis-repair. The good news is, that incuded in the purchase price is ...

Poignard
Nov 18, 2007 (54 photos)

Nous sommes dans la province de Surin et dans la ville de Surin ... Nous parlerons donc de l'éléphant d'asie, de l'ondinisme (ou urolagnie) est une paraphilie caractérisée par une forte excitation érotique éprouvée en buvant (ou faisant boire), ou en se ...

Hat Surin Continued
Jan 7, 2009

So another full day in Hat Surin. This time we decided to be a lil more 'full on' touristy here, as our sunburns have subsided and we had some chill out time. Strolled to the beach and got a massage - it is a fixed price at Hat Surin, 300 baht (10$USD) ...

Last night in Thailand (hopefully)
Dec 18, 2005 (5 photos)

We have come to the end of our random ordered trip around Thailand (if everything tomorrow goes to plan!). We are staying the night in a town called Surin, on the way to the Cambodian border. Anyway, Khao Yai National Park was pretty good, although we ...

The Surin Elephant round up
Nov 18, 2006 (5 photos)

Every year Surin holds an elephant round-up, it is fantastic to see so many elephants all in the one place, must have been over 300 elephants in total. After the main show the streets were packed with elephants walking up and down the main street of the ...

Summer English Camp
Mar 28, 2006 (3 photos)

... driver and they tell him where to take me. It's a good system. Next weekend I am going to Khorat which is the gateway to the Issan (or Essan) area of Thailand, the northeast corner. Much more remote than around here. If that's possible. TTFN

Surin Beach: Touristy Beyond Belief
Jan 6, 2009

... type of interesting action C. In it for the booze and night time hoz D. Have absolutely no interest in Thailand itself then perhaps you will like Hat Surin. To be fair, Surin beach IS lovely. I guess the biggest problem this place has are drownings. ...

hazy recounting and ass kicking chickens
Sep 1, 2009

... and was quite boozy by the time dinner came round. Dinner was ok, we met all the other peeps volunteering in various things in Thailand, and I met Jack and Sarah who would be working with me on the Elephant park project and who struck me instantly as the ...

Surin Islands
Feb 28, 2007 (18 photos)

... by the tsunami in 2004).  The reason to travel here was the opportunity to do a live aboard dive trip to the Surin and Similan Islands, which are about 60-80km of shore, and world renowned for their diving.  Luckily I turned up and found a ...

Seriously, tell your friends
Sep 14, 2009

... detailed tortures for the rat bastard in order to keep my mind off the fact that I am in a seedy train station in Thailand, and apparently I am the equivalent of Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Alba's lovechild to the gay community over here. As I drop further ...

Cowboys and Whiskey
Jul 9, 2003 (1 photos)

... Sweden and David from the US who spoke fluent Thai. (This always comes in handy.) Matt's advice with regards to teaching in Thailand was don't expect students to pay attention and don't lose your temper. Nice one. we shall see... I rang Yaowapa, the ...

Surin
Jun 28, 2003 (2 photos)

... south. Next time I come here, I hope to go and see them as a precursor to Angkor. Just a note for anyone in Thailand looking to head to Cambodia, I met Lucy (farang! farang!)(the Rough Guide writer for Thailand) who told me that the Cambodian Embassy ...

There is retro, and then there's RETRO!
Nov 16, 2006 (12 photos)

So, here I am having created a nice little motorcycle. Its fast, safe, fun and looks kinda pretty now in chrome and Orange. So why do I have a hankering stillf ro something older? Must be all these 30 year old Honda Cubs I keep seeing dotted about. What ...

Let's have dinner and a bath
Mar 31, 2006

... . It's 8 pm. I realize that the massive teak bench I am sitting on is to be my bed. These benches are all over Thailand and I'd give anything to send one home - the wood is beautiful and the seat part is easily 3 feet wide. If you sit back against the ...

The Wedding
May 6, 2006 (7 photos)

Hurro again! We're in Phuket... whoo hoo! Well, we've been having an awesome time, catching up with old friends, well, for Luke, meeting them for the first time! We had been staying in a place called the Capri Inn, which was bedbug free!(500 baht a ...

still diving
Nov 28, 2006 (6 photos)

one of the best dive sites. we almost.................. hit a grand slam. in a bridge game  a grand slam is to win every trick in a game and in baseball its a home run when the bases are loaded.  in either case it is extremely rare and ...

Review: Catch Restaurant
Jan 10, 2009 (4 photos)

We decided to nom based on the recommendation of the Lonely Planet: Thailand's Beaches and Islands book that we have been consistently referencing. The nom place in question is called "Catch", which is the TRENDY beachside restaurant for the Twin Palms ...

Heading East
Mar 23, 2007 (3 photos)

... nicknames. We hung out with Uncle and his wife for a bit and had some conversation with aunt about life in Canada and Thailand. Then we went to the restaurat and Cindy and her cousin made us a spectacular meal with about 6-7 different things to have ...

Xpress Status on Asia Air FTW
Jan 2, 2009

... ever attend. It's one of those lights/ vegas-y type of things with about 50 elephants. Finally arrived at Benyada Lodge in Surin Beach. I will post a seperate one just for the hotel, as travepod seems to be intent on allowing others to see feedback on ...

päikesetõus templis
Jan 21, 2008 (32 photos)

Kell viis on pilkaselt pime, iseteenindame ennast lahustuva kohviga. Motikavennad on ülitäpselt pool kuus kohal. Ema muretseb, et kui nemad on kiivritega, mis siis meist saab, kui ümber läheme. Arvan, et selle üle võib siis ""pead murda", kui teema on ajakohane ...

Spotting fish and sharks in azure blue water
Apr 10, 2007 (37 photos)

A week turned into 10 days of camping on Ko Surin...and as many places in Thailand I could have stayed there much longer, but choose to be on the move again. Ko Surin in beautiful! White beaches with powder soft sand, azure blue bays full of coral in ...

$20 massage? No thanks, too much
Nov 27, 2007

... so happy that our Firelfly Airlines didnt charge us for our excess baggage on our $35 flight from Penang, Malaysia to Phuket, Thailand.  Our approx 1 hour flight landed and we bought a pre-paid taxi at arrivals to our hotel.  Once outside, we ...