Blogs from Phang-Nga, South-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia

When we arrived in Chumphon, I went for lunch with Nook. She was on the same boat and on her way to see her grandmother. My host would pick me up from the train station in a few hours so we had time. We had noodles and mangosteen juice. This is a local fruit I never heard of before. It tastes really nice and sweet! After saying goodbye to her, I walked back to the train station and waited for my host. He came from Bangkok with his sister and was on his way back to Phang-Nga, so he had offered to pick me up in Chumphon. It was a long drive and I slept most of the time. When we reached his home town we went for dinner before going home and sleep. Before falling ... read more

Pendant 3 jours c'est la fête du nouvel an bouddhique en Thaïlande, la Songkran. Certains l'appellent aussi la fête de l'eau ! Selon eux l'eau éloignela malchance et purifie... Je pense que je vais être ok pour la nouvelle année. J'étais mouillé de la tête aux pieds! La ville de Phang Nga s'est transformée en jeu d'eau géant ! Tout le monde avait des fusils à l'eau et s'arrosait dans les rues. Il y avait même des gens dans leur boîte de camion qui se promenait avec des réserves d'eau pour arroser les gens! Certains arrosait avec de l'eau colorée. Wow! C'était cool car j'ai pu participer... Une famille nous a invité à lancer de l'eau avec eux! J'aimerais qu'on fête cette fête au Québec ;)... read more

We woke up early today to meet a driver for our tour to James Bond Island in the lobby @ 7am. We had a short 40 minute drive before arriving at the pier and boarding our boat for the day. Immediately we knew that this was going to be a FAR better experience than the Maya Bay Sleepaboard tour we booked in Phi Phi. The boat was much larger, plenty of room, breakfast/snacks/drinks were available, and the main tour guide Philipe from Two Sea Tour (http://www.twoseatour.com) was wonderful right from the start. He informed us that we get a 2 hour earlier start than all of the other tours in order to canoe in some caves where you have a short window to get in & out because of the tide. Our group was small (around ... read more

This Center is a nursery for sea turtles. The eggs are taken from the sand and bread (though that happens somewhere else). Then the small tea turtles are raised until they are let free in march into the sea. The nursery also takes care of many injured sea turtles. It can be visited daily for free and although the Center itself is only concrete and water, the turtles have touched me deeply. Enjoy the Videos and many Pictures at the very bottom of this page. ... read more

After a good night’s sleep in our clean comfortable bed we were well rested and ready to explore the local area. It’s well known for the spectacular limestone-karts, some in the sea others inland in Sa Nang Manora national park with numerous waterfalls and pools. We chose to visit the Manora Park first thing and were almost the only people there. We set off along the distinct jungle pathway which wound it’s way around waterfalls, climbing over broken bridges and crossing the stream on fallen down trees. After a while the path became indistinct and we were forced to turn back but we’d been walking for best part of an hour which was quite enough in the tropical heat. From here we went to the mangroves along the coastline where there were views of the picturesque ... read more