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Trat
Travel Blogs from Trat, Thailand
Treehouse..
Saa er vores tid i Treehouse ved at vaere over. Det har vaeret super fedt at opleve det her sted, det er saa primitivt, alligevel saa godt og saa den fedeste stemning.. Den foerste aften vi var der fik vi lidt god mad, og noget at skylle det ned med - ...
Eastern Gulf Islands
I have been island hopping and find it very difficult to make entries to my blog as the internet connection is weak and they charge double. Talk about a test of patience! So far it has taken me 20 mins to get to the point to be able to type, therefore I ...
it rains in the rainy season
Kate and I left Bangkok on a sunny day and were looking forward to our week on the beach. I had grand plans of not getting too sunburnt and sipping out of a coconut for my birthday, but mother nature had other plans. The bus and ferry ride were pretty ...
THE WHITE HOUSE KOH CHANG
... arrangement for a car to pick us up at 9 tomorrow, for a hefty fee, and we will go by mini bus to Cambodia. Exit Thailand, enter Cambodia, exit Cambodia and enter Thailand again and get a new stamp. We should be back by 4. No options, this has to be ...
Changement de Parcourt
... ussit à retenir le bus le temps que je reviennes avec mon butin... l'estomac vide. Arrivée à Chantaburi à 16 heures.. L'autobus pour Trat est à 17h00 alors encore un petit peut d'attente! On arrive à Trat vers 18h30, ou on rencontre une suisse ...
Trat
... a city we'd never heard of before! The last ferry to Ko Chang had unfortunately left hours earlier, leaving us with Trat for one night. We bought chocolate and beer from the reception (essentials). We'd travelled from Vietnam and were knackered. ...
Tauchen in Koh Chang
... gebucht. Bei SEAHORSE DIVING handelt es sich um ein Tauchunternehmen, das einem Schweizer gehoert, welcher vor 17 Jahren nach Thailand ausgewandert ist. Das Tauchen, zwei Tauchgaenge auf je etwa 15 Metern, war ein super Erlebnis. Die groesseren Fische ...
Koh Chang
We booked a bus/boat trip from our hotel in Bangkok to Koh Chang which turned out to be great, VIP bus with plenty of legroom, working aircon and we got to watch pirate DVD's on the way! Rambo 4 was quality, even Lucy enjoyed it. Got to Koh Tao, jumped ...
Koh Chang!
... little post....with some super piccies for your viewing pleasure - if i can figure out how to put them on here! We're on Thailand's second largest island, Koh Chang, it's not too far from Cambodia. Alas, time and money constraints, as well as a dash ...
Bangkok Blues
... to tag along. our actions led to us booking a bus to the island of Koh chang, which is situated in the center of thailand, but obviously on the coast. this turned out to be a pretty ideal choice of locations, as it hadnt been totally westernised like ...
One night in Bangkok......
... can head south pass pineapple fields and rubber tree plantations to Koh Chang. Koh Chang is an island that is in the Gulf of Thailand and near Cambodia. Its a lovely place where the water is just a couple of degrees cooler than the air (about 33c). Not a ...
Day 224: Changing locations
A rain shower notwithstanding, the morning plan ran like clockwork, one last bowl of rice soup and it was time to leave PC once again; indeed, the rain shower may have been a boon as when it finished and we headed up to the road there was a taxi waiting ...
eatin spicy food and waiting for the boat
... and changed our mind to go to Koh Chang. So we took a bus to Trat and waited here for the boat the next morning. While in Trat we checked our email at an internet cafe and met the very nice owner. We then went out with him for a beer at his ...
Life on the island of Koh Chang
May 2nd 2008 (i sorta took over on this one :) So we are back in Thailand and on Koh Chang, enjoying the beach. The rainy season is coming fast and we can tell the weather is changing. At first it was clear blue skies, not a cloud to be seen. Then ...
Back in Thailand
June 28, 2003 Well, we have finally made it back to civilization, back in Thailand. What a difference--paved roads, stores, American fast food. We left Phnom Penh yesterday and took a 3 hour bus ride to a Cambodian sea town called Sianoukvile. It ...
Six umbrellas and counting...
... full advantage of the Singha stashed on board. Luckily someone had an ipod so we spent a very surreal night whooshing through Thailand; windows wide open, listening to The Streets. I made it back to my seat which someone had very nicely transformed into ...
Day 23: Into the Blue?
... and really nice people. I should probably also mention the Snus. Snus is a Swedish thing which has apparently spread directly to Thailand without appearing in any other countries. It is a small pouch (or in its authentic form a tightly rolled ball) of, I ...
Tropical bliss!
... of curry, always meat, fish and vegetarian options for all dishes and western food when feel like having that. Everything is easy in Thailand, most places are beatutiful and people are very helpful. The Thai do not smile all the time though as is what we ...
I found bliss in Koh Chang
... 's not the point. It got us across safely. Brief background on Koh Chang. So this is the 2nd largest island in Thailand (after Phuket). The name translates to Elephant island...and yes there are many within the dense jungle...you can even do a jungle ...
KRRRRCCCHHHHHHTTT!!!!!!
... and send someone else back for the dead van. So I did make it to the border, and then into thailand, and then to trat.... I'm going to go track down a boat ticket out to the islands now. Hopefully the boat doesn't go ...
Day 221: From Pandemonium to Paradise
It wasn't until I had showered and left Paul's place on the back of a motorcycle taxi, that I began to experience the anticipated sense of nausea. The alcohol consupmtion of last night (2 bottles of spirits between 4 of us, plus that Hoegaarden) should ...
Thanksgiving on a tropical isle
... am I still smiling? Because I'm "marooned" on Koh Chang, a tropical island off the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand. Actually, I've managed to cancel my flight from Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport and am arranging a minivan to Siem Reap to ...
Tropical Islands
... to the mainland after spending almost a week on the little island of Koh Maak, a few miles off the coast in the gulf of thailand. Here's a quick summary of the trip: First, for all of you who blatantly asked me just how many vehicles I'd been on ...
koh chang
... by now so we wanted to get to an island for new year, so we left for the cameron highlands, and then for ko sumui thailand straight after that, we got the train there, and it was a pretty interesting journey, with loads of drunk thai people(we didnt ...
bus, bus, bus, bus....ISLAND
After a 20 hour bus marathon, we have arrived on the extremely rainy coast of Eastern Thailand to the charming town of Trat. We rented bicycles today and spun about town a bit. Also, new hostel has rock hard mattresses which feel amazing after bus ...
The Nikki and Fran Show
Some useful Koh Chang definitions: Ladybar - spiritual home of hookers. Think that just about explains it! There are quite a few such ladies on Koh Chang although it's nowhere near as bad as Pattaya etc, so I am told. This is way enough for me! The ...
Day 223: Naam Dtok for realz
This morning we decided to take advantage of the bike while we still had it and head up to Khong Plu waterfall which was about 6 or 7km out of lonely beach. We both managed to miss the turnoff this time and ended up making a detour almost as far as White ...
nature rocks
escaped cockroach city. aka tonsai bungalows. shouldn't knock it too much. was very friendly. caught a pick up taxi down to lonely beach and had breakfast at nature rocks whilst we waited to see if there was a room free. 500 baht again but pretty nice ...