Basic... But comfortable another and although the was no air con, you could open the windows and get a nice breeze. Also smelt of sweetcorn. Eventually broke down,
Khao Lak - Thai New Year April 13th 2008 We arrived at around 5am at the port town of Surat Thani. From the little we saw of it, there was nothing pleasant about the place and we were glad to be leaving immediately. We were met by a rep from the company we had used who then attempted to load 11 people into a pickup converted into a taxi with 2 benches and a frame with a roof along with our large packs. He managed to cram 8 of us poor ... read more
Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Khao Lak A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more
We spent a year and a half travelling in 2006/2007 and were back in the UK for 6 months, but it is shit so we are going back to South East Asia for another 6 months before returning on a more permanent basis. The plan is to travel round SEAsia (Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia and Idonesia are on the "to do" list at the moment.) Plan to do see some ancient temples (Ankor Wat is top of the list), do lots of trekking and as much diving as we can as well as some sitting around and drinking tiger beer and singha. Will be meeting up with as many friends from our previous trip as we can (Hanna,... full info