http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Eastern-Thailand/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Thailand , Eastern Thailand en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:54:11 +0000 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:54:11 +0000 Day 3 or 4 I39ve lost track of spending 8 straight hours floating in the sea. In the shallows the water is hot and you have to swim a ways out before it cools down a bit. Little and notsolittle brightly colored fish swim past my toes. There39s little difference in temperature between the water and the air depending on where you are either the water is a cool break from the air or v http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Eastern-Thailand/Koh-Chang/Koh-Chang/blog-780947.html I made it here I39m feeling pretty darn proud of myself but also wondering what the hell I39ve gotten myself into.. I mean that in a good way. I think. Anyway this post is more for my parents to say I got in and I39m alive etc The tripI got super lucky for my 14 hour flight the flight was totally packed but the guy checking me in gave me the last emergency row seat so I had about http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Eastern-Thailand/Koh-Chang/Koh-Chang/blog-780734.html This morning we are awoken by some load bangs going off after dragging ourselves out we discover that part of Chinese New Year celebrations is to get big strips of fire crackers set up on sticks over the sea and set them off. NiceThey managed to make me jump a few more times during the morning ass I was sat on the wall over looking the sea.....think they were having a right laugh at my expenseB http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Eastern-Thailand/blog-780093.html On our way this morning our train is 8.05 we are taking the express train only 4 and a 12 hour journey. The journey is pretty uneventful the train is comfy so always a bonus. We arrive in Prachuap khiri khan by 12.30pm. There really isnt alot here. We get a motor bike come tuktuk to our guest house which along the sea front. There39s a board walk way all the way along the front we are st http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Eastern-Thailand/blog-780090.html ltbr class15 stylemsospacerun 39yes39 color 0000ff textdecoration underline fontsize 10.0000pt fontfamily 39Times New Roman39 gtCasual style beloved by most of the men tired of the boring black shoes a men39s adidas originals Jeremy Scott Shoesmay wish to start their own. The adidas design is still left to spend right cell contrasting and at the same http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Eastern-Thailand/Chachoengsao/blog-777924.html Koh Tao was about a 2 hour high speed ferry crossing from Koh Samui it was good to get off that Island I love Islands I was even born and grew up on one the Isle of WIght I seem to be drawn to islands in the army I went to the Falkland Islands Ascention IslandSardinia La Madalena and holidayed on the Canary Islands but there is only a certain amount you can see on such a small Island l http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/North-East-Thailand/Surin/blog-776508.html Pataya is another dump but nowhere near as extreme as BKK . It has a nice ish beach but is rather dirty . I got there about 3 or 4 hours with the mega cheap taxi driver wearing sunglasses black tie and leather gloves Im sure he had been watching the Blues Brothers the night before but was a great laugh never got a tip though as he spent most of the journey driving at mach2 whilst texting or http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Eastern-Thailand/Ubon-Ratchathani/blog-776319.html A lot of people have asked me how do you handle travelling alone This question or even this fear went through my mind as I left Europe behind because I had no idea . But the truth is I was never alone or lonely alone by choice sometimes but never lonely . You meet the most amzing people abroad both locals and other travellers all you got to do is talk to people and you find some most interest http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Eastern-Thailand/Ubon-Ratchathani/blog-775492.html Az udvos elszigeteltseg meghozta aldasos hatasat. Ideje utnak indulni hazafele. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Eastern-Thailand/Koh-Chang/Koh-Chang/blog-775218.html We left Mukdahan and the Mekong river and decided to make our way south towards the sea. Surin was our destination a town that comes alive once a year for about 10 days when they celebrate a big Elephant festival there but for the rest of the year its a sleepy town. Unfortunately we arrived on the wrong road and after a long drive Terry did not want to drive a further 50 kilometers out on anot http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Eastern-Thailand/Koh-Chang/Koh-Chang/blog-771589.html Day 20. Well what can I say......woke up to another gorgeous day unfortunately our last full day on the island. We must say farewell to Koh Chang tomorrow and start the long journey home..........but not yetToday was another day of lazing and relaxing with a little excursion for some reading and swimming for others. Returned to Blue39s Blue39s for our GALA lunch and thoroughly enjo http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Eastern-Thailand/Koh-Chang/Koh-Chang/blog-771480.html Day 19. This morning we spotted a beautiful kingfisher in the trees see photo followed by a frog falling out of the folds of a sun parasol. It must be a climber to get up the pole but why it wanted to sleep in a parasol is anybody39s guess.After breakfast a splinter group set off to find the village fishing port. Down by the temple wat we found a cluster of buildings on stilts either side http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Eastern-Thailand/Koh-Chang/Koh-Chang/blog-771375.html Day 18. Here we are yet another day in paradise and the sun39s still shining. Not planned to do a great deal today except to visit a restaurant that someone had recommended in the visitor39s book in the villa so it was a leisurely breakfast then swim and read kindles everywhere and sunbathe. One faction decided they would go for a walk and others decided they were mad as it was about 30 c http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Eastern-Thailand/Koh-Chang/Koh-Chang/blog-771204.html Day 17. A relaxed start for the team today followed by a 1015 departure to meet our speedboat at Chai Chet to take us on a short ride to Koh Rom island which has great significance for Norman Hazel as this was Bens favourite place and where two years ago they scattered his ashes. On arrival the anchor was dropped and Hazel swam with Ben. Flower petals were showered on the water. A few reflec http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Eastern-Thailand/Koh-Chang/Koh-Chang/blog-771045.html Days 1516.Left Koh Chang at 09.30 heading north to Sanam Chai Chet a distance of 400kms approx. Our mission to visit school in the province a project by Tilac Ben Foundation please visit www.tilacben.com for further info.We put our faith in TomTom but this proved to be a bad decision as you can see from the photos we were going nowhere slowly. We abandoned TomTom when we found ourselves in http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Eastern-Thailand/Chachoengsao/blog-770855.html Day 14Powerless in Paradise this morning no electricity so no water no aircon no good....Yess ....after breakfast our new Toyota Commuter arrived. Our mission was to hire a boat to go to Koh Rom. We couldn39t remember exactly where we sailed from last time so pity our poor driver Rob it39s along here no turn right no turn left bit further oh no gone past U turn right http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Eastern-Thailand/Koh-Chang/Koh-Chang/blog-770486.html Day 13. Not really done much today. Mr Hertz said he MIGHT exchange our vehicle today so we had to hang around but he never showed and we hope it will be tomorrow which means another day waiting around. We did manage to nip in to town when we decided he wasn39t going to get here did a bit of shopping found a bar on the beach and had a beer that sort of thing.We found a bar on the beach and http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Eastern-Thailand/Koh-Chang/Koh-Rang/blog-770372.html Day 12. Started the blog early today only 730 am and not breakfasted yet. We are going to explore the East side of the island which is much less developed so will let you know what we discover later.Thanks to those who have commented so far.A very different day today as we head south down the eastern seabord side of the island. The eastern coast is totally different from the west in as much as i http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Eastern-Thailand/Koh-Chang/Koh-Rang/blog-770124.html Day 11.After a relaxed breakfast we all had a swim in the sea to cool off. We then had an excursion into the village where we found a cash and carry which sold Singha by the case ice cream and some other nonessential supplies. Next we thought we would check out the restaurant on the complex for a light lunch. This offers cuisine from many nations and we sampled mostly Thai but some european as w http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Eastern-Thailand/Koh-Chang/Koh-Chang/blog-770049.html Day 10.Some did an early shop this morning before some of us got up and brought back the days rations. BEER....and some other stuff like food. Although the food out here is fabulous its difficult to break tradition so it was eggs all round boiled fried and scrambled followed by fresh fruit and toast.We spent the rest of the morning swimming and reading before getting ourselves ready to go out http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Eastern-Thailand/Koh-Chang/Koh-Chang/blog-769887.html