Weang Thai Surat Thani

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2. Kevin MacDonald. I spent my summer in Thailand, working for a company called Rustic Pathways. My job involved leading trips for American teenagers in the northern part of the country. My contract ended in early August, so after about a week spent on my own exploring Chiang Mai (the largest city in northern Thailand), I boarded a train in Chiang Mai at about 10:30 pm on Saturday, August 15. After ...

... on the back who looked familiar, after standing there shocked it hit me that it was Hayley sitting on the back of a scooter with a massive 15Kg rucksake on her back looking absolutley petrified, after stopping myself from laughing i helped Hayley and her bag off of the bike, i just wish i had a camera to capture that image. So we are together again and plan to go to Krabi tomorrow. Matt and Hayley.

After a few days of beach we decided to head towards more adventurous terrain in Kao Sok national park, in rain forest between the two Thai coasts. We've all come to hate minivans by now (already!) and it was painfully slow going at max 60km/h and stops along the way for petrol, air refreshener flowers, more passengers, eating... Finally we reached Kao Sok in the afternoon and found a gorgeous rainforest hideout, Art's River Lodge. We had a double ...

... a T-shirt I came across one which said "Full Moon Party - Everyone Request Buckets!" Buckets?? Yes, buckets. As in buckets of alcohol. This is a literal, not metaphorical phrase. Ostensibly it keeps the beach clean of glass. In reality it gives an excuse to drink stupid amounts of alcohol. We took a taxi over the island to the party. About 1km from the entrance we were stopped by the Thai police searching every vehicle for drugs. The search was cursory ...

... was very reasonably priced at 310 Baht for 3 people.The drive to Aonang beach was a long one and took approx 40 min as we passed through the palm lined narrow road. Often the pounding of waves of the sea made us aware of presence of beaches around. By the time we reached the hotel we were tired and retired. The hotel was very pleasent and we were alloted a room overlooking the sea on the top floor( 4th floor). 25 May 08-Trip to Krabi Town I woke up early and ...

... seats grabbing items out of peoples' bags. (We had been told we could not use the overhead bins to store carry-ons and that they must be placed under our seats). The thief probably would have gone completely unnoticed had one traveler not decided to sleep on the isle floor and was awoken when the thief grabbed his leg. He yelled, loudly, the thief recessed to the lower level of the bus, and the rest of us were awoken and on alert the rest of ...

... chocolate for dinner. The diet helped with some weight loss, Louisa was able to wave farewell to the last bits of the Heathrow injection and J said hello to his ribs and protruding hip bones. The daily chores were fun, Louisa cleaned 30 toilets in total compared to Jonathan's 1, but J maintains that his was much filthier and equivalent to 30, being a boy's toilet. Didn't quite manage to organise torches - made walking round the grounds at night and early ...

On monday afternoon I was off on my long journey south the Malaysia. I hadnt really planned to go to malysia- but.... 1. my thai visa was to expire on the 2nd of Dec, so I had to leave 2. I felt I needed some relaxation time after Bangkok- and after Malaysia I could head over to Ko Mook in southern Thailand. I got my bus ticket (900B) and waited until my 6oclock departure time. Along the way I met a humorous canadian (arent they all) named Maranda and ...

... In the beginning it was just the rain, but later the winds started rising and the waves started getting a bit bigger as well. Besides us being wet and maybe a bit cold, we were just fine, until all of a sudden the engine died. Without it to keep us more or less straight (bouncing up and down, but not moving to the sides), we started swaying pretty seriously in the wind, rain and waves. That was when we put on our ...