Blogs from Khao Lak, South-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia

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Today was the day for real jungle walks. We set off from the National Park head quarters at 10am and headed for the path that headed to a waterfall via a rope bridge, very quickly the wide concrete path turned into a narrow dirt track. The French couple we spoken to at breakfast warned us that they had had leeches attach themselves to their legs the previous day so I was a bit nervous as I only had shorts on. The path climbed steep and despite being in shade we were soon dripping with sweat. Nice!! It took in a rickety rope bridge over the river at one point. For almost the entire pathway we saw no one else I guess setting off early pays dividends. Towards the end, we came across a man who gestured ... read more

Today we were picked up at 7am for a very long day trip to the Surin Islands. We would have preferred the Similans, a much shorter journey to the boat pier, but we were too late - all the trips were full. So as it looked like the best day weather wise we bit the bullet, paid 2600b each and got up early. The minibus was waiting at 7, 3 Germans already in it. We went to another guesthouse and no one was waiting. One of the German ladies had PLENTY to say about it, especially when a couple ambled out, not even hurrying. Haha! They weren't for our trip. Then the right couple emerged at a trot, they had been told 7.15 and it was exactly that, so there you go! The minibus took about ... read more

Hier après-midi je suis allé visiter un centre pour les tortues. Ils s'occupent des tortues malades ou blessées. J'ai beaucoup aimé ma visite. On pouvait les nourrir avec des concombres et les prendre dans nos mains. Trop cool! J'ai vu que la pollution nuit vraiment aux tortues. Plusieurs mangent des sac de plastiques ou encore développent des problèmes de peau. Certaines sont aussi blessées par les bateaux. :( Une chance qu'il y a des centres pour en prendre soin! ... read more

This morning instead of waking up to bird call, insects buzzing around trees that whisper in the breeze and lizards scampering through the undergrowth beneath our hut we woke to the slamming of hotel doors and air con units and refrigerators buzzing. We've now swapped deserted beaches for smelly crowded streets. Why? That's what I'm asking myself! Firstly we need to be in Krabi soon to fly out of Thailand. Khoa Lak seemed a good place to break the journey plus the fact I was in need of Western food, an odd hour of air con and floors you can actually walk on! ( read previous blog) Also i need to feel clean and I desperately needed to do laundry! The water on the island was not good at all. Certainly wouldn't want to wash my ... read more