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Travel Blogs from Trat, Thailand
Ko Mak
We arrived about 10am in Ko Mak, to yet another blue sky perfect day (5th on the bounce after ko chang) and had provisionally booked a beach bungalow at Baan Koh Mak. They met us at the pier and taxied us the 5mins over to the other side of this ...
Spa Koh Chang - a good place to start Iyengar yoga
Before coming to the Spa Koh Chang I have never heard about the Iyengar Yoga. That by itself does not mean much - I am not known for my physical fitness, however I have watched Ashtanga, have done a bit of Bikhram (liked it) and joined a class or two ...
where's my surf board???
... 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 ...
Leaving the city.....
... and coming resort location, since Phuket had fallen out of favour after the Tsunami. We ended up a nice air conditioned coach from Bangkok to Trat - we haven't exactly been roughing it yet, but heck, the air-con bus was so cheap for a 5 hour trip, why ...
Beautiful, chilled-out island
... on a snake one night too!! We had a couple of good nights out. I'm really going to miss Samsung buckets when I leave Thailand!! Oh & actually I was meant to be on my way back to Bangkok with the others this morning but I stupidly slept in & ...
Beach Bummin' in Ko Chang
This was a week of reflection and relaxation spent on a beautiful and very touristy beach on a hot and sunny island in Thailand. The recession and flooding in Thailand has hurt the tourist industry and so the numbers are down. The results are ...
Nightly Stop Over at Trat
... 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
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
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 ...
Another day, another island
... be a real mission in Thailand - everything clothes wise is minute - I need plus sizes over here! So after my third encounter with Thailand, I boarded a plane bound for Vietnam - but something tells me I will be back! PS - Photos to be added - because I ...
Koh Chang: Life's a beach
... to extract any visa payment as us Europeans (well Brits and Dutchies anyhow) are exempt from needing a visa on entering Thailand - but on arrival the overzealous border official scanning my passport did a lot of hoing and humming and rough leafing ...
Sandra and Wayne
... he decides it's a good idea to whip out his machette to impress his missus! Stunned silence soon followed. So now I find myslef in Trat. I hadn't planned to come here, infact, no one does, but to tell you the truth, it's the first place I've been to ...
Paradise islands part 2...
... the most of my last two weeks of tropical island sunbathing. Unfortunately, there is some kind of freak weather thing going on in Thailand at the moment, so we have had storms or clouds everyday - so there goes my hard earned tan! Instead, I have been ...
Company Trip to a Five Star Resort....nice!
As a Christmas present to the staff, the directors of Orbit Design Studio took all of us to Koh Chang for two nights to stay at the Dewa Resort and Spa. Feeling a little sheepish (cause I didn't work here at Xmas time) it was a lovely two days away where ...
Inselleben III + Postkarten-Bilder
Hallo und frohes neues (Thai-)Jahr (gestern war Songkran). Folgendes ist passiert: Gestern haben wir erstmal gar nix gemacht, also nur ein wenig im warmen Ozean rumgeeiert und gaaaanz viel auf unserer Veranda gelegen und gelesen, mit dem Rauschen des ...
Training, Vacation, Back to Site
... 's basketball courts. The next week, I and the other 48 PCVs in my group went to Ayuttaya, the ancient capitol of Thailand for a two-week training and counterpart conference. Then came a week vacation, and finally, my return to site. The counterpart ...
kids, kids and more kids
Hello there....and a big happy birthday to Nick....32 going on 12...happy days... so this blog finds us on an island in Thailand...absolutely beautiful! We're splashing out a bit and staying in a sea hut that is on stilts in the water which is a ...
Songkram--Thai New Year
... 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 ...
Beached in Ko Chang
... clear and perfect temperature water I've ever seen. This is paradise. We've discussed the possibility of just forgetting about Northern Thailand and the mountains, and just staying here for 10 days. It's sounding pretty good to us right now. Oh, ...
Koh Chang, Thailand Paradise not found?
Fortunately, Jim and I had a taste of paradise 18 yeaars ago when we experienced Phra Nang, Thailand and Gili Air, Indonesia. These places still exist, but have been over run by hotels, shops and are not the wonderful places they used to be. This is a ...
Vers les îles de la Tailande
C'est au son des Jean Leclerc et Foreigner que j'écris ces lignes, dans l'autobus qui nous mène à Bangkok. Les quelques jours passés sur Koh Chang nous auront permis de nous ressourcer, après avoir réussi à trouver un endroit où dormir. En effet, ...
Weihnachten im Paradies
... letzten Jahren alles andere als einsam und immer staerker besiedelt von Familien und Sextouristen. So ist das Spiel in Thailand: Die "geheimen Orte" muessen in immer abgelegenere Regionen verlagert werden, um nicht ueberlaufen zu werden. Das Treehouse 2 ...
Abzocke und Korruption ... aber nicht mit uns!
Nach unserem letzten Tag auf Koh Mak, der leider von Regen geprägt war, übersetzten wir mittels Speedboat wieder zurück nach Koh Chang um dort noch eine Nacht zu verbringen bevor es auf die große Tour in das kambodschanische Siem Reap (Angkor-Tempel) ...
Another day in the sunshine
Today Rosie and i fancied a change of scenery.. we moved over to Lonely beach which is only a 20min taxi ride, i finally got my bike fix and hired a bike the day after the last time i wrote in this thing.. and also another one jus yesterday! The first ...
Beach bums
We took a bus from Bangkok to the coast from where we went to the island of Koh Chang by ferry. The whole operation was supposed to over by 3pm, so having a bit of experience we said maybe 4.30 instead as these things always take a lot longer. Maybe ...
Regen auf Koh Mak
einmal Regen ist auch ok .... Bereits am Vormittag ziehen dunkle Wolken über Koh Mak die die Sonne mehr und mehr verdecken. Unser Learning aus Bangkok, wenns nach Regen aussieht und die Thais einen Schirm haben ... dann regnets auch - so setzen wir uns ...
On holiday from our holiday!!
Yesterday we didn't really make a plan before moving on - we just drove and were heading further along the coast towards the Cambodian border and more specifically the island of Ko Chang. We thought we'd stay on the mainland one more night near the ferry ...
bileparatiisi
Tama paikka on todellinen bileparatiisi! Viimeksi kehuin, kuinka porukkaan on suhteellisen vahan. Nyt sita on kuitenkin yhtaakia alkanut ilmestya kuin tyhjasta ja joka paikassa raikaa musiikki taysilla heti auringon laskuttua. Paivalla taalla on todella ...