Blogs from Southern Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 29

A serious tale of woe Okay, sorry for the delay in blogging to you all, my dear and loyal audience. Yes, you read correctly, because of the stats feature on this website I know people are reading this - no doubt mostly from strangers looking to offer me internet porn and Viagra. Others from back home eager to hear what I’ve been up to on my fancy sojourn around South East Asia. Again, apologies for the lack of any update after the full-on-ness of Myanmar, I shall outline the reasons forthwith, hold your breath as it is a demonstration of how badly things can go wrong when backpacking. (deep inhaling of breath) When I got back to Bangkok after Myanmar, I was in a strange mood; I had to get stuff done namely get my poor ... read more

Faules Inselleben und beeindruckende Kultur zum Abschluss "Fohr ma horm, fohr ma horm, va da Oim obi ins Toi" .... das sind die Worte von einem Lied, welches wir auf unsere Reise mitbekommen haben! Obwohl wir nicht von der Alm ins Tal fahren, ist es trotzdem unser Abschiedslied von unserer Reise. 1 Jahr ... es klingt als wuerde man ewig reisen .... doch die Zeit vergeht wie im Fluge (sind uns sicher, dass sich das jetzt viele denken). Es faellt uns schwer daran zu denken, heute in das Flugzeug zu steigen und einen langen Traum zu beenden. Jedoch sind wir nun an einem Punkt angekommen, wo wir merken, dass unsere "Akkus" nicht mehr so stark sind, dass unsere "Festplatten" ziemlich voll sind, und dass der Gedanke ans Schwarzbrot unertraeglich wird! ;-) Die meisten Tage auf unserer ... read more

Well it's around 10:00pm here and I'm finally rolling out of bed. The full moon party was last night and I'm having a rough day recovering from the lack of sleep and the buckets of Sang Som. We had a big bbq and spent a couple hours covering ourselves in body paint before boating over to Haad Rin at midnight for the big party. It was insane to see the thousands and thousands of people on the beach dancing to rave music. We only lasted till shortly after sunrise, but I'm pretty sure the party goes on until at least noon. I've been given the names 'Grandma' and 'Elder' since I'm one of the oldest on the trip....so I had to make sure I was out as long as the others or I'd never here the ... read more

hello, thanks for all the updates. I'm currently in Ko pan yang probably spelt wrong one day before the full moon party. After the 'Bangkok experience' of which I thought was probably the least enjoyable place I have visited. I reckon I only met two locals who were honest and did not have money on the brain, and they were students at the local university. Very hectic, confusing lce which felt like it was inbetween the realms of reality, surreality, fictiona and chaos. NOT A BIG FAN. But learnt alot. 20 hours larter I arrived on Ko pan yang, 12 hour bus, 4 hour boat and loads of waiting time, they do not do ANYTHING fast here (the baggage handlers lost one of my shoes. grr). They are even worse than the part timers. Believe it ... read more

Spersi nell' Isola dei Pirati, ovvero Koh Tarutao, antico regno degli zingari del mare e oggi parco nazionale marino gestito in maniera impeccabile, un vero esempio di turismo sostenibile. Una ventina di isole al confine con la Malesia, solo in poche è possibile pernottare dormendo in impeccabili bungalow statali e in tende sempre messe a disposizione dai ranger del parco. Niente divertimenti, niente cibo dopo le 20.30 di sera...insomma il posto ideale per scrivere un libro. Arrivati a Ko Tarutao, la più grande e vicina alla terraferma, in realtà le nostre attese (come sempre quando ci si aspetta molto) non sono state ripagate del tutto. La spiaggia principale era piena e siamo stati trasferiti in pick up ad un altra spiaggia, distante 4 km, una mezzaluna di sabbia incastrata tra 2 promontori, decisamente isolati da tutto ... read more