Blogs from Thailand, Asia - page 2627

Team Handsome hits Thailand's beaches for some sun, sea, sand and thai green curries. Caspar got demolished at Connect 4 by a 5 year old girl, who won 100 baht from him EVERY NIGHT. Ben and John were enjoying lady-boys.... read more

Jenny and Laura arrived on Sunday, the day after we got back from Laos. I left Fiona pottering around the huge weekend market, buying t-shirts and chopsticks, while I hung out at the airport. Again. I know that place so well now. They came through really quickly, no problems at immigration, apart from Laura having a row with a Korean couple who tried to push in front of her in the queue. Needless to say, they failed miserably. And she didn’t get lost, or leave the airport, or anything, as she was under strict instructions to stay put in case I couldn’t find her. We met Fiona back at the flat, and went straight to the Raintree Spa about five minute walk away, and had massages and facials for a few hours. It’s a very hard ... read more

Hey dudes, Just wanted to add a quick update saying that I've posted some pictures on the previous entry. I'm still on kicking back on Koh Phangan, and well be doing so for the next 2-3 days before I make tracks for Koh Tao to do some snorkelling and diving, if the time and weather permits. Life is still good here - how's everything at home? I hear the Oilers are still kicking face, which is wicked to hear. It also makes for a good time whenever I run into other backpackers from Calgary - nothing like a little Battle of Alberta on the beaches of Thailand! Looks like Edmonton wins again! (Sorry Michelle!) Anyways, someone keep me posted with how they're doing - it's too bloody expensive to write emails, update the blog AND check ... read more

When we arrived back on the mainland we followed the flow of the crowd and made our way to the car park, where everyone else got on buses and drove away leaving us standing there by ourselves. Within a short time it was like a ghost town, although a coupl people came and asked where we were heading and quoted 50 ponds to give us a lift. As we had a ticket saying we were getting picked up we decided to wait, and wait, and wait. A little later, a clapped out land rover and out stepped a chap looking like he had been living in the jungle for the most part of his life. His role to take us to the national park! Really nice chap.. Little broken English! Several hours later we arrived at ... read more

Patong Beach... it even sounds a little sleazy. Actually, the beach itself is rather nice. Soft sand, big waves -- went for a relaxing walk (is it wrong to listen to California Dream'n in Thailand) on the beach this afternoon. The town, though, is another matter. The main drags are littered with little kiosks selling CD’s and DVD’s, Gucci sunglasses, offensive t-shirts and a variety of beachy clothing, tacky objet d’art, switch-blades and flick knives. Oh, and then there is the countless massage places (most of which do not appear to offer the ‘happy endings’ that Thailand is apparently famous for.) And then there are the bars… now this is a thing to behold. Countless Asian women standing around beckoning men to enter these very dubious ‘bars’. I found it laughable that this country goes to ... read more