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Travel Blogs from Sai Yok, Thailand
Full moon party
We stayed in kopan yan for longer than we planned as the full moon party was de;ayed due to a polital vote. So it meant we had a bit more time to be settled have a bit of a party and chill out. The weather wasnt as nice and we had a fair bit of rainfall ...
Twee weken Thailand
... . Sja, dat vonden Pooh en Jai ook wel beetje raar. Met Pooh en Jai had ik het ook over toeristen in Thailand. Het nabijgelegen Khao San Road heeft allerlei lawaaierige cafes met dronken toeristen die soms echt maar een beetje wazig over straat lopen. ...
Sand and Sea
... we planned to make a final stop in Malaysia in Langkawi, but in the end we decided to skip it and head for the beach in Thailand. We spent a day travelling by minibus, Thai bus, and taxi to reach Ao Nang which is in Krabi. The next day we ...
I heart Arutthaya
I know that two entries in one day is a bit excessive but felt I needed to write about yesterday - it was the best day I've had since I got here and for a long time before. I woke up early and took a river taxi to the train station with the ...
Ao Ton Sai
... Ton Sai off Krabi for quite a few days! Breathtaking views, and cheap buglaows with views of monokeys from the balcony. Ton Sai is a rock climbers paradise, with about 600 marked routes for climbers to enjoy. Right next to Ton Sai is the beatiful East ...
The jem of the north
... people play with the younger tigers which would still play softly. We then thought it was time to book a trek. We thought Thailand was ment to have easy treks for the beginners and the unfit like us so we booked a 3 day one into the ...
Sad Day in the VIllage
There is a monastery near where I stay that I walk by every day on the way to the farm. On Sunday two 26 year old monks from there were walking and were killed by a motorcylist who was also killed. Both monks were from our village. ...
a rubbish day and a great one!
... show! This became very tiring, very quickly and we started to wonder if there was anything else at all to Bangkok, and to Thailand. There is... Firstly, the Khao San Road. This place is a back-packer ghetto and spending more than one evening out here ...
desde la Sunshine, personajillos de la vida
Ya son 2 semanas las que llevamos "tocando" y "dejándonos tocar"... esta última en la school; somos 14 alumnos, para 2 profesores, y en cada práctica de ejercicio cambiamos de pareja. Algunos de nuestros compañeros, prácticamente todos, llevan ...
Koh Sok National Park
July 27th we left Koh Phi Phi and made our way to Koh Sok National Park. After another day of numberous bust transfers and pointless layovers (they take you to 2 or 3 different "bus stations" aka local food stands.) before they get you on your actual ...
Full Moon party was crazy!!
Hey all, So I have been in Thailand for a week now and loving it. I flew from KL to Bangkok and then managed to get a bus to Kho San Road. When I arrived I had not sorted out any accommodation and so wondered around for a bit (with my heavy rucksack) in ...
Papa y Mama en Tailandia
Ya, durante la espera de su llegada a Bangkok, nos dijimos que mientras estuvieramos con ellos el viaje iba a ser diferente y asi resulto. Desde el primer día!, desde el primer momento en que abrieron sus maletas y sacaron queso y jamón! los ...
Kids Camp in Khon Kaen
... coordinated the event, along with PHA leaders throughout Khon Kaen province. Thai Concern Foundation is a Faith-Based Christian NGO throughout Thailand. Its office in Khon Kaen is made up of Buddhists who basically ignore old goal number two of all ...
Recopilación de Enero a Mayo, ambos inclusives
... .- los rodeos para evitar a ciertos personajillos imposibles de aguantar y que se enganchan como lapas a nosotros .- la buena onda de Ton Sai que te atrapa y no te deja marchar .- el orgamos de tomar un natural shake (watermelon, mango, banana, coconut, ...
The beautiful Phi Phi Island (and more buckets)!
Well I can see why people say this is paradise here. This place is unbelievable! Its so beautiful and has such a quaint little feel to it. It was so hot when we arrived and we were staying some where at the top of the island and there are no taxis here ...
Kayak & Caving desde la Cave Lodge G.H. y +
Viernes 23, Sabado 24 y Domingo 25 / 02 2 h. y 30 min. en el mas viejo de los autobuses, en esos en los que ya previenen que en cualquier momento pueden morir, nos traslada a Soppong. Desde la parada a la fantastica Cave Lodge Guest House & ...
Gil & Yupin and family
Yupin nos invito a visitar el pequeno pueblo donde ella nacio y se crio y como no, alla que fuimos; tampoco teniamos otra alternativa... Gil, su pareja, nos obligo a ello... Una village a tan solo 60 km. de Chiang Mai, situada en pleno campo, entre ...
Koh Lanta - A Fishy Fishy Christmas
hi, even though we arrive two days ago i only got around to update the blog today, cause i had some relaxing to do!!!!!!!!!! When we got here we were dropped off at the Sanctuary lodge, with really overpriced bungalows, for two reasons, it is Christmas ...
Finding the Karen Tribe & learning to cook Lisu
... program. It was so interesting, learning about the Lisu people: they are from Tibet, who migrated to the hills of northern Thailand, away from Chinese oppression. The village that we were staying in, outside of Sappong, has only been in this area for ...
Khorat
... the French colonial push in 18th Century when Thailand, Laos and Cambodia had to define their borders and Isan found itself in Thailand. Political upheaval continued and our favourite communist son, Ho Chi Minh, came to Isan (and Khorat!) in 1928 to ...
Snorkeling on Phi Phi Island
I had only discovered between flights in Bangkok that I would be unable to get to Phi Phi Island until the next day as the last ferry left Karabi at 1:30 pm. I had already emailed the Phi Phi Island resort asking for a room as well as Alexis telling her ...
Before and after the big day!!
... to fly cough cough!!) A short night in BK and we were off to our new country...Cambodia!!! Strange things about Thailand or we've seen: Skinned cats in a meat market (photo below eeeww!) ...
Truly Thailand
... we will be visiting the Elephant Rehabilitation Centre up in the north at Lumpang. The elephant is the national symbol of Thailand and the government has banned their use in logging camps. At Khao Sok National Parkwe stayed at the Earth Lodge ...
Dive, dive
The next morning, we took our bags to the pier for the ferry with the aid of a local and a metal cart and boarded our ferry to Koh Lanta. Once again, the ferry ride was fairly uneventful although we did find our accommodation while on the boat as the ...
Baby Why Don't We Go
... library south of Sydney...Australia. Asia was great, but it was not as cheap as I expected in the southern part of Thailand, there was always, everywhere, shocking amounts of garbage and oil floating in the water and lying on the beach, and, ...
Ko Chang
... took a couple hours to get to Tha Dan Kao and from there we caught the ferry to Ko Chang. Ko Chang is Thailand's second largest island, immediately we were in for a bit of a culture shock coming from Cambodia. Tourists everywhere, hotel resorts smothered ...
Guns and Glass
Right so....we've had a busy few days. After a night out Webby and I arrived back to the Hotel, as Will - who was with some new friends - had the key we couldn't get in. So Webby kicked the feeble door down...as it seemed the most sensible thing ...
Welcome to the Jungle
Woke up, breakfast with the zombies and we step outside and see Tola waiting to take us to the airport. He tells us he slept badly due to the flood of emotions NOT attending the concert couldn't prevent (surely there's room in this sentence for ...