Back in the bustling city of Bangkok after a week spent pampering myself on Koh Tao. I am now deliriously tanned and loving it. We bypassed the normal deployment to the Koa San Road with the rest of the tourists and made our way to the Atlanta Hotel off of Sukumvit. I wasn't sure what to expect when I saw the three feet high sign out front that ...

Finally the day has arrived. Tonight we fly back home to snowy Stockholm after 2 and a half months of glorious travel. We've spent the last few days hanging around in Bangkok. We stayed at the same place as last time (Rambuttri Village Inn - 800 Baht, warm water, a/c, all the mod cons (even TV), plus a pool), since it was convenient to Khao San ...

We had 20 hours of travelling from Koh Samui to Bangkok.. taxis, coaches, ferries, coaches and an overnight train.. I really wasn't looking forward to the overnight train; afterall, who looks forward to train journeys?! I was pleasantly suprised. I finally got round to finishing the book I'd brought (which was quite impressive, for me, as I was ...

Man trenger ikke ett tropisk paradis for aa oppleve noe annet en hverdagen i Norge. Jeg sverget for ni aar siden at jeg aldri skulle fly med aeroflot mer etter a ha vaert strandet i Moskva over ett doegn hver vei og opplevd rene karusell turen fra Stockholm til Moskva noen aar foer det med paafolgende skurring og ulyd over hoetaleren med fa...

De vluchten naar Wenen en Bangkok verliepen prima. De laatste vlucht naar Chiang Rai is momenteel echter minimaal een uur vertraagd. Dus maar even internetten om de tijd te doden..... ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------- The flights to Vienna and Bangkok went well. The final flight to Chiang Rai ...

We've set up camp in a friend's house in Pathumwan district of town. We're within a 10 minute walk from the PoenChit skytrain station, and 30 minute walk from Lumpini Park, Suan Lum night market, and MRT station. We had a day or two to explore the neighborhood before Grant's brother, Dave, arrived. The Night Market turned out to be a fun place t...

We returned to Bangkok today to get a flight to Vietnam. There had been a military coup in Thailand since the last time we were there. We hadn't seen any evidence of it until now -- I think people back home will have a much better idea what had happened than we did. Anyway, from our perspective nothing had changed from the last time we were in t...

Cheap air travel has its upsides, but also its downsides! After 24hrs on the road (in the skies!), via Mumbai and Delhi, we've set foot in the busiest capital in Asia, full of noise, bussle, smells and rooftop swimming pools (well if you're going to do it, you might as well do it properly!!) After a quick swim in the rain, a beer or two and a ni...

Back to Bangkok We had heard that entering Cambodia was often a nightmare - we did not expect leaving would be so difficult. Our bus left Battambang at 12pm and we were told, would arrive in Bangkok around 6pm. We figured that realistically meant around 7-8pm so we were pretty tired and irritated when we arrived at 10.30pm after queing in the tr...

Bangkok is a crazy city, as we've been finding out over the last few days. We arrived on the afternoon of the 5th January, but with our jet lag it felt like morning, which had the effect of keeping us awake and drinking until 6am. We have been trying to bring our sleep patterns back into check, although obviously not trying very hard, as we have...