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Chumphon Slideshow
Chumphon
Travel Blogs from Chumphon, Thailand
in transit
I decided to take the same deal as Kyle & Jao Kim to Koh Tao for the PADI cert., so it was back to Koh San Rd to meet with the travel agent. I took the overhead monorail, called the Sky Train, first to Siam Square. I don't understand why ...
Travelling to Phuket
... the Canary islands but after five weeks here we'd all love a jacket potato or cheese and I’m still missing my wine. Got to Chumphon – place kind of suits its name, we were all quite tired and giggly in that way you get when you are all cooped ...
Stopover required
I didn't stay long at all in Chumphon. I arrived late in the evening and left first thing in the morning but what I saw of it was pleasant enough. I wouldn't be adverse to stopping over there ...
Learning to Scuba Dive
... learning to dive. Due to illness unfortunatly I have had to stop half way through my course. So it means I will have to return to Chumphon to finish off my last two dives at the end of the month before Alex and I head to to islands for the full moon ...
Chumpon
Well to get to the south islands you need to get a ferry, after 24 hours of trains and buses we got here 11am so we were forced to stay the nigh in Fame Guest house = bed bugs and mouse droppings nice ! Chumpon = shit hole only way i can describe it so ...
Ko Tao - > Chumphon
... troche czasu i zmusza do malej aktywnosci fizycznej. Wieczorem odbieramy plecaki z guesthouse'u i udajemy sie na statek spowrotem do Chumphon. Odplywamy o 23:00 a cene jest ta sama co w ta strone - 300 bat. Dla tych podrozujacych, ktorzy nastawieni sa na ...
Rising Early in Chumphon
... others from the boat, and crowded in the back of the open ended pick-up like cattle headed to market. Arriving in central Chumphon, we wandered the streets trying to find a particular cheap guest house and finally finding it, were shown into a large ...
Goodbye Centre hello Koh Pha Ngan
Well it was an early start for me to catch my coach in Hua Hin. It was sad to say goodbye to the few oldies that were still at the centre but it had to be done. I left Hua Hin on the coach at 8.30am and arrived on Koh Pha Ngan about ...
Night Train
We left Bangkok at about 7.30 and had a pretty straight forward train journey to Chumphon. The assistant in our carriage took a shining to us and even phoned her daughter and got Mads to talk to her! We arrived in Chumphon about 2 hours later than ...
3rd day in bangkok <3
... over there mouths. The train was massive but our seat were tiny compared to the train next to us. At the start of the journey to Chumphon you would be sat oppersit some one and it was the same on the other side. after you had tea, a man came and lifted a ...
MEET THE SUDPHU-THONG FAMILY!!
... Cherie had the other suitcase!!.......get the picture?!.........travel light?.......whoooopsss!!!........kinda blew that one!! Anyway........off to Chumphon a 3 hour trip..........and we catch up on all the latest Pitchy news......the time flys by and we ...
Chaleuuuuuuur
Et voila ! nous y sommes ! Nous avons laisse Cat a Chiang Rai et a ses nouvelles aventures. Pour Jeff et moi, au moins 24h de transit en bus (aie..) pour arriver jusque la.. mais ca y est, on est au sud ! Pinaize dire qu il faisait deja chaud dans le ...
Heaven
Little Ko Chang was heaven. Almost nobody on the beach, warm water, beautiful views, soft sand. Very calming, very relaxing. The only place to eat was the guest house. Luckily it was delicious. Tons of fish and squid. Not much to do on the island tho, ...
First impressions
... Our journey to Chumphon gave us a taste of why we would never want o have to drive in Thailand. Almost 7 hours after leaving Bangkok we reached Chumphon. WE were warned that our accommodation was less than luxurious... Our (red) Guest House ...
Chumphon
... from Burma and wow was he good with a sling shot! He could hit a coconut up in the tree every time. Getting to Chumphon was a bit of an adventure...the manager of out last hotel said that there where buses leaving every hour and that getting to Chumphon ...
Bloody Bugs!!!
Well the minibus back to Bangkok wasn't bad. A little cramped and we were the only white people on it but it was reasonably comfortable, even if it took half an hour longer than it should have done. Went for a quick last beer in Bangkok and stocked ...
Hat Thung Wua Laen
Just 15km north of Chumphon was our next target. According to lonely planet a beautiful but less crowded beach called Hat Thung Wua Laen actually it was like ...
ETES-VOUS ALCOOLO ?
ETES-VOUS ALCOOLO ? Notre grand test de l'été. A consommer avec modération ! 1) Où passez-vous vos vacances ? En tente igloo, igloo, igloo Dans un casier à bouteilles L'an dernier, c’était Evian, cette ...
Morgenstimmung im Sueden
... , nachdem wir aus dem Nachtzug ausgestiegen sind. Wir und etwa 50 andere wollen auf die Inseln des Golfes von Thailand. Der Benzingeruch der Diesellok wird von Kaffeeduft abgeloest. geschaeftstuechtige Thaifrauen haben einen Stand mit Ruehrei, Toast und ...
WHAT A GREAT DAY!!!!!!
... well lunch today was supreme!!!...........the view from high on a hill overlooking an inlet ......on one side Thailand......the other Myanamar....... The food........just kept on coming........dish after dish.......2 and 1/2 hours later...........we had ...
Rest day
Cumhbana is normally a sleepy out of the way resort village, however last night was a full moon so there was a full moon party on the beach. There was a live band and everyone came from far and wide to celebrate the full moon. Everyone was pretty tired ...
Ab in den Süden...
... kommen in den Süden. Wider Erwartens waren wir pünktlich um 15:40 (d.h. 1h später als angegeben) in Chumphon. Wie erwartet wurden wir draussen sofort von Fähre Anbietern umzingelt. Relativ schnell merkten sie, dass wir keine brauchen und boten ...
Hanging around Chumphon
... the taxi. It cost less from Ranong and it meant i didn't have to travel too far. I prefered the last visa run i did in Northern Thailand as i had someone walk me through it, this time i was left to get on with it. I'm quite glad i ended up on a longtail ...
It's Hot!
... of Chumphon, right on the beach) where Tong is going to take us to the Autistic school, which houses students from all over Thailand. I am also hoping to make it into an internet cafe, because the internet and computer scare me here. Life is good ...
Thai Logistics III
Unsere Fahrt von Ko Tao nach Bangkok war diesmal selbstorganisiert, und das hat sich auch gelohnt! Die Bootsgesellschaft wollte uns ein Kombiticket Bus und Boot nach Bangkok verkaufen, wobei hier eigentlich klar war, dass das fuer uns wieder stundenlange ...
Bussilla yötämyöten Chumphoniin
Jep Bussi lähti kymmenenpintaan illalla Bangkokist ja matkaaikaa oli n.6 tuntii. Olin bookannu liput jo netist paripäivää aikasemmin ja kavi tuuri et sain paikan yläkerroksesta ja eturivilt,oli hyvät jalkatilat. Miinuspuolena vois sanoo ...