Blogs from Southern Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 12

Oct 31 2013 For the 30th and the 31st we did not do anything terribly exciting. We did a bit more exploring, checking out little shops here and there, but most of the shops tend to sell the same items. We did enjoy some time on the beach, whether it was just walking down the beach or throwing the frisbee around. Just about anywhere on the beach there is great people watching and of course lots of beautiful women to look at. On the 31st Sam R. and I walked to a few different places trying to find a company for him to go deep water soloing, since he missed to opportunity to go with me and Sam P. We went to four different companies and all of them either had no one or just one ... read more

Oct 26 2013 On this day we were on the hunt for some routes that Sam P. could top rope and Sam R. could potentially lead climb. When we got to the first area, which is over on the Pha Rang Beach, there were people on the easier of the routes so I decided to climb a route a little bit harder to the left of it. It was a good solid climb but we shortly discovered that the rock quality of the easy routes were not very good and the hard routes were a bit too hard for us. After a little bit of bouldering in the same area we went and grabbed some lunch before making our way to another area for some easier routes. The next area we went to in search of ... read more

Curry for breakfast? We decide not, and opt for the less Asian fare of freshly cooked omelette, pastries and pancakes. A walk through the backstreets then took us to the Chao Phrya river where we had an hour long, almost round trip to experience life on the water's edge. No yuppie apartments here. One bank is lower than the other and there were plenty of abandoned houses and even a temple (still with one monk apparently.) But where the banks are inhabited, there are lots of ordinary families in very modest homes. The boat dropped us off at Wat Pho, the most extraordinary Buddhist temple. Stunningly beautiful with the highlight being a giant reclining Buddha. It reminded us of the Saturn V rocket on its side at Cape Canaveral. It was really that big! Arif told ... read more

I traveled with my friend -Aisyah- to South Thailand through Penang. We tried to phone a van (mini bus) which took us to Hatyai, South Thailand. Wit, a traveler from Thailand -we met him at airport and we stayed in same hostel, he gave us a van phone number. But the guy who answered our phone did not understood us, he spoke in Thailand language. So Wit phone the guy for us. We said "thank you" to Wit and prepared everything to traveled more! We wait for the van, blocked of Love Lane Street. Love Lane is famous street for travelers in Penang. I sat besides of Aisyah. A couple of Asian girl and Western guy sat in front of us. They kissed and etc, and I felt annoyed coz they did it in my face ... read more

Hi!! So I arrived in Bangkok after two full days of travelling! It was quite the trek haha but I made it in the end :)So far iv been in Bangkok for two nights and am staying at a lovely hotel, but am soon moving on. Yesterday I went to a temple and visited the 'flower market' which wasn't a market for flowers lol it was a market more for food-I saw lots of corn and eggs actually! There was also raw meat which in one stalk I saw stored unfrozen, in hot conditions with flies all over it. Yummy. The temples main attraction was the huge golden buddha stretched out. it was a beautiful temple, lots of red and gold and it wasn't too busy either because i went later in the day to avoid ... read more