Trat
Travel Blogs from Trat, Thailand
On to Koh Chiang
(Gavin) We caught a public bus to Trat, then a speed boat to Koh Chiang - a beautiful island. We finally arrived late afternoon on the back of a pick up truck taxi. It was fun watching the Thai drivers faces as they suddenly realised how heavy my bag ...
more koh chang
more koh chang still in koh chang at the beach for another week, getting nicely bronzed on the beach so the other day i went off for a nice relaxing thai massage ........ but was tortured and terrorised....who know i can get my leg that far up ...
Finally a little something for you all!
... be with a small group and apparently the leader that does the Philippines trip is a raging alcoholic (words of another group leader in Thailand). I really miss my family and Ryan. It makes it really hard to be so far away from everyone and several times I ...
Koh Chang - Not Gone Yet!
Day nine: Chillaxing! (A cross between chilling and relaxing, whatever, mostly involved being horizontal by the pool). Went into WSB for dinner again, this time by motorbike (hired another one this evening from the hotel). After my disappointment with ...
Ko Chang: Looking Inland
From Nancy: We investigated several tourist-trip options for our week ahead in Ko Chang, keeping in mind our budget; and since Ko Chang literally translates as "Elephant Island" I wanted some sort of elephant experience; Terence stuck to his principles ...
Shopping: Serenity for The Soul
Ah, how quickly I change my stories. Koh Samui is not such a bad place afterall. I spent most of the sun-death hours shopping in the endless rows of make-shift stores. I am a little embarassed to say that I spent almost $75 US and bought all kinds of ...
Things don't get much prettier than Koh Chang
... ; After work on Thursday, Maddie and I caught a bus to the closest mainland town of Trat. We didn't arrive into Trat until 11pm, but it's Thailand, so you can arrive in any little town at any hour of the night and someone will be waiting with his ...
In der Morgendämmerung dem Paradies entgegen
Die Busfahrt nach Trap, einem kleinen Städtchen in der Nähe des Golfes von Bangkok velrief ohne größere Probleme und dauerte weniger lange als wir eigentlich gedacht hatten. Statt nach sechs waren wir schon nach dreieinhalb Stunden angekommen. Weiter ...
Koh Chang: Lost in Paradise
Lifestyle Huts Beach Scooter Island Pier Jumping Jungle Exploring Hammackology Bird Shit Massage Rain The Crew Sang Som Migraine Fisherman's ...
Koh Chang Continued ...
Day six: Ouch, the mattress in my room in is rock solid, don't know if it was that or the early night but I kept waking up. Went out for breakfast to local restaurant advertising a big western style breakfast for B99, wish I'd stuck to Thai style, later ...
Ko Chang: The Elephant Island
After some long Bus and ferry rides, arriving on Ko Chang, Thailands second largest Island is absolutely rewarding. Small, smooth-sanded beaches, bungalow-style accomodations and brilliant local restaurants all along the immense jungle mountains in the ...
Week one accomplished
Wow, what a week. So I have been here for a little over a week in Koh Chang. I am getting the hang of life around here a little better, so that's good. School is very hard. It is a lot more work then I thought it would be. I am in there by myself, and ...
From hikes to kayaks
ON FEBRUARY THIRD, EARLY MORNING, WE ARRIVED IN KOH ANG THONG NATIONAL MARINE PARK SITUATED ON AN ISLAND AMONGST MANY OTHERS. THIS PLACE IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL! THIS IS MORE MY STYLE: SUROUNDED BY NATURE. OUT HERE WE HAVE MONKEYS VISITING US EVERYDAY ...
Bat Island
... a hammock and attached a bathroom with cold water. We were proud of our hut, it was the kind a resort owner in Thailand would get away with charging $6/night for. The restaurant was open-walled with amazing inexpensive Thai food (each dish $1-2) and a ...
't Eiland ..
... jullie iets in het nieuws hebben gezien over onthoofde engelse op koh chang, laat het me weten! Ik ben woensdagavond weer terug in Thailand dus kunnen ze me dan oppakken ;) Lieefs! p.s. een verslag over de reunie met hanoi ...
Andreas Visit Part One
Just after New Years, our friend Andrea was flying to visit us here in Thailand. We planned to pick her up at the airport in our building's "limousine," which in reality was just an old beat up Mercedes. Better than having to deal with public ...
Simply paradise
Arrived here on the 15th and I never want to leave. This place is so beautiful. Clear, warm seas. Much warmer than anything Corfu or Costa Del Tacko could muster. Then when you turn around to to face inland all you can see are palm trees and rainforest ...
Nachtmarkt
29.1 Um 1130 mit dem Bus von Pattaya nach Trat. 6h Fahrt. An der Bushaltestelle noch Koreanische Touris getroffen und mich ihnen angeschlossen. Da die Kambodschanische Botschaft um 1700 schon zusperrt verbrachten wir noch die Nacht in Trat. Dort gingen ...
Day 6, 7 and 8: Koh Chang.
... ride in the minivan, one-hour ferry ride and 20 minute saengthaew (open-air tiny truck) ride to the 2nd largest island in Thailand. A little bit unnerving when the saengthaew is packed to the brim, with some even having to stand and hang on to the roof! ...
Will I ever leave Koh Chang? Read on ...
... got chatting. It turned out they were actually Polish and had just flown in today at the start of a 3 week whirlwind tour of Thailand, Laos and Cambodia! They were only planning to spend one night in Chiang Mai before heading for the border and into ...
Downing Chang on Koh Chang
... heard for a long long time and getting to know each other. There are people from Holland, Wales, New Zealand, Australia, Germany, Thailand, UK. It was a pretty amazing night for my first night on a Thailand Island. Needless to stay I stayed up pretty ...
Ultimo giorno a koh Chang
Siamo giunti all ultimo giorno sull' isola degli elefanti....Domattina sveglia presto e tragitto di ritorno...taxi+ferry+bus(5ore!!) e di nuovo in BKK. Qui staremo per 1 giorno e 1/2 di cultura e soprattutto shopping... Poi ritorno in quel di ...
A Boattrip
Auch heute hiess es wieder frueh aufstehen da wir eine 3-Island-Tour mit einem Boetchen gebucht hatten. Leider ging es DJ nicht gut, also musste ich wohl alleine mit. Aber egal, Leute lernt man hier ja leicht kennen! Ich bin dann also mit dem Pickup mit ...

