Blogs from Asia - page 13019

hello dear readers. todays blog finds your hero on the island of koh chang, and desperately battling for victory over the sun. but i will get to that in a minute or two. the battle really commenced a few days ago, when i decided to leave bangkok. figuring that part of the scammers ability to sucker me was the fact that they able to tell at a glance that i was a new arrival, courtesy of my white skinned canadian winter coat. yes, much like the arctic hare does, i too had found myself with a white as snow outer coat, and just as the arctic hare would probably have a hard time surviving in thailand, so was i. so i thought i had better do something about it and get myself a tan. so i ... read more

Hello, from kho san road in Bangkok. Last night we successfully located a hotel that is welcoming to tourists, but without the tourist price - $60 US altogether for the 3 of us. After dropping off our luggage about 2:00 am, we took a taxi about 20 km across town and found some food and other westerners. The street vendor food was a bit sketchy; they would cook it for you, but it definitely had not been refrigerated. Decided to take the bht200 taxi ride (about $6.50) across town instead. Made our way back to the hotel; it was so wonderful to have a shower before landing in bed. Slept for a few hours, going downstairs just in time for the lunch buffet at the hotel... They had some fantastic fruit, kind of like a kiwi, ... read more

Paul and I visited Bangkok and Krabi in Thailand before proceeding to good old London town to meet up with our beautiful Sarah who we hadn't seen for a year. After a wonderful week staying in Surrey and enjoying time with our little girl again (and meeting Shaun, her not so little but lovely british lad) we then all travelled across the Channel on the EuroStar and spent 5 wonderful days exploring Paris. Shaun then returned to his family in London to spend Christmas and we departed in the opposite direction to Salzburg, Austria where we spent another 5 days and experienced a 'different' kind of Christmas to our usual swelting Aussie one - a white Christmas! After Salzburg we then took a train for a short ride to Munich, Germany where we then changed trains ... read more

Took the world's windiest bus journey to Vang Vienne which as typical didn't go as smoothly as it could after one of the busses knocked down a guy on a motorbike so we had to all wait while they took him to hospital! Vang Viene is a strange place where most people sit around watching friends, the simpsons or a movie all day, whih is fun after spending a lot of time away from civilisation! Went tubing the second day which was wicked, basically you start at the top of the river on a traktor tir inner tube and float back down! Stopping off along the way at make shift bars and massive rope swings! After having my 'happy' pancake it i just floated away! its a tough life sometimes! Saw some more caves and ... read more

Thailand- Northern delights! Asia » Thailand » Chiang Mai By Harry and DeeMarch 14th 2007Harry PittA few photos from our second visit to Thailand, starting with another quick stop in Bangkok then up to Chiang Mai then Pai. Hope you are all well. Were now in the south of Sri Lanka, only 2 weeks of our trip left left!! More photos and update of Vietnam and Loas on their way! Dee & Haz xxxx... read more