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Ban Chalok Lam Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Ban Chalok Lam, Thailand
Thai Islands galore
Hello everyone, welcome to the latest update in my epic adventure story! Its currently hot and sunny outside, not a cloud in the sky and today alone i've manage to do little more than lay on the beach listening to Jack Johnson...but before we get to the ...
A weeks worth of tales, R u sittin comfortably?!
Pinch punch 1st of the month and no return... he he! (ha ha becci, i still got you....!) I am gonna attempt to write an entry but the computers here are worse than Indian one's, not sure how and keep crashing so i may have to walk down the road and ...
Finally, David has come back to travelpod
... , sea sick tablets. I dont need them, ive never been sea sick in my life.' What would you expect a ride across the gulf of Thailand in a brand new fancy katamaran to be like? Nice I imagined, smooth. Steady. Gentle. Pleasant and enjoyable. Dear god no. We ...
Lone traveler
... mango sticky rice. Perhaps I'll find some up North, but I was really looking forward to eating copius amounts of it in Thailand. ------------- Thai Toilets 101: The don't actually flush. There is no upper tank. After each use, you need to dump a ...
A Big Oops!
... DRILL DRILL DRILL'! This morning we woke and couldn't take anymore, so we have moved to the other more quieter side of Ban's resort! Yesterday, we didn't manage to go diving so just spent the day dying from our rather mean hangovers and playing monopoly ...
Girls, Girls, Girls
Update from the front lines of yoga teacher training thailand 2007 :) So I've never lived with so many women, for so long, in such tight quarters... The whole college dorm experience doesn't hold a candle to living on an isolated bay with 20 other ...
The diving begins!
Well once again we've not updated this in a while so a lot has happened since we've last posted an entry! After the Full Moon party in Koh Phagnan on the 13th May, Kat, John and I decided to go to Koh Tao do the the padi open water scuba diving course. I ...
Beach life
Ko Pha-Ngan, famous for its beach parties, culminating monthly in the legendary full moon parties at Hat Rin. Unfortunately our timing was bad and we were not going to be there for a full moon party. However, we had heard that there are ...
Busy, busy - doing very little!
... since I’ve mentioned food. (Well, it seems like it’s been awhile…). The curries in Southern Thailand are fantastic – although they’re giving my chilli tolerance a good run! Green curry, panang curry, ...
Sorry, Sorry, Sorry
... not to take food on journeys where no one brings any and stocking up with stuff on the journeys when the whole of Thailand comes through the train selling tasty snacks. This was a full of tasty snacks journey - the little boy opposite ate everything on ...
Bangkok to Koh Phangan
Bus, ferry, taxi, longtail boat and I'm here. About 22 hours. I'm gonna chill here for a few days. I've been tearing around the island on a motorbike soaking up the scenery. The last few days have involved sitting in my hammok reading, swimming, ...
This is life, thanks Grandpa
... the bungalows. We arrived at the bungalow resort, still no book. Of course, I still had the guidebooks for Thailand and India, but I read these books everyday, planning and preparing. I wanted something different. When we arrived at the ...
Koh Samui....meh....
So, yesterday i arrived in Koh Samui after an all-night bus ride leaving Bangkok at 6pm. The bus was actually pretty cool - we had a group of about 8 of us on a massive double decker, so we go to spread across 2 reclining seats each and steal about 4 ...
Ko Pha Ngan
Beach Time! So, passed through Bangkok for a few days, then got a flight down south to explore the beaches Thailand is famous for. First stop is Ko Phangan, where I'm staying at Why Nam Huts on the quiet, east side of the island. Why Nam's great -- ...
Ko Phan Gan Christmas
... with people chatting and eating together. We also stayed in the only hotel in town, the Extra hotel, where the "extra" seemed to consist of a bar where scantily clad ladies sang karaoke to a non-existent audience. Clearly, this was the 'real' ...
Full Moon Madness!
Full Moon Madness So finally the day arrives and the first rain storm of the week! Bloody typical. At least it meant we could sleep without being too hot all day! OUr evening starts with a BBQ with our mates staying in the same resort - luckily ...
The Really Relaxing Part
... and the toppled trees of coral, but it is hard for me, the spectacular fish still swimming around helps. The country of Thailand currently relies on tourism as its main industry. In the south of Thailand there are many beautiful islands with many ...
Koh Pha Ngan
... months. Had a drink and game of backgammon with them. They told us about some good places to go in Vietnam and Thailand. Also mentioned about a Black Moon Party in a couple of days, which we might go to Hat Rin for. Well hope you're ...
Full Moon Party
The famous full moon party... We arrived in Ko Phan Ngan 4 days before the party. We were told by several travellers to arrive early to ensure we get accommodations and also lock a fair price. Room prices increased every day as the full moon party ...
Oct 30 - Nov 2
We got a ferry from Ko Pha Ngan to Koa Tao the day after the Half Moon Party, BIG mistake! Never felt as sick in my life during the two hour crossing and thats the last time it need ever be mentioned again... Myself and Hartnett had luckily gained ...
Ko Phangan Day 160 (27th Oct)
Today was a highly uneventful day, we got up at around 1pm, had dinner, dossed around and before we knew it, it was 4pm. I went to the main road to find out about travel to Bangkok, I then got some food (70thb) and went for massage number 3. I chatted ...
Full MOOOOOON!!!
Well where do I begin.... We started at 9.30pm and finished 48 hours later and a half hours later. A beautiful beach, music, fire throwers, body painters, glowing jewelry, cocktails, whiskey mushrooms, sunset, sunrise. We bumped into a bunch of people ...
Stranded!
... to do the second thing after diving that the island has to offer, as it was too late to dive.... drink! So, we sat in Ban's bar last night playing drinking games and finding it quite amusing that we CAN'T leave this place! It seems others are in the same ...
The calm after the storm
An epic journey from Chiang Mai to the Sanctuary resort in Koh Phan Ngan - taxi (car), plane, plane, bus, ferry, taxi (pickup truck), and finally speedboat. Took about 11 hours which was some top class flashpacking considering I was going from one ...
Shopping
Koh Samui ist inzwischen noch mehr ausgebaut, noch mehr Resorts noch mehr Shops noch mehr krebsrote Pauschaltouristen. Nur schnell meine Besorgungen machen und schnell weg ...
People watching - Pt. I
Woke this morning to the sound of the waves crashing ten feet from my little bungalow--the safe haven that made my experience on Samui what it was really... Realized that I would miss this place, but that it was definitely time to be moving on ...
Howling at the Moon
Well I've finally made it to the islands of Thailand. I flew down from Chiang Mai, otherwise I would've spent 2 days on a train. I got here on the 11th but had a hard time finding a place to stay. On the 14th, you say Happy Valentine's Day, I say Happy ...
FULL MOON PARTY!!!
Well... In a few hours we are off to catch the ferry for Koh Phanang for the world famous full moon party, we get picked up at our place, ferried to the island of Koh Phanang at approx 730-8pm this evening, and then stay up all night partying and catch ...