Blogs from Eastern Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 17

So here i am in Koh Samui. From the moment the boat set sail i was deeply regretting having to leave Koh Tao, however was grateful for the chance to give my liver a hard earned rest from drinking copious amounts of alcohol into the early hours every night. The boat journey was fun...the choice was either to sit out on deck and burn alive because of a lack of seats or to sit on a plastic stool in the aisle....great! Don't you just love the way that they overfill all forms of transport past capacity! So once off the boat we were ushered to vans which would take everyone onboard to their various destinations on the island. In my bus were a couple i met on the boat who are from Switzerland and are just ... read more

To play the video above, first... I'm sorry, but you'll have to turn down the poor audio, see control at bottom of video, centre. Coming from Cambodia into Thailand The Thai immigration offers a "30 day non-visa entry" but you must be careful because it's really only for 29 days and then they'll fine you $15 per day for overstaying. From the border I took a minibus to Trat, Thailand. A four dollar room in Trat is really basic with a shared bathroom. In Cambodia for five dollars you get a clean room with cable TV and a clean private bathroom. From Trat I planned to go to Koh Chang, the second largest island in Thailand, but it's raining season and my sea-legs are very poor especially in bad weather. A tropical island in the rain ... read more

We have arrived in Paradise! Well, sort of. Finding a serene and secluded tropical beach is a bit harder than we imagined... tourism and commercialism have really taken over Thailand, and there do not seem to be many regulations about how much is too much when it comes to developing the islands or protecting the natural environment. We were in search of that postcard perfect beach with like, only 5 other people on it. Ha! Fat chance. Before leaving Bangkok, we saw a sticker on the back of a bathroom door advertising a reggae guesthouse that was "off the beaten path", so we jumped on the opportunity. We succeeded in finding a "locals" beach, but the beach itself was covered in trash. Gross. Rumour has it that some of the islands up north near Cambodia are ... read more

Saa er den gal igen... I gaar havde Lise igen groent vaeske ud af hoejre oere og William havde ondt i oererne. Inden vores afrejse fra Danmark var Lise igennem en 5 dages kur med Amoxillin, pga mellemoersbetaendelse. Da vi kom til Thailand var den igen gal med oeret (groen vaeske - ingen feber og ellers upåvirket). Dorte ringede til oerelaegen i Danmark, og de blev enige om, at Lise skulle have endnu en Amoxillin kur, men denne gang en 7 dages kur. Oerelaegen i Danmark mente, at den foerste kur ikke havde vaeret lang nok, og ville hellere anbefale en ny Amoxillin kur frem for en anden mere bredspektret penicillin (oerelaegen naevnte noget der hedder Augmentin hvis ikke vi kunne få amoxillin). Vi fik fat på ”ren” amoxillin og Lises anden 7 dages Amoxillin kur ... read more

Dag allemaal, We zijn aangekomen in Bangkok,Thailand. Pierre aan de schijterij en lamlendig...Liza had het even lekker rustig(hihi).Geen slap geouwehoer van Pierre want hij was zo ziek,zwak en misselijk dat hij dat niet kon opbrengen. Bangkok is een gezellige stad maar niet zo druk zoals we verwacht hadden.Kathmandu,Saigon en Hanoi zijn veel drukker.We gingen per taxi naar ons 'hotelletje'.Maar de taxichauffeur had weer eens moeite om het hotel te vinden(Amarin Inn Hotel).Maar gelukkig toch gevonden(hehe).We zaten in het centrum waar alles gebeurde,Th Khoa San Rd district.Daar zitten alle barretjes en restaurantjes en natuurlijk de winkeltjes met de goedkope shirtjes en schoenen etc.. We hebben een trip gedaan met een tuk tuk en dat voor 40 bath(nog geen euro).We zijn toen allemaal naar verschillende tempels geweest.Wat Po de bekendste.Daar zie je een liggende boeddha van 46 mtr ... read more