After the longest night ever, the sun rose over the car park that we were sitting in. Ollie woke up and it was time to get on the boat again. I hadn’t slept all night, I was either listening to my ipod or playing card games on my laptop. It was futile trying to play real cards as they kept blowing away. Eventually it was time to get onto the ferry. I was worried I was going to be sick as it was a really small boat so Ollie gave me a travel sickness pill. Of course, taking this, immediately made [View Full Entry]

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30th October 2009 Well we hung about all day and it was gutting to have the back packs on and not be on the roof top swimming, so we walked around the markets together had lunch and chilled out in the lobby together of the hotel, then this girl came up to us and was like i need to sit down do you mind we were like no, she sat down we got chatting and as the story follows we were in the same hotel we caught the same ferry and we ended up all in the beer bungalows all by [View Full Entry]

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Before I start on our travels to Ko Pha-Ngan, I forgot one Bangkok story, which I've rightly been told off for. I mean what was I thinking? One of the highlights of Bangkok was the fish-foot-massage. As weird as this sounds, it is. To keep it simple, a very large fish tank that has been adapted to allow one to stick their feet in with relative ease i.e. whilst sitting down. The 100's of 'Dr Fish' then proceed to nibble away at all of the dead skin on your feet, which has to be said, is at first, a very bizzare [View Full Entry]

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It was the kind of clear water I've always dreamed of. Jumping in was like leaping into the world's largest fish tank, as far as the eye could see in every direction were hordes of fish every shape and size. Giant schools of Baraccuda, masses of Trevaly, heaps of damsel fish and giant groupers circling them all. We were diving Sail Rock, one of the premier dive destinations in the world, the jewel of the Gulf of Thailand. A site known for it's giant schools of fish and the occasional apperance of something larger... Already I was having a tough time [View Full Entry]

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After Railay we hopped on a long tail boat that took us to a bus that took us to a ferry that took quite a few hours to Ko Pha-nang. We ended up sitting on a huge Boat in the VIP section which had comfy chairs a T.V and was only 1$ more sweet! . 1 1/2 bad movies and rough seas later we arrived at Ko Phan nang. The motivation to coming here was to kite surf and attend the full moon party madness. We took a tuk tuk into town and spent quite some time walking around trying to [View Full Entry]

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Dear Thailand Mini-bus Driver, Did you have a rough sleep last night? I only ask because it looks like you're on your third Thai redbull and your hands are starting to shake. I know what it's like to not get much sleep and then have to drive a far distance the next day, tough stuff. Perhaps thats why you seem to be driving our mini-bus at speeds in excess of 130 km/h average. Maybe you don't realize that when you pass on a solid yellow line there's most likely going to be cars coming at you from the other side, maybe [View Full Entry]

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Laos Nachdem wir endlich Vang Vieng mit seinen Friends-Restaurants und Partypeople hinter uns gelassen haben gehts weiter nach Luang Prabang. Das ist eine der aeltesten laotischen Staedte und Unesco Weltkulturerbe. Davon abgesehen ist nicht sehr viel los, was man auch am fortgeschrittenen Alter vieler Touristen sehen konnte. Highlight war der Nachtmarkt, auf dem es wahnsinnig tolle Souvenirs gab. Tagsueber haben wir das Wat bestiegen, von dem aus man einen wunderbaren Blick ueber die ganze Stadt, den Mekong und die angrenzenden Berge hat. Nach einer eher schmerzvollen als entspan [View Full Entry]

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We decided to stay in Hat Rin, which is where the full moon party started. We thought about staying in Paradise Bungalows, the home of the full moon party but the lonely planet didn’t give it the best review so gave it a miss. In hindsight I would have liked to stay there and will when I return to the Island. Ko Phangan was fantastic, it was a lot more relaxed than Ko Samui, it had a better vibe and it was much cheaper. Sunrise beach was just as nice as Chaweng and the sea just as warm .We didn’t do [View Full Entry]

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English translation coming soon... ********************************************************************* Sicher sind auch Kho Samui und Kho Tao echt tolle Inseln, aber im Hinblick darauf, dass sich meine Zeit in Thailand so langsam dem Ende naeherte, habe ich mich entschlossen, die letzten Strandtage nur auf Kho Phangan zu verbringen, anstatt stressiges Insel-Hopping zu betreiben. Dort angekommen haben wir auch gleich eine tolle Bungalow-Anlage namens “Lucky Resort” direkt am Meer gefunden. Der Garten war erstaunlich gepflegt und es gab sogar einen Pool mit Blick aufs Meer [View Full Entry]

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After taking Suzie back to Bangkok to catch her flight, I met up with Robbie and Justin at Ko Pha-Ngan. We decided to go to a Full Moon Party while we were there as it would have been rude not to! It was pretty crazy, the beach was full of people partying and it was a good thing to see. The tunes were a bit ropey, but the atmosphere was good, and all of the people that we met were pretty cool. We met a man called Nick who had a picture of his own face drawn on his chest, which [View Full Entry]

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