Blogs from Thailand, Asia - page 2628

Saa er det vist paa tide med en lille update fra vores faerd. Efter et par dage i Bangkok planlagde vi at tage til dykker oen Ko Tau. Vi tog aftentoget til Chumphon, hvorfra vi kunne tage bus og derefter faerge til Ko Tao. Vi ankom til Chumphon kl 02 om natten efter en 7 timer lang togtur, hvor vi stort set var de eneste hvide i hele toget, en rigtig hyggelig tur, hvor man virkelig kom taet paa den thailandske befolkning. Paa Chumphon station moedte vi en amerikaner, der kom lige fa ko Tao. Han fortalte at vejret paa Kop Tao var daarligt og at der ikke var mulighed for at dykke da en tyfon, som kommer "flyvende" fra Kina, goer vandet uklart. Vi aendrede derfor, kl 3 om natten, lynhurtigt vores planer og blev ... read more

Breakfast at Grace. Felicia had to work, so I was on my own again—woo-hoo!!! Started out by getting a leisurely coffee at Coffee Mandalay. Walked around for a while and got lunch at Rachadamnoen Kitchen & Gallery—had the Burmese curry, which was excellent. On my wanderings I ended up by the city prison and noticed a massage shop across the street. What the hell, went in, asked for a one-hour foot massage and was talked into an hour and a half. Best reflexology I’ve ever had in my life! Went to Guest House New Zealand for a beer and Fe met me there after work. Had dinner at QVI.... read more

Another beautiful day in paradise. I am not really sure what day of the week it is or the date, but I know we are still in May. It seems like the only way that we find out anything resembling the date is during the day and late at night in Thailand they have fights. Fighting seems to be a huge part of their culture, tons of promotions for the fights and trying to get peope to attend. They have fights Sundays, Tuesdays, and Fridays. It helps a lot to know that because when the pick-up trucks drive by blairing on their loud speakers "FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT TONIGHT!! GET SOME REST, STARTS AT 9". The trucks slow down traffic in both directions (as the roads are narrow and can really only accomodate a single lane, with ... read more

Hey everybody, Here's the eagerly awaited Ayuthaya (Pronounced: Are ya tired?) and Sukhothai entry. Once again Lonely Planet has woefully dropped the ball. Contrary to popular belief, the Ayuthaya temples are way cooler than the Sukhothai temples. Don't believe me? It's true! We stayed with a Thai reincarnation of my grandmother in Ayuthaya. And, just like staying with my grandmother, it was fun in a small dose. Our first day in Ayuthaya was spent on her front porch doing absolutely nothing. A little reading, a little toast-eating, etc. She practically had a heart-attack. She was apparently under the impression that we were leaving in the morning and missing all that fabulous Ayuthaya has to offer. Once these fears were allayed she calmed down a little bit, but of course kept the fresh fruit chopped up in ... read more

Well after some hemming and hawing, Sarah and I finally made a decision and decided to stick with the plan and head to Khao Sok Ntl Park in souther Thailand on the peninsula. As were checking out of the hotel in Kamala, I discovered I had lost the safety deposit key! Yikes! the spare key was in Phuket Town so we had to wait for the owner to get it. Then she thought she had lost her copy as well! I am not typically this ditzy to lose such things, we can only figure that it fell out of my backpack on the tuk tuk the nite before. A few hours delayed we headed to the public bus station and hopped on an air con bus, pretty nice actually and drove to Khao Sok for about ... read more