King'S Hotel Hat Yai

... and humidity. Amazingly, and sometimes sadly, Thailand can provide whatever you're looking for on your vacation. The variety of sights and ease of traveling has helped build a massive tourism industry host to more than 14 million visitors every year (that's 5 times more visitors than Vietnam and 15 times more visitors than Cambodia). Roads in all directions are very well traveled and usually very busy. Bangkok, jungle towns, and even ...

... the dock to Surat Thani, which was alright, then had to be crammed into a minivan from one bus stop to another, which took an hour itself picking up people. I had to sit in a row of three seats at the back with three other people, which wasn't enough room. The bus driver tried dropping me off in the middle of nowhere when we arrived, but I requested he take me to the main bus station so I could find a room. I found a cheap room, but barely slept ...

... skirt in it" "You wanna by a skirt?" Samaa rataa hetken aikaa kun vedat niin kyl se hermoa kysyy. Eihan sita mistaan loytyny. Olkoon. Kuus euroo se makso kyl, mut ei voi mitaan. Ainakin loput kamat pysy tallessa. Ostettiin seuravalle aamulle liput pakulla/lautalla Pulau Langkawille. Jatketaan tarinaa myohemmin. Nyt ollaan siis jo kaukana, mut ei ole nettia ollu, etta olis voinu paivittaa ja tahdon pitaa jonkunlaisen ...

... the sign for jerantut, and realised we were heading in the right direction after all! once we got off the bus we caught another bus to the next town an hour away. Once we jumped off of that bus, we walked up to the ticket window to ask for the next bus to kuala lumpur and it left in 10 minutes....... great! this was going smooth......a little too smooth for our liking! So another 2 hour bus trip to KL. once there, we jumped onto the monorail, a train above the roads, and get off at a ...

... an average of 1/2 metre from the car in front throughout and from the backseat I got a good view of all the near misses occuring on the road in front. I think the driver could see my anguish in his mirror and so asked me to move to a different seat once the bus had emptied slightly! I also saw a bit of thai roadrage as a pickup kept cutting up a car and in revenge the car overtook and ...

... But we wanted our drive to be special. Kathryn and I were insistent that we find one with music piped directly into the back. Plus, she had the idea of a hanging chandelier which we had seen in at least one during our month and a half here. After a long search we finally Came across this blue one with music and a glowing blue light. The driver was more than willing to give us a double round tour of the area for a reasonable price. We all ...

... a bit run-down. But it was clean and secure- you could put your own lock on the door which was reassuring. This part of the country has seen some violence from the Muslim population (a minority in Thailand but concentrated mostly in the south, and objecting against Thai government rule of the area) in recent years but I felt safe enough walking around. I went out to eat some dinner- there was a Chinese New ...

... my motorbike gang from Laos, as he was staying in the same guest house with his girlfriend and was even booking the bus to Penang i was about to book, so i had companions for the journey. Or i would have done, except after putting us all into a nice minibus, they then promptly put me only into a smaller, shittier one. Luck of the draw i guess. Still a hassle free journey ensued and i was soon in Penang.

... Then we head on our way to malaysia (or so i thought) The past 4 hours have gone by pretty fast i've been dozing in and out. I woke up In this massive town thinking hmmm whos getting off here, Then the bus driver pulled over at some place called holiday tours, Told me to get out ( i was sitting in a seat where i had to get out for people behind me to get out) So i get out and then he starts to ...

... is refreshing. From here we hopped on * tr*in to the border town of Sung*i Kollok which took just over 4 hours 3rd cl*ss 42 B*ht, interesting journey I got communic*ting with * de*f Th*i l*d who w*s genuinely friendly, w*s funny trying to expl*in ourselves to e*ch other, he offered me his phone number if I c*me b*ck to Th*il*nd I w*sn't too sure how I ...