Blogs from Southern Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 10

Hello to all my followers, I am very sorry about the complications with my blogs. This is what I have been doing over the past few days… Saturday 26th- Snorkelling tour On Saturday we went on a snorkelling tour on a long boat. We stopped at, Maya beach it was beautiful. On Maya beach a famous movie called “The Beach” was filmed there. Then we went around Koh Phi Phi Ley and stopped at a few places to snorkel. We saw Parrotfish, Sea cucumbers, Sea Urchins, Colourful fish and lots more. The only problem was there were lots of sea lice. That early evening we went for a jungle walk to the village we saw a snake, a man wacked the snake. It was a bit scary. Sunday 27th- Traveling On Sunday we caught a big ... read more

The Festival of Lanterns in Hat Yai Park turned out to be lovely, we were the only 'Farang' (foreigners) to be there so attracted a lot of interest from the locals. It was almost like we were back in Ambon in 2011 when we really were the only two foreigners in town. Well from here it's time to say 'goodbye' to Thailand. Our visa runs out on the 5th March so we're heading off to the Cameron Highlands in Malaysia. We're not expecting to find internet there so this blog may be quiet for a week or so.... read more

MORE PROOF OF TRAVEL (Pics) at the bottom Dear followers, dear friends, dearest, beloved family. This letter goes to those who encourage, promote and finally sustain my epic voyage, however encountered my leave with grief and mourning, who feared for my life when I had to find my way through the dark shadows of the ogress Bangkok. It goes to those whose hearts were fulfilled with relief when I overcame my adventure with the black road with both – sane mind and sane body. But it also goes to those, who are my worst enemies – the nine lords of the false things: (1) Lord of the envy – may your false protestations and your identities be revealed before I reach my destination, for you are not one but many. (2) Lord of responsibility – already ... read more

7th feb - Friday Reluctantly leaving Ayuthaya. Despite our intentions to travel first class rail, ha, ha, not always have such carriages. Hence, after much bartering with rail clerk, paid 250 baht (£5) for 2 very good 2nd class tickets to Bangkok. 'Very fast rapid train'. Of course it was running late, but only a mere 30 minutes, nothing to worry about. On arrival at our destination we tried to follow all the rules according to well laid guidelines :-Do not take taxi directly from train station, drivers rip you off-Insist upon air-conditioned taxi with meter-Insist driver turn meter on before you get in to car-Barter the fare or get out of cab-On no account take Very bad Tuk-Tuk- Walk away from station using hand signal like patting dog to attract meter taxi with honest driver ... read more

This was a bicycle Weekend trip to remember. For one Tanya accompanied me with a bike, that was too small for her. But further more we followed some roads, we found only with GPS. At one Point we wanted to take something that looked like a road according to some interruptions in the landscape. We asked some local Thais if we could go there. "Mei dei, mei dei". Well, we gave us new names (Indiana Jones and Indiana Jane) and tried anyway. It prooved to be a difficult ride. We had to go over closed gates, through water and through the Vegetation, using the GPS to find the next road. Again I was surprised what small "roads" Nokia maps knows. See some Highlights here in the pics at the bottom...... read more