Blogs from Thailand, Asia - page 2631

I arrived on Monday nite to find Sarah at the hotel room in Kamala Beach. Our beach is a quiet little place that was hit hard by the tsunami. The hotel we are staying in is new and right on the beach. But there is construction everywhere so is a little distracting. YOu can see where the wave washed over the town as there are no trees and foundations everywhere. They are building a Tsunami Memorial in Kamala, should be finished later this year. They work at nite with the tides I think as the water comes faily high. We met a nice family from Vancouver, BC with 2 college aged girls. We all went to this show called FantaSea, a cheesy Vegas style, Cirque du Soleilish show intended to provide a glimse of Thailand's history ... read more

We've been in Ko Pha-Ngan since the 15th. We are finally experiencing the rainy season. Having a great time, but more on that later... First, we must share our scam with readers in hopes that it saves someone else going through the same $#@! that we did...Apoligies for the negativity...I promise, its not long _________________________________________________ We booked our travel from Ko Lanta to Ko Pha-Ngan through a travel agent in Ko Lanta. This included two different mini-buses and a fast ferry. The mini-buses--a mini-van with 12 people squeezed in, thank goodness for the a/c-- were fine, we had a lot of waiting to do...two different car ferries, dropped off to catch our second bus where we were told it would be 45 minutes late, then the driver stopped at another place and told us "30 minutes". ... read more

We arrived in Krabi one day last week, and ending up staying one night in the wonderful krabi town, which is a must for all people thinking of coming to Thailand.....not! The bars and clubs on the street have strict no gun policys with large signs at the doors informing all potential clientele of this. It was just like Belfast! the hotel was great and we had aircon, fantastic, but we still left promptly the next morning and headed for Ao Nang beach, which was a bit more of what we have become accustom to. This small town is formed around its beach location with most businesses and hotels looking out over the sea to the sight of beautiful Hongs and rock formations erecting out of the ocean. This town therefore had taken quite a large ... read more

I just finished my first muay thai lesson, and it kicked ass! Both literally and figuratively, that is. For those not familiar with it, muay thai is kickboxing Thai style. A sort of no-holds-barred version of the Western variety where the best of the best hardly ever have both their feet on the ring floor at once in a fight and to the naked eye, it would seem neither feet. Three practically non-stop hours of stretching, cardio warm-ups, sparring and toning is what my “lesson” consists of. My coaches, muay thai fighers on the international circuit, show little mercy for not so athletic squealing females like myself. Actually, when I squawk in pain my trainer Chai who speaks just a handful of English words, finds it hilariously funny and laughs his head off. At least Mr. ... read more

Arrival to Koh Phangan was a bit of a let down. After the seeming luxury of Koh Tao we now resided in a sweat box, more apptly desrcibed as a glorified tent. And were in the middle of no where - something that actually came as a blessing when trying to recover from the full moon party!!! Our only reason for visiting Koh Pangan was the full moon party. Very famous in these parts and definately lived up to the hype!! It was about 20,000 people crammed on to a beach, lots of loud music and alcohol at very cheap prices sold by the 'bucket'. All the components of an amazing party. Yes we got drunk, yes we got painted and no I (H) couldn't quite stay up to see the sunrise - there's that beauty ... read more