Blogs from Thailand, Asia - page 2620

Sawadee Khap! Another picture-free update from yours truly, the lazy-ass wanderer. I know it's been a while since I updated the blog, but I'm back in Bangkok without any spectacular new pictures to post, so bear with me. So plans have changed slightly since the last entry. Instead of heading down to Koh Tao to do some snorkelling and/or diving, I'm now back in Bangkok and headed to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam! Our flight leaves Bangkok on Sunday (June 4th), so all going well, a few days after that I should have some sweet pictures to post. Booking the flights to Vietnam was a pain in the ass, more specifically the wallet area on the ass. Apparently, for reasons completely unknown to me, flying from BKK to Ho Chi Minh City (aka: Saigon) is ... read more

We arrived at Bangkok airport at around midnight and after finding out that the airport hotel listed in the travel guide as $50 US is now $300US we set to finding somewhere else to stay. We booked a place with a guy at the airport - overpriced but the transfer and everything was sorted for us and it was only for one night. At 1am after the 9 hr flight and a few beers with Jon and a few more on the plane we just wanted to get into bed. We awoke suprisingly refreshed the next morning and set out on our mission to go to our desired hostel - Shanti Lodge. How bloody diffuicult is it to get a taxi or tuk tuk to where you want to go. I don't want to go to ... read more

Where did June come from??? Oh my gosh we have been away 9 months! Today we sent some stuff home that was weighing us down. It was somewhat more expensive then we expected, but at least now we have room to fill up with new stuff!! We have spent the day checking out Krabi town, walking down by the river, getting hassled to go on trips, and checking out tours for tomorrow. As we walked around town, browsing in the shops, we passed a quite nice looking bakery. Maybe we may go in and get us a little sweet snack, we thought. We had one foot in the door when we saw a woman who worked there with a large length of wood in her hand (used to keep the sliding doors open) as we realised ... read more

We rolled into the Chumphon train station before sunrise and then rode a songtaew to the dock. The boat ride was about two hours. On Ko Tao we were met by a guy with our names on a sign and he led us to the main Crystal Dive Resort. We checked in with the dive folks and then got a taxi to the Crystal O’Chai bungalows in Sairee Beach. Neither Dan nor I had been diving within the last six months, so we were required to do this refresher course which took most of the afternoon (basically like doing our check-out dives all over again). After we finished we were pretty hungry, so went to a Mexican place to have lunch and wait for the females. Every night Crystal sets up a seafood bar-b-q on the ... read more

Greetings gang, Sorry no pictures as yet but everything seems to be going well.The bar's been abit slow at late but with the World Cup around the corner things will pick up.I have loads of ideas which will soon be put into practice.Having my experiance in bar and restaurants has helped and now i'm trying to plan a promotion that should blow the rest out the water and leave one bar drowning.We've been having problems with this dickhead next door who likes to copy other people's work.Nevermind enough of me banging on,not much has been happening.I started a new school 3 weeks ago and it's going well although my throat is sore every Friday from shouting too much.Other then that I've been really lazy and sleeping every moment I get. Anyway guys I'll extend this when ... read more