Michael McGroarty
Hey I am 26 years old and am a first time traveller, Me and my better half decided about 2 years ago to stay in from the same old shit and save our asses off to go on a trip that we could never imagine, 2 years on we are, we have not only booked it we have started :) I decided to do this to remind me of all the great times I have had so far and am going to have.No Hood
Travel Blog Posts
One’s paradise is another’s hell
Published: December 26th 2011Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Tao
December 24th 2011
“I don’t feel so bad” “neither do I” this was a surprise next thing D ducks under the covers as I took one of the great morning stretches, “OH MY GOD, Michael a spider” D does this to me all the time “Fuck off” “NO REALLY! UP THERE” I turned my head and looked up above our bed just next to the balcony doors and seen the BIGGEST spider I have ever seen in my life!!! At this point I didn’t really sit that long to look, I ducked under the covers as well, the boy that cried wolf “told you, do something” I listened to D and being the man in the situation I realised it was down to me to get this situation back under control so I ran like a bitch from the ... read more
December 3rd 2011
Samatha old language translates into Simply, the simply bed and breakfast it is, this is paradise, we had a very bumpy ride over in the taxi, this was shared with two other couples we were placed in the back of the pickup truck and taken a twenty five minute drive from the main pier that the ferries had dropped us off. “O, my, god, look at the size of this bed it’s massive” the room was BIG. It was made from the same material used as a features all around the full building, wood, and brick and steel, this was a place that wants you to relax. From the bar the light spills into the dark night. Only sounds of animals you can’t even begin to imagine, every now and then the worst one of them ... read more
November 26th 2011
I say taxi, it was more like a truck with the back end cut off with no door and enough sitting room for about 4 people each end, me and D were the first on D’s face turned and said to me “is this it?” I really didn’t by this point “is this what we are going to Bangkok in?” again I was not too sure but thinking in the back of my head surly not. We stopped and someone else jumped in after about 20 minutes driving the taxi was full and you couldn’t even move, D turned to the guy sitting next to me “excuse me, do you know if this is the bus” “No, we are going to the bus stop” I couldn’t help but laugh. We stopped and everyone got off, there ... read more
November 24th 2011
During the week a man named Myrmidon or otherwise known as Kosta introduced himself to us, I have not mentioned him through my blog as I wanted to dedicate this part to him. He has served for his country in three combats and been shot twice, retired now but still a protector of his fellow man and also a huge animal lover hence his title Myrmidon. He visits here for half the year and spends the other half in Greece, he is the kind of man that if you saw down a dark alley you would try to avoid but the truth of it is he is the kind of person you would want to be walking down the alley with just in case anything should happen. Friday morning Hummmm baaaa raaa, Hummmm baaaa raaa, Hummmm ... read more
November 18th 2011
Right I am not going to bore you with every little detail of our trip, most people get hooked to things like big brother because you get to see all the best bits, you can imagine watching 24 hours of a show (BORING) but when you take all the best bits and this 24 hours now becomes 1 hour you have something that people will be interested in. I am now updating my blog and it’s the 19th at 14:55pm, its 5 to 6am just now for the people that are trying to work that out. We arrived at out hotel, now for £6.00 a night, you can’t really complain at anything and to be truthful with you there is nothing really to complain about, the people were fantastic as soon as we entered we were ... read more
November 16th 2011
Right waiting to fly to Bangkok, I have been told different things about the place just now, it’s under water, and it’s not. As I say there is only one way to find out and it’s to see it for yourself. We had booked a hotel near the airport for one night only. The plane ride was mad I looked out the window of the airport in Hong Kong to see a airbus, now this thing is BIG it is that big it makes your mind wonder, how the fuck? I shouted on D to go as she was getting her Facebook fix, we waited till all the business class and first class passengers bordered and then we proceeded to go onto the monster. We got our seats and sat down D was excited as we ... read more
November 13th 2011
Good thing that we didn't need to get up until later for the symphony of lights cause we didn’t. It was a lazy day in Hong Kong for us as we found out no one really gets up until midday and does not go to sleep until 6.00 in the morning so it was perfect for us. D got all dressed up she looked AMAZING but then again she even looks good in a bin bag and trusts me I know. I felt a bit under dressed so I went up the street found a H&M went in saw a black shirt bought it (I hate shopping) Once we were ready we jump onto the MTR and by this time we knew which way to go, looks at us learning. We got off and D’s high ... read more
November 10th 2011
"Alarm set for 6:30am ok our flight not till 10:05am that will be more than enough time baby" 8:30am, "D WAKE UP". Can you believe we nearly slept in? I don't know how we even got up, here's some good advice for travel, do not, I repeat do not go out on the piss the night before. Anyway made it to the airport and we looked like a Donna kebab that had been left out all night, D was looking like she was going to spew but I didn't want to say and then she turned to me. I think I'm going to be sick, thinking back on it we must have looked a right state. 7 hours till Hong Kong I thought I would catch up on some sleep, that didn't amount to anything ended ... read more
November 5th 2011
The plan was to go to bed and wake up the next morning nice and early, we ended staying up until 6am Dubai time, thus resulting in us sleeping in again, we called G and No.12 and they had also slept in as well, they said that they were on route and with breakfast. About 20min's later they came in and I just decided to cook for us all, French toast you can't be a good bit of French toast. G had a plan on going to the beach as she wanted to top up her tan anyway and No.12 wanted to show us his pool at his apartment. We got on the road again and went to No.12's apartment which was stunning. The sun didn't look like he was at the side of the building ... read more
Dubai "don't you dare hold her hand"
Published: November 9th 2011Middle East » United Arab Emirates » Dubai
November 4th 2011
The plane landed and it was a good landing well from what I could tell, it was about 1am their time, the doors opened and BAM the heat right away was shocking for that time in the morning not that we had to experience much of it as we were put on a bus and drove away to the main body of the airport. We planned on going to the duty free and picking up a couple of bottles of booze as the local off license was a 3 hour drive away and pardon my French but fuck that. so we grabbed a couple of bottles of rose for the ladies and I got myself a nice bottle of Bailey’s. We had our bags at this time and was looking for D's friend G, she was ... read more
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