Heaven is an air conditioned net cafe It is 1544 and my train for Chiang Mai leaves at 1935 so I am filling in a bit of time in the cool at Ocean Net Internet Cafe before I collect my luggage from @Home Silom Hotel. I have been using my laptop and the free internet at the hotel which is more convenient but the laptop is stored away till I return from Chiang Mai. It has been 35 degrees celsius every day since I arrived and very humid, can be a nice cool breeze at night ocassionally. Just checked the weather [View Full Entry]

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Thai Sim Card Just a quick entry today as I am packing my gear for tomorrow's night train to Chiang Mai. I have read many questions online asking about Thai Sim cards so I will let you all know how I go with the card I purchased today. Got a 12 Call card from the 7/11 for 50 baht and a top up card for 300 baht (you can get smaller or larger top up cards). It was all so easy, just put in your sim card and follow the instructions in English, was up and running in 5 minutes. I [View Full Entry]

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Sightseeing on the Chao Phraya River - from Silom to Khao San Road Seeing I have recovered from yesterday's hangover it was time to hit the water and take a cruise down the Chao Phraya River, the main water way in Bangkok. As I have conquered the Skytrain system it was off to the Chong Nonsi Station around the corner from my hotel, purchased a Smartcard which cost me 360 baht - 30 baht deposit - 30 baht for the card and I added 300 baht which can be topped up for five years with the stored value lasting two years. [View Full Entry]

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Beware!!! Thai Beer Day 2 Well I was going to do some sightseeing on the BTS Skytrain today but I have the worst hangover - my friends will tell you that I am not a big drinker. More about that later. I have just been to McDonalds for my hangover cure - Big Mac Fries and a large Coke, it is starting to work, feel better already. Back to Day 1 Probably walked about 10k today discovering more of the Silom area and in the afternoon rested for a while as I will still a bit weary from the late arrival [View Full Entry]

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Well I am finally here - one of my friends Roman came to pick me up for the airport the phone rang, It was Qantas - "your flight will be leaving at 9.30pm out of Sydney because of an unexpected plane change in Singapore" whatever that has to do with Sydney I am not sure but I decide to take the 12.15 out of Adelaide still as I wanted to make sure I made it to Sydney with the baggage handlers striking the day before in Adelaide. So it was along break in Kingsford Smith International terminal before my Bangkok flight. [View Full Entry]

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Tomorrow - Thursday im away at 12.15 Well i have mixed feelings as I have just been to see my Dad in hospital - he had a heart bypass a week ago and is not feeling the best , and here I am going away for 6 weeks. Just hope he will be Ok and I will be in touch with my sister and family to monitor how things are going. My father was a volunteer in the war and I have been thinking that I would like to walk the whole trail at Hellfire Pass - I had better organise [View Full Entry]

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My first day on this site, seeing how it all works, please be patient with me, I have been inspired by Reet's blog about Thailand/Cambodia which I have read numerous times. I will soon put up an itinery of my trip to Thailand and Cambodia from December 13 - 2007 to January 26 - 2008. I went to Thailand earlier this year and was inspired by the places I visited and the beautiful Thai people I met. My friends can't understand why I am going back so soon but I think it is a great opportunity to see a lot more [View Full Entry]

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