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On the road again
After 2 months in the village the da has finally come for us to hit the road again and venture into the 'big city'. Bit of a culture shock to see cars, shops, real people, bars - maybe even a few farang !
We are up at 5am for a cuppa and some breakfast whilst Jai prepares some rice for her mum for the two days. Bags are packed so I load up the …
Road Trip day 5
All small towns have something to shout about and in Khon Kaen it's dinosaurs, they are everywhere, on the signs for the city and dotted about the streets. They discovered fossils of Dinosaurs near Khon Kaen about 30 years ago and since then they have found hundreds including the oldest T-Rex anywhere in the world. So we went to find them ourselves.
First stop was Phu Wiang Dinosaur Museum an hour and a half drive from ...
Breaking Up The Journey
Not much to do here at all. Walked aroundin the extreme heat for a bit and managed to come across the mall, thank goodness for that...air con. It was cheap wednesday at the movies so we went and saw The Bourne Legacy, for 3$ it was well worth it. Moving on crom here we are going to take the overnight train somewhere quieter and smaller to relaxe untill or flight back to New ...
Land van de eeuwige glimlach :-)
... het journaal en 3 Op Reis kijken (stiekem genoten we zelfs van Sesamstraat en het Klokhuis)! Just like home :-D
In Jomtien maakten we Loy Krathong mee, een van de grootste festivals in Thailand. Ironisch genoeg vieren ze hiermee het einde van de monsoon, maar dit jaar levert het water nog lange tijd problemen op. Maar dat is voor de Thai geen reden om dit feest ongemerkt voorbij te laten gaan: Overal in het land laten mensen kunstwerkjes van bananenblad met ...
Steve of the Jungle
... smiley and helpful, there's much less English speaking staff around than in Bangkok or even Koh Phangan. I had to order my bus ticket in Thai, which worked, but as I rode I realized that I wasn't sure where to get off. I told the ticket collector where I wanted to go, and after about a two hour ride, thus bus stopped and he waved me to get off. I asked "Nam Nao?" and he pointed down the road.
No problem...I had read that the visitor center was about a mile ...