Blogs from Southern Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 9

There is nothing much to tell about Khanom or show what I have not told or shown on my recent trip to Khanom. On the first day (monday) I assembled my bike and was really happy that it worked well. I visited my Khanom friends and they were all really happy to see me. I was invited for lunch and dinner and really happy to be here. It was a really happy day. :D Today I also bought a table and finally established my office. What was a nightmare though, is what happened to my bicycle. I had a flat tire the very first day (I had only 2 in 3 months last time). I repaired that and had another flat tire only 2 days later. I repaired that too and started to work on my ... read more

Tina, what you like? Tina, you like seafood? Tina, you like hot spring? Tina, you like waterfall? Lavished and pompous likened to that of a royalty describe my experience with my host family in Thailand. From the Don Mueang Airport, I headed directly to the Southern Bus Terminal in Bangkok where I needed to catch the overnight bus to the town of Ranong. As a first time lone traveller, I used my charm to ask people around on how to get from one place to another. When I got off from the city bus, a woman who just got off from the same bus waited for me and asked me in a friendliest manner , “Ranong?”. When I said yes, she held my hand as if we knew each other for a long time. She pointed ... read more

The tranquility of url=http://www.travelfish.org/location/thailand/southern_thailand/nakhon_si_thammarat/nakhon_si_thammaratNakhon Si Thammarat hits you the moment you step off the plane and onto the runway. The mighty peak of Khao Luang (namesake of the national park) looms in the distance overlooking all and sundry in a kind of serene benevolence from a height of over 1,800 meters. Birds large and small chatter in the bushes on the side of the runway, and they are the only sound one hears aside from fellow passengers talking on their phones. Speaking of those passengers, I counted just two other farang on the flight down. My plan was to hop in a taxi and go straight to the village of Ban Khiriwong in the foothills of Khao Luang National Park . In hindsight it would have been more fun to take a songthaew for 25 ... read more

Landed in bangkok and jumped straight onto a 5 hour bus to kho chang. It was a really long bus ride but there was only 4 of us in the mini van so we could spread out. We arrived on the island quite late and tree to book into another tree house but unfortunately it is no longer open. We stayed at the lonely beach in our own little beach hut, it was a bit of a backpacker trap and we spent a couple of nights drinking vodka buckets and cheap beer. There was a lot to see on the island but we strated at the floating market, passing lots of monkeys and elephants. Nick eventually found the same restaurant that he and Allen went to (where you dangle your legs in the water). Then we ... read more

Friday- Yesterday we went on a fishing tour. We woke up early in the morning to catch a mini bus to the big budda pier. Next we hopped on the boat and headed out to sea. We started to fish and our guide caught the first fish. Then a lot of other people started to catch fish and one person even caught a 5 kilo fish!! Then we moved to a new fishing spot and I caught my first small fish. Lots of other people also caught a few fish. We then moved to another fishing spot and I caught another beautiful big fish. We also had lunch there. Our lunch was the 5 kilo fish a man caught. I did not try the fish though because I hate fish. We went to another spot to ... read more