The airport has been under siege from anti government supporters and despite the fact that there have been riot police outside the airport for days, nothing is happening for fear of bloodshed. Things have swung between peaceful protest to the brink of civil war and there have been grenades, bombs, shootings and attacks alongside gentle marches.The country is in absolute chaos and the tension is rising. Today there is a court case which could in effect dissolve parliament and put the country into military rule. Generally it's all a bit shit. Fortunately, I have not witnessed the clashes first h [View Full Entry]

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Anton vågnede før kl. 7 i dag, men han havde jo også sovet en del af dagen i går. Vi valgte at stå op, så vi kunne få noget ud af dagen. Ca. 8.30 var vi klar ved poolen. Der var ikke andre end én, der lå og svømmede baner. Luften var da 28 og vandet 26 grader og sol fra en skyfri himmel. Temperaturen nåede dog at stige til 32 grader, før vi igen forlod poolen kl. 11.30. På det tidspunkt var der fyldt ved poolen, så flere blev glade, da de kunne få vores dækstole. Efter frokost tog vi [View Full Entry]

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Of Endings, and of new Beginnings! So, with a note of tristesse, I must officially inform that my round-the-world ticket has just expired... On November 22nd, exactly a year had passed since I had gotten on the plane at Heathrow, on my way to Antananarivo. This last leg was from Salvador de Bahia, Brasil, back to London, effectively closing the loop. End of trip. Basta. Finito. For a nostalgic recap, I re-read my posts, looked at the photos, saw the amount of wonderful people I met, the exciting and thrilling 'alive' moments from Madagascar to South Africa alone, yet, [View Full Entry]

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Aw jeez. Well, I'm in Bangkok, and my plan was to have a few nice days Christmas shopping here before I leave on Wednesday. Unfortuately, that's impossible, since getting my flight taken care of has become a big hairy mess. I'm waiting in a line right now with ANA trying to figure out if I'll be able to fly out of a navy base outside of Bangkok on time. I sure hope so, because I am really tired of Thailand right now. The PAD has inconvenienced a lot of tourists, and it feels personal, because we all came to this country [View Full Entry]

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Khoa San Rd is a 40-year old festering street of filth. Its dirty, has dodgy people including kids, bastard tuk tuk drivers, shitty hotels and guys that you describe as she or she/he. It pretty much sums up Thailand minus the beaches. Everything that is wrong with Thailand started here and is still here. This is the crappiest place in all of SE Asia. Khoa San Rd is one of the most inconvenient backpacker joints in the world. Sure it’s close to the palace and reclining Buddha. (So I can see why originally it was chosen) but nowadays its nowhere near [View Full Entry]

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Fra at have været meget imødekommende overfor de smilende Thaier, er vi nu ved at være godt trætte af dem. En krise situation som vi har nu, magter de simpelthen ikke at håndtere på en organiseret og struktureret form. Selv et stort verdensomspændende virksomhed som Thai Airways kan ikke finde ud af at benytte deres hjemmeside til fornuftig information. Nyheder kommer med en dags forsinkelse og flere gange har de kun været på Thai. Thomas har i dag været hos Thai Airways billetkontor tre gange. Første gang en halv time efter åbning, hvor han først fik kø-nummer 862. Det var ikke [View Full Entry]

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I dag skulle vi så flytte hotel. Vi var lidt spændte på standarden af det nye, men det viste sig, at det er det rene luksus hotel. Hvis det andet hotel var luksus for Anna, så er det her helt vildt luksus.... Indchekningen var en besværlig affære, men langt om længe fik vi vores værelse. Vi kan desuden spise til aften, morgen og frokost på hotellet. Det var tydeligt at se, at flere af de nye gæster var i samme situation som os. Det må være ekstra fedt som rygsæksrejsende at komme på så fint et hotel! Da vi havde fået [View Full Entry]

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I'm a tourist get me out of here!!! Greetings! After a couple of days sitting it out in Ko San Road I started to feel as if I was part of the set from the film Ground Hog Day... every morning I wake up, rush to the internet room to check my emails. As soon as I step foot outside, "The Palace" I am hounded by Tuk Tuk drivers offering to take me anywhere I want for 5p if I go via 7 gem shops, the odd man pushing a ping pong show onto me (despite the fact that I [View Full Entry]

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Aenderung der Reise. Also morgen gehts auf nach Ko Tao. Werde mit den VIP-Bus abgeholt und fahre mit diesen samt umsteigen auf die Faehre direkt nach Ko Tao. Werde mich definitiv nicht in Bangkok aufhalten sondern direkt in den Sueden begeben. Morgen Ortszeit 13.30 abfahren und am Sonntag um 10.30 hoffentlich wohlbehalten ankommen. Vorraussichtliche Ankunft in der Big city Bangkok = Freitag. Dort 2 Tage bleiben. Den Grossmarkt erleben und mit den NAchtzug ab fuer 1 1/2 Wochen in den Sueden Nach dem ich heute von den Unruhen und den geschlossen Flughafen gehoert werde ich natuerlich di [View Full Entry]

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I dag er så dagen, hvor vi efter planen skal flyve til New Zealand, Thomas skal derfor have ringet til Thai Air for at høre, om de mener vi kan komme afsted. Det mente de ikke vi kunne komme og rådede os til at tage en overnatning mere. Heldigvis kan vi blive på samme hotel på samme værelse. Vi har ikke den store lyst til at følge vores danske rejseselskabs forslag om at tage tog eller bus til Phuket (det tager ca. 14 timer) og derfra med fly (hvis der overhovedet er et af få) til Singapore og derfra videre til [View Full Entry]

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