Chada

chada fada chello all you. I hope you are all getting mashed up and having a laugh. Crazyness is going to ensue on Nov 30th. Ace, Did anyone appreciate the fraggle reference. I now feel closer to uncle travelling matt. Im sure his name wasn't matt. ...

After 22 hours on the road, arrived in Bangkok at 5am. Jumped in a tuk-tuk from the bus station to the Chada guesthouse on the Khao San road. I've stayed at this place before, it's not too bad. Went to bed as soon as I checked in, didn't really sleep to ...

... morning i bumped into Ruby from Koh Phangan, its such a small world. I then booked into a room on Koh San Road called Chada Guesthouse, it made me laugh when i read the description of it in the Lonely Planet guide...'small, crypt like rooms' but it had a ...

... I thought i'd best save every penny as heard Australia was quite expensive.After walking up and down Khao San again,finally checked into the Chada guest house at the Burger King end of the strip,right above a pub with no power and a mattress on the ...

... . The sweet scent of Subways Parmesan & oregano freshly baked bread wafted past me and I new that my destination at the cosy Chada Guesthouse was but a stones throw. The lady at the counter showed me to my room, and as quick as fish returning to water ...

... time had a hiccup with the taxi driver that took us to the cha-da hotel on the other side of Bangkok instead of the chada hostel so a 30 min journey took us 3 hours! its absaloutly crazy over here the roads are so busy and the Khao san road ...

... on the northern end of the island & it is lush  & jungelly. Looked at a couple of places before deciding on the Chada Guesthouse which had been recommended by  a post on trip advisor. It is on Rat-U- Thit 200 Pee  Rd in Patong. It ...

... another gruelling journey. we figured it would be impossible to get into any of the most popular travellers guesthouses so we just went back to Chada house where we stayed last time. We went to check emails, etc, to see if Nick had a place at Monkchat (a ...

... used for transport) and headed to our guesthouse of choice - Julie Guesthouse - no surprises they were full so we ended up staying at Chada, which was lovely but not as cheap as Julie. We sorted out a ticket for a minibus to Pai the next morning and had ...

They Said: Due to uncertain and unmentioned circumstances that are now in the past, this was Challi's first cruise together as a couple – either married or as boyfriend/girlfriend or as simple acquaintances that had recently started dating – ...

THINGS WE LEARNED – You can't count on 400 kms taking 4 hours…always plan for delays; Always keep valuables in a safe place; 2 bags of biltong in 2 days is too much.  INTERESTING FACT – Hippos are the number one killer of people ...

She said: Great friends, frozen drinks, hotter than hell Florida weather, hundreds of white bearded "Papas" celebrating Ernest Hemingway's birthday, snorkeling with jellyfish and missing out (happily) on the shark spotting, more frozen drinks, humidity, ...

THINGS WE LEARNED – Don't  take a boat trip down the Ganges when you have an upset stomach!!; Everyone in India seemed to be scamming, so always count your change, don’t trust anyone, and never accept anything that is "free"; ...

THINGS WE LEARNED – Egyptologist does not seem mean the person knows anything about ‘ancient’ Egypt; Don’t even feign interest in an item to buy, unless you want to be followed for 6 blocks by the vendor, throwing the un-bought ...

It's winter break. As much as students anticipate the week and a half vacation, teachers covet it tenfold. Chad (the fresh out of college first-year teacher) and I (the devil-may-care student teacher) met the previous month at a social gathering for new ...

Kate and I had been working near Karratha in mid-west Australia for a three months now and our R&R was due to coincide with Claire (lip wax) Rush and Laura (car crash) Smally for the last time, so we decided to all go on a bit of a road trip… ...

... vehicles, waits and sweaty walks over the border, but finally arrived into Bangkok at 6.30pm. Checked into our favourite guesthouse, Chada and ran out to get some food. We were starving Marvin's. In great Thai tradition we ordered the green curries, ...

... A quiet, pretty lunch spot but for once we could not finish our noodles and curry, we really must have been suffering. Back to Chada for girly romcom films, skype and lazing; perfect Sunday afternoon. For our final Thai meal for a while we decided on the ...

(S) Slept in until 11! Luckily it rained in the night so our laundry is not dry. Good thing I have one pair of clean underwear left. Lunch in town at a little bar – sesame bread stuffed with mozzarella and ham. Couldn't find any beach towels ...

The plan for the early surf goes straight out the window as I switch off the 5.30 alarm without any further thought. Sleep in until 9am. Jess makes us a great brekky of fried ham, eggs, pancakes and various condiments which go down a treat. I have only ...