Trat, Thailand Travel Blogs

Thailand sucks!!!
Feb 8, 2005 (3 photos)

... further from our beds than we had to. Debating between going to Koh Chang off the Thai coast or Sihanoukville in Cambodia, we decided that Thailand had sucked so much that we may as well move on to Cambodia. So eager were we to leave that we got up at 4: ...

Doi Suthep- Part XII: The Breakthrough
Feb 25, 2008

When was the last time you looked inside your heart and said It's beautiful here....? My breakthrough at Wat Phra That Doi Suthep happened on Sunday afternoon, about eight hours into Determination.  It came after a solid night's  ...

Doi Suthep- Part XIII: More Determination
Feb 26, 2008 (7 photos)

... that it's my 39th birthday and I'm doing walking meditation in front of a Buddha image on top of a mountain at a wat in Northern Thailand.  It's two in the morning, I'm hungry, tired, and in a lot of pain. This is either really cool or really stupid. ...

Just Passing Through..
Feb 7, 2007

Draft..

Ko Chang
Feb 28, 2008 (34 photos)

... Siam Beach Resort.  This is a simply gorgeous place.  Ko Chang is located just off the southeast coast of Thailand, near the Cambodian border, and is the country's second largest island after Ko Samui.  Development has been limited to the ...

Too Hot To Trat
Oct 11, 2007 (11 photos)

... It actually did take us an hour 15 minutes to get to the border, but once there it was pretty much cake. I checked out of Thailand, walked over to the Cambodian Entry point, got my visa for $20 after some haggling, stamped into Cambodia, got a bottle of ...

My birthday and Koh Chang
May 6, 2007 (24 photos)

... was Klong Prao beach.  It is one of several beach areas on the west coast of the island, located in the Gulf of Thailand.  The lovely resort was a big upgrade from our usual digs, and we sensed the difference right away when we were greeted with ...

Thailand: To city of Trat... To Koh Mak Island
Feb 11, 2007 (21 photos)

... it here... And each is special... Carlos from Argentina, Annike from Quebec Koda from Australia Francois from France Jo the owner from Thailand And others... It could be a film titled "The Beach 2"   Each hut is so secluded, that you can ...

An indulgent valentines day
Feb 14, 2008

... nbsp; Lots of wooden buildings set amidst lush manicured gardens and a lake. We then went off to something called 'Unseen in Thailand' which was another temple and very busy with Thai tourists.  I understood that it had something to do with a former ...

Through Trat
Feb 4, 2007

We stayed here only for the night to get from the mainland to Ko Chang. Nice place, 1 hour from the boarder, relaxed and easy. Life had a pace of its own here.

Trat
May 19, 2008

... plans have also changed, with a loop now ahead north via Battambang to Siem Reap and then south to the capital again. Trat in itself is a really nice town with an interesting market, some lovely temples and a few restaurants and guesthouses in the mix ...

Chilling out in Koh Mak
May 1, 2008

... ; It does get nice in the afternoons around 4pm where it suddenly cools off to very pleasant temperatures. Tomorrow we head back to Trat where Debbie has organised a small guest house.  I don't believe there will be much for us to see or do there, but ...

It always rains in Trat!
May 2, 2008

... we arrived in Trat, it was hosing down - just like when we got off the bus.  Sigh...... We grabbed a taxi to Trat township.  I should mention these taxis are open-air vehicles where you sit on benches in the back.  Fortunately they had ...

Finally out of the city!
Oct 12, 2009 (32 photos)

... cooled down we were laughing about it but man we were ropable! And we still didnt know if we would then miss the bus to Trat. We finally arrived at the correct bus station just before our first tropical storm of the trip. We organised our bus which for a 5 ...

Trat
Dec 20, 2003

Trat of Chanaburi ?

Den Dschungel im Ruecken
Feb 23, 2008 (5 photos)

... schoene, aber auch bereits extrem touristische Kueste hat mich ein etwas abenteuerliches Schnellboot ins thailaendische Kuestenkaff Trat verfrachtet, wo ich Marc am winzigsten und entzueckendsten Flughafen, den die Welt je gesehen hat, empfangen konnte. ...

BEACH TIME!!!!!!!
Feb 12, 2008 (5 photos)

yessssss!!!!! i finally got to the beach!!!!!!!! Koh Chang is the second biggest island in Thailand, it's only 6 hours away from Bangkok, it's NOT the nicest beach in the country (Koh Lanta and Koh Lipe are the top ones) but it has its charm, i recommend ...

The Amari Emerald Cove Resort - Klong Prao Beach,
May 9, 2008

... Province: Trat Location: Klong Prao Beach, Koh Chang Address: 88/8 Moo 4, Klong Prao Beach (Had Klong Prao), Koh Chang, Trat, Thailand Amari Emerald Cove Resort & Spa is located on the secluded Klong Prao Beach (Had Klong Prao). Apart from taking ...

Trat pit stop
Feb 3, 2009

Lush food at Cool corner cafe....mango and sticky rice!!!!!!!!!!!

Relaxing
Aug 14, 2004 (2 photos)

I got in Trat and just decided to take a day and relax with no nautious boat rides. At my hotel was an American, Todd from Florida, who works four months in the US doing trade shows and then he lives the other eight months in luxury in Cambodia. We ...

where's my surf board???
Jul 22, 2006

... I am down for the count!- once again I was DOWN! Luckily this time I was laid up in a hammock overlooking the Bay of Thailand and sipping on fresh exotic fruity shakes - could be worse- (except the extreme pain- that was pretty bad) All the guys from the ...

Nightly Stop Over at Trat
May 29, 2006

... the UteTaxi drivers tell you there is no other bus and its impossible to get there. All lying of course. Everybody in Thailand, including travel agents, transport authorities, lie and tell you its impossible to do this and to go with their friend. They ...

Day 81: Trat
Feb 9, 2007

Sunday 4th of February I am going back to Thailand today and stopping for the night at Trat not far from the ferry for Koh Chang tomorrow. The boat is at 12am so got a bit of time to see the beach here. The boat journey was quite good and very chilled, ...

leaving the island
Oct 24, 2009

Hi everyone! Just a quick message to say after 2 weeks of being lazy on the island we are finally moving on! The last few weeks have been great, lots of lazing in the sun, cooking school, lots of swims and just enjoying each others company! We leave for ...

Trat
Nov 5, 2007

... a city we'd never heard of before! The last ferry to Ko Chang had unfortunately left hours earlier, leaving us with Trat for one night. We bought chocolate and beer from the reception (essentials). We'd travelled from Vietnam and were knackered. Didn ...

Sandra and Wayne
Apr 29, 2008

... the end, we succeded, but a 100 Bhat reduction didn't make the effort worthwile. They told me they were going to a little town called Trat, I figured I may as well go with them. What else was there to do? The mini bus journey was a bit of a strange one. ...

Songkram--Thai New Year
Apr 13, 2007 (10 photos)

... a source of stability in an otherwise often chaotic political climate.  While he doesn't participate directly in politics (Thailand is still under a constitutional monarchy), he uses his influence when needed (and rarely) to bring the national psyche ...

tropic home in heaven
Oct 29, 2009 (21 photos)

חצי שעה בפיתולי הכביש שמקיף את קו-צ'אנג, ואני ...

Trat
Jan 24, 2007 (3 photos)

...  the river where we had dinner with an English couple, and also met up with Reinold, a German guy who was cycling through Indochina. Trat is not a bad little spot. Unfortunately, we had to be up at 4.30am to catch a bus to the border in time for it ...

Update
Feb 15, 2008 (5 photos)

... . I decided to leave for Cambodia tomorrow and not today. A lot has happened since my last blog. When I left Pattaya bound for Trat I did something that I never thought I would do, I hired a scooter to take me to the bus depot. It is cheaper and quicker so ...