http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Ko-Samet/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Thailand , Central Thailand , Ko Samet en-us Thu, 10 Dec 09 08:12:31 +0000 Thu, 10 Dec 09 08:12:31 +0000 Fortsatt flott p Koh Samet.Da har vi tilbrakt noen ekstra dager p denne flotte ya Koh Samet. Opplevd masse sol men ogs kraftig troperegn.Vi har i flere kvelder sett p noen kraftige lys p havet og etter ha ftt vite at dette var fiskebter som med sine lys fikk frem fisken bestemte vi oss for at dette mtte prves. Vi kjpte oss med p en slik tur som varte fra kl. 18 24 og mtte be http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Ko-Samet/blog-453093.html Koh Samet en idyllisk perle.Etter en behagelig firetimers tur i minibuss og en halvtimes bttur var vi borte fra Bangkoks storbyliv og ankommet nydelige Koh Samet. Billetene kjpte vi p et lokalt reisebyr og hele reisen kostet ca 120 pr pers. Vi vasset i land med sekkene p ryggen og ble mtt av nasjonalpark politiet som avkrevde 40kr i parkavgift. Deretter bar det bortover kritthvit sand til http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Ko-Samet/blog-452644.html After spending the night on Khao San Road we got up and went down the street to get breakfast. Then we were to set off for Ko Samet Samet Island We knew to get to Koh Samet we needed to take a bus from the Eastern bus terminal Ekkamai and that the easiest way to get to the bus station was via the skytrain. So our next mission was to get from Khao San Road to the skytrain. Since we had b http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Ko-Samet/blog-428289.html We took a bus South of Bangkok to catch a boat to the Island of Ko Samet. We found a wooden hut next to the beach where we could see the sea. On the first evening we went for some food at a place called Jeps on the beach under some trees which was amazing I've never eaten something so hot that my eyes as well as my nose were streaming but it tasted so amazing that I kept going until it was al http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Ko-Samet/blog-420527.html Another read for you peepsSo we were back in Bangkok and done the rest of our sightseeing. The whole reason we came back to Bangkok was because we had to apply for our Vietnamese visas and they take roughly 5 days to process.Now anyone that knows me knows i liuke to get the best deal i possibly can on anything but on these visas i proper had my pants pulled down over the price I this annoyed m http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Ko-Samet/blog-404244.html I've done some traveling since my last update. Where Mostly to destinations within Thailand such as Phetchabun northern Thailand Khao Yai and Hua Hin but I've also taken a trip to the U.S. to see family friends. However there's really too much to cover. So let's keep it simple...and share about my most recent trip to Ko Samet an island in the Gulf of Thailand. Due to its proximity http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Ko-Samet/blog-400775.html HelloBack in Bangkok now for our last night in Thailand before flying off to oz tommorrow. Our last week in Thailand has been spent on Koh Samet one of the island's about 50 mins off the coast. Really beatiful place spent most of the time chilling out on the beach and going out at night. It's not been without incident tho mainly the moped crash... we hired moped's to explore the island on thur http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Ko-Samet/blog-391763.html Saturday March 7So after a bustling week in Thailand me and my friend Dan New Jersey headed for the beach. My friend Tisha's aunt owns a place on one of the beaches on the island but we couldn't get a room for our first night there so we had to just hope that we would get a place. Our bus would leave at 830 so we had to get up at around 700. Apparently my friend had too many drinks from the n http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Ko-Samet/blog-390210.html Spent a few nights in Ko Samet. We arrived in the afternoon on friday with no reservations and had a bit of a time trying to find a bungalow. Ended up finding one at the Lost Resort up the hill but a very short walk. The room was a room nothing special but at least it had air conditioning and a friendly gecko We moved on the last day down to Jeps bungalows which was much more popular wit http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Ko-Samet/blog-382678.html White sand not tooo many people and Thai food equals good times. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Ko-Samet/blog-381534.html FlicFirstly apologies for the lack of recent blogging activity We've both been so busy with the RealGap stuff so haven't really had a chance to update this so I'll do a very quick overview of the last month We met everyone from RealGap in Bangkok on the 13th Feb and all went out for a few drinks in a couple of bars definitely the way to break the ice with a group of complete strangers W http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Ko-Samet/blog-380420.html This weekend we took a trip to Ko Samet and island off the coast in the Gulf of Thailand. It's a popular destination spot for Thai's during Valentines Day weekend. It's about 4 hours from Bangkok. The island itself is a national park so its pretty touristy but the beaches were beautiful We got there Friday night around 7 and ate dinner on mats on the beach and watched the stars It was http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Ko-Samet/blog-376476.html So after another long drive in a convoy of Mini Buses the group arrived at the ferry port to board the boat to Koh Samet. Koh Samet is a national park of great natural beauty in the Rayong province not so far from Pattaya and Bangkok. But the close distance is probably the only thing this island has in common with the other two. Ko Samet has fabulous beaches but a minimum of night life bars and http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Ko-Samet/blog-370848.html 12.01.2009 kl. 1400 lokal tidJa da er nok en dag p stranda over her p Samet. Det blser vedlig her i dag s det er nesten ikke mulig bade. Vi har n forflyttet oss opp fra stranda til balkongen utenfor bungalowen vi bor i. Her skal vi nyte en kopp kaffe og utsikten. Har n ftt bestilt rom p Samui det blir p B1 httpwww.b1villa.comresort som ligger rett ved Fisherman village. Det er en http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Ko-Samet/blog-363159.html 09.01.2009Etter noen timer p Cebu flyplass gikk ferden videre til Manila. P Manila airport mtte vi tilbringe ca. 4 timer fr flyet skulle ta oss videre til Bangkok. Etter at vi hadde gtt ombord p flyet og var p veg ut p rulleabanen fant de ut at det var noe feil med flyet. Det var da bare rygge flyet tilbake til start og alle mtte forlate flyet. Etter nok en ventetid kom det et nytt fly http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Ko-Samet/blog-362224.html the beautiful island of ko samet http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Ko-Samet/blog-357741.html Hi EveryoneKo Samet was paradise We just chilled and didn't really get out and explore. One day we did manage to explore a bit of the island and after a touch of rock climbing we discovered a secluded picturesque beach which we almost had to ourselves. We did take some photos but our memory card decided to break on us great. I'll describe it for you....Snow white sand with crystal clear wa http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Ko-Samet/blog-355771.html 10.12.08 On to Ko SametSorry folks will write in details soon... have run out of time oPS it's great... go there x http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Ko-Samet/blog-355035.html Hello jayrsquos blog subscription time again well we have traveled a lot of miles since my last blog in battambang as I am now in Bangkok waiting for a train tonight to take me into Laos.I will start with the border crossing into Thailand which was one of the hardest days traveling so far we decided to get a shared taxi from battambang as it was cheaper than the bus and their where no buses th http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Ko-Samet/blog-345230.html Hello there. So I think toward the end of my last blog I mentioned that we were going to cross a different border to Thailand than most people and that 'it should be interesting'. Well it was interesting but also freakin' terrible. The day of the trip we we crossing the border we booked a 'share taxi' to take us to the border. We though a shar taxi would be a taxi that you share with two diffe http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Ko-Samet/blog-345225.html