Blogs from Thailand, Asia - page 2910

Maandag Formuliertje, formuliertje... Thailand in gewandeld. Snel naar het station van Sengai Kolok. Niet geheel verrassend, de trein ging die dag niet meer. Dus maar op zoek naar een hotel. De goedkope hotels zagen er erg smerig uit, dus maar een luxe hotel opgezocht. Voor die 7 euro p.p. hadden we dan ook een erg riante kamer. Maar wat bleek 's avonds... de vriendelijke dames in onze straat die constant onze aandacht trokken deden het licht aan. Roze licht. O ja, Thailand. Omdat we nog niet helemaal verwilderd zijn, zijn we ook maar eens op zoek naar een kapper. Voor E1,25 waren we weer het mannetje. En de vriendelijke man had ook nog heel andere dienstverlening, waar we verder maar niet op in zijn gegaan. Een biertje drinken bleek hier ook wat aangenamer geprijsd, dus dat ... read more

Just letting you know that I made it to Bangkok OK. I was going to write earlier but things have been a bit hectic. I arrived at the hostel I was supposed to be meeting Scott in and went up to the room and there was just a scrawled message from him saying that he had a fever and was going to the hospital, but no more info. The people in the hostel were really helpful though and called the hospital to confirm he was there and wrote all the details down in Thai to give to a taxi driver. I got to the hospital and someone showed me to his ward, full of old sick men. He was in a bed in the corner attached to a drip! It turned out that he had been ... read more

Few days in the capital, see Vera for the last time, *sniff*!... read more

I did it! After 4 days of "work", an exam, and $170, I am now a fully certified open-water diver! I am on Ko Tao Island at the moment, one of the cheapest places to get certified in the world. The first two days of the course were a bit of a pain as I had to spend the mornings sat in a classroom studying all the theory side of diving. On the second day we did our first dive in the sea, in a shallow sandy bay so we could do all the "skills" required for the certification - clearing the mask, emergency procedures, taking inflator jackets on and off under water etc etc. The last two days were the best though, as there was no theory, only cool dives. Each day we did two ... read more

Back to friendly Thailand and familiar Khao San Road. We had our much-anticipated reunion with Chris and, of course, many beers were had we caught up on the gossip from home. Too many more were had during a crazy night out to Nana Plaza to see the sex shows (!!) with an international group of insane people. What fun! And best of all, the dancers all seemed like they're actually having a good time. Not the desperate, coked-out brand of sex entertainer you see elsewhere but people who are just enjoying themselves and aren't taking work too seriously. I love it! The women here are like the trees that hold the sand on the beach. From a young age they can travel by themselves, ride a motorbike, work at manual labor, flirt with men and run ... read more