Blogs from Thailand, Asia - page 2619

Straight after finishing my time on the ranch in Oz I returned to Brisbane (where I found a much nicer hostel than where I was put before) to spend the night before a fourteen hour commute to Bangkok. A swift internal flight between Brisbane and Sydney, then non-stop for nine hours from Sydney to Bangkok. I must be racking up some serious air miles by now, maybe when I have some time on my hands I'll work out how many! Anyway, I wanted to see a couple of the islands (among other things, but you'll have to keep checking back to find out what these are!) and I heard the most popular islands like Koh Samui and Koh Phanagn have become completely ruined by tourism (very believeable). I decided to try Koh Samet first. Most of ... read more

Hello everyone and we would like to say a quick thank you for the comments from the aunties and Keith. We have tried to meet your picture demands in the little time possibe (see pictures) and we hope they will do for now.. Also we would like to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUNTIE PAT and we hope you have a great party!! Save us some birthday cake. Today we went to Mae Taeng Valley and went on an elephant in the countryside. We rode through rivers and up a mountain which was great fun (see pictures) even though it gave me a bit of travel sickness. In total we went on six forms of transport today which is a record (big bus, mini van, moped, motorcycle taxi, elephant, walking). Yes we are trouser girls but my main ... read more

After being rudely awaken by my alarm I set out to try and find out what thai people have for breakfast. The question "what do Thai people have for breakfast?" certainly confused the girl at the small cafe I was sat in, and eventually she bought me a plate of rice topped with chicken, and option spicy sauce. Also I got bought an insanely bitter cup of coffee, and I didnt even realise it was supposed to be white until I held it up to the light! The two morning dives signified the completion of my nitrox course, as well as one of the dives for my deep course. The first dive was at the nice Chumporn pinnacles where we droipped straight down to 30 m before heading up to look at the vast amounts of ... read more

Dan and I got up early, grabbed our gear, and headed over to the main Crystal Resort. Had a pretty good couple of morning dives, then back to Crystal to log our dives. Dan and I rented motorbikes and went back to O’Chai. Dan took a nap and Jennifer, Felicia and I went over to Sunsetburi Resort to use the pool. Fe and I got massages—both masseuses were trained at Wat Po Massage School, and it was evident. It was the best Thai massage that Felicia ever had. Late that afternoon we all rode down to the southern end of the island, crawled around on the rocks, and watched the sun setting. Dan started to feel no-so-good, so we returned to O’Chai, where he proceeded to get sick. We went to the pharmacy to get some ... read more

Bangkok was a great relief after Delhi - everything so easy, and people so friendly - well, we were a little wary of the constant cacophany of cries "HEELLLOOOOOOO MAASSSAAAAAGEE" !!. After a couple of days acquainting ourselves with the fleshpots of the city (courtesy of Enda and his ragtag posse!), we set off for Koh Samet for some beach time (having met up with Aileen who was unfairly looking very tanned compared to my pasty skin!). Despite being caught there during a thunderstorm and overcast skies, I still managed to get completely burnt raw, and it's getting to the stage where we're afraid to use a flash on the camera for fear of UV exposure! Visiting the Snake Farm, which is part of the Red Cross as it's involved with developing anti-venom, was great fun ... read more