Chumphon
Travel Blogs from Chumphon, Thailand
twee verloren dagen
ben vandaag naar het strand gegaan van chumphon. de guesthouse dat ik ben gaan zien was wel oke en een vriendelijke oude dame maar het was een kwartier lopen naar het strand en het strand was niet echt speciaal. er was ook niet veel te doen in de bars en ...
Punching the clock (part 4)
Nov. 4 '09: Chumphon 9:35 am to 11:20 am – up n’ out and ready to find our way in this place. Western style breakfast in the hotel café while I get on the internet and Charlie contacts the school she’s teaching at. They want to bring ...
PADI continued...
We were back in the classroom today and I didn't wake up as enthuastic as I had done the previous day. Last night I had a really high tempreature, headache and achy. I woke up feeling no better and was worried about diving when I felt ill as they say not ...
Die Rückreise hat begonnen
Heute hat die Familie das einzige Mal gemeinsam in einem Zimmer geschlafen - in der Honeymoon Suite vom New Heaven Resort! Wir geniessen wieder das Frühstück auf der Terasse und brechen dann mit den Mopeds nach Mae Haad auf. Wir nehmen das Longtail ...
Scuba Certification / Volunteer
Get PADI certified and get some dives in. Volunteer project for a few weeks. (conservation or kids). Check out Thailand islands ...
BIENVENUE AU DEFILE ASIAN ETHNIC
Bienvenue au defile Asian Ethnic ! Ce defile reunit quelques unes des trouvailles les plus remarquables issues de la jeune mode asiatique : contrefacons, inspiration locale et creations actuelles. Nous vous devoilons egalement en exclusivite les ...
When your mind's made up
... for the ride. We talk about writing and Dylan albums and stories from back home. Bob opens up about the possibility of leaving Thailand one day and the horrible reality that Oh will most definitely slit his throat if he tries to leave her. He’s ...
Chumphon
Got the train up to Chumphon from Nakhon today. There's not much here, but it's where all the ferries leave to go to Koh Tao, which is where we're heading off to at 6am tomorrow. The train journey was supposed to take about 6 hours, but the train broke ...
Tonsai Beach Viking Bar Internet Cafe
Ok, this has to be a quick one....I'm on the slowest computer in the planet but it's by far the most stunning internet cafe I've ever been to. My feet are literally 15 feet from the sand on the beach. The view is spectacular....it's low tide ...
Could be voted the worst place in the world!
One word: Rubbish!! Rob wanted to do some more kite surfing so Chumphon seemed the obvious choice as it was on our way up to Bangkok and up until 2 days before we went the wind was perfect. When we arrived the wind had dropped, and to top it off the ...
Ao Nang
Ok, so here I am on Christmas Eve doing some last minute running around for gifts to bring back to Cananda. Kai and his new mate Darren from the UK have gone climbing this morning so I hopped a longtail boat over to Ao Nang (about 10 minutes from ...
the lightening
The weather here is madness, stiffling hot all the time day and night then insane rain for an hour precluded by the most bizarre lightning some of it bright and rumbling others just silent and foreboding. Just need to make mention of ...
Chumphon, Chumporn or Chumpon?? We will never know
... government bus, yay! Spent 2 hours on this and then got chucked on another one and stayed crammed on there until we finally reached Chumphon, Rich kept getting poked by an old lady when the seat next to Charlotte was free, not amused! A taxi man charged ...
Day 3
We woke up at 5pm.. it turned out we did have jetlag. We got a cab to the train station and caught a train to Chumphon. We couldnt book a bed even though the train was an overnight one. All night we were on hard chairs, which wasnt too bad seeing as we ...
Koh Samui!!
Well we got to Koh Samui at about 11ish and needed to meet Kelly and Kalon at 11.15...not going to make it as it takes 30mins to get to Hat Chaweng and where the hell is Tops Market!! Well we got to area we were staying at about 11.30 and thank god they ...
Night boat and tout avoidance in Chumphon
... and were woke up by a man shouting. He was asking us where we were going and we said we wanted to go to the bus station in Chumphon. He asked where will we go then and we said Ranong and he said the minibus could take us but I insisted we would get a ...
Enter Dready Ben and Robin Spud
... quickly over here. We'll be saying hello again soon. And now its onto the islands in the south of Thailand. Our train leaves for Chumphon where we will catch a ferry boat to Koh Tao. And the flood waters have arrived. Our train has been ...
Ko Tao Muff Diver
... respite to mend my broken heart and bruised flesh. We are on the cusp of leaving for cambodia possibly via chang mi in northern thailand or via bangkok. We are going to meet rickys sister there which should be nice good to finally get some proper legal ...
Journey to Oz and retreiving my mobile!!
... definitely been when a company mistook me for an asian boy thinking my name was Rahin. Massive typo! So when I got to Chumphon, I was determined to get my mobile phone back after previously leaving it in a hotel in the city centre...unfortunately the ...

