I cant believe it is 3rd January already! So much has happened and mostly all good. Have stayed at Nai Yang beach for a few days, mainly because it was the holiday and everywhere very booked up. Caroline found these bungalows for us as they are near to the beach and airport(which Caroline and Simon needed) very nice and comfortable and quiet apart from flat Karaoke singing from Thai girls who live over the back -all day long on 1st January- I had to stop Rob from telling them they were in the wrong key! We had a very different New [View Full Entry]

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The treehouse! My male travelling companions made it to Khaosan Road where I was staying about 8 hours after I wrote my last post. They woke me up with knocking at about 5 a.m. after having travelled on an overnight bus from Laos, so we all headed out the door. Khaosan Road is like Chinatown meets Vegas - lots of shops selling cheap clothing, blaring lights and music, street food stalls everywhere, and pretty much just sheer madness. We wandered around the morning streets of bangkok before losing steam and heading back to my room for a nap when the sun [View Full Entry]

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Christmas this year was spent sitting on the idyllic island paradise of Koh Tao. There, the sun and the water are warm, the drinks are cool and the men hot. Still I find myself relieved to be going home. Even if it is only for three days I crave the comfort of normalcy and my 20-40 baht (33baht = $1) meals. Still it felt like a vacation through and through. The white sand beaches are littered with beautiful Farang (Foreigners) sitting exposing their skin to the suns harmful rays. We all know it and we lather our skin with sunscreen and [View Full Entry]

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I didnt hear the shots. I was dancing, chatting and drinking with an assortment of party people and local folk wearing fluffy red and white santa hats. The music went dead. The crowds evaporated away. A light rain was falling as mist in the night. The party was over. Three young boys were shot on the beach on Phi Phi on Christmas day. The passengers on the well-worn route through the islands of Thailand know the route even if they haven't taken it before. It has its own history, literature, fashions, gossip and rumours. Sitting on a ferry, or on a [View Full Entry]

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Today is boxing day! We started the day, by having brunch in our favourite cafe again! We then visted the medical centre, as Onie has had an aweful rash all over her tummy and back, and has been feeling a bit under the weather! Luckily he gave her some Antihistamine and we were kindly given a bottle of Calamine by the guy we are hiring our bike off, and she is feeling better! We then drove to Khlong Phlu waterfall, and walked the 500m throught the forest to it! Even though we hadn't brought our swimming costumes, Rik was soooo hot [View Full Entry]

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Merry Christmas Everyone!!! It felt really wierd waking up in a wooden hut in them middle of the jungle on Christmas morning! Maybe it has something to do with the scorching heat, and lack of x-mas decorations! Yesturday we had both given each other 250 baht and had walked around Bang Bao market and bought each other a presant to open on Christmas moring! We also treated ourselves to neck pillows (and yes Mom...they have elephants on them)! We are sick of travelling via bus, and looking like Quasi Modo (cricked neck), when we get off them!!! I had got Rik [View Full Entry]

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What a random Christmas Day! After our brunch, we hopped onto our motorbike and went searching for a kayak! We didn't have to search for long! We travelled to Kai Bay, which is about 20km north up the west coast! We found a group of 5 really small islands sitting out at sea, that had our names written all over them! After jumping in our Kayak, we ventured out, via a small canal in which had to pass under a small foot bridge! In the distance, we could see that one of the stunning island (that was completly deserted, and un-inhabited), [View Full Entry]

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So after 12 hours of travelling from Sihanoukville (Cambodia) to Ko Chang (Thailand), via 3 buses and a ferry...we finally arrived!!! Ko Chang is awesome! We are definalty looking foward to spending Christmas here! The main life here is situated along the west coast, and the beaches here are stunning! Instead of staying in the hustle and bustle of White Sands and Lonely Beach (which isn't so lonely), we have decided to stay just outside Bang Boa which is situated on the south-west tip of the island, and is famous for its chilled out atmospher! Right up our street! The resort [View Full Entry]

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Happy Holidays to all family and friends! I’m sure everyone’s Christmas plans are in full swing by now; shopping for last minute gifts, cooking dinners and sipping eggnog with family and friends while watching A Christmas Story. Well it’s nowhere near cold enough to get your tongue stuck on a pole in Thailand, but in contrast to the sweltering humidity here feeling chilly sounds amazing. We wish the Abrego, Handley and Robinson clans safe travels, a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year (Josiah and Emmett’s first!). 2010 feels like it’s going to be swell… [View Full Entry]

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Wed 16 to Tues 22 To make the most of the short stay on Koh Phi Phi I moved to another hotel in a different area for the last couple of nights. My second hotel on Phi Phi’s Long Beach certainly has the wow factor in respect of the room, the view and the great beach, but boy does it fall flat on everything else. The hotel facilities and restaurant are rubbish and expensive rubbish at that. However, I had a perfectly lovely couple of days here making the most of the stunning soft white powdery sand, the clear water [View Full Entry]

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