Blogs from Ko Chang, Central Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 3

back in Koh chang after a couple of days in Koh Wai ( tropical pariadise!) a small island with electricity from only 1800 to 2300. corals for snorkeling sinse koh wai didnt have internet we came back to koh chang so that we could skype our families for christmas. we headed for koh chang after 4 days in Bagkok. were we had some baaaad pad thai in koh san road ans some delicious pad thai in the 24 hour flower marked. we also went on a night bicycling tour in bankok which was amazing! went arond narrow lanes in old bangkok, along the river, to the temples, and saw a lot of the tahi community we bever would have visited if we didnt have a guide. Thailand has been very easy to travel in so far. ... read more

Koh Chang Kilometerlange idyllische Sandstrände und tropische Temperaturen sind genau das richtige um die Uhr mal komplett zu vergessen und den Wind aus den Segeln zu nehmen. Koh Chang: ein Meeres- National Park mit Mangroven, Klippen, relativ klarem Wasser und wunderschönen Sandstränden, welche täglich durch Ebbe und Flut neue Gestalt annehmen. Eine ständig leichte macht das Sonnenbaden hier zu einer angenehmen Art den Tag wie im Paradies zu erleben. Doch leider haben die 400.000 Touristen jährlich auch ihre Spuren hinterlassen. Unterkünfte und Lebenshaltungskosten sind dem internationalem Preissegment durchaus angepasst. Das Bild vom günstigen Beachurlaub im Land des Lächelns scheint damit längst Vergangenheit zu sein. Unsere Unterkunft war ein netter gemütlicher Bungalow nur ein zwei Sandburgen vom Strand entfernt und unsere Tagesbeschäftigung bestand im Wesentlichen daraus wil... read more

We arrived in Kuala Lumpur jet lagged up to our eyeballs. After much discussion Nick and I have decided that flying East around the globe is definitely worse than flying West. Who knows whether its because of a change in magnetic forces, that feeling of chasing time or simply the fact that to avoid jet lag flying East you need to sleep more on your flights, and a good sleep is almost impossible to get on a plane. Who knows? But what we did know was that we were TOTALLY out of wack. The next three days consisted of sleeping deeply at 3pm in the afternoon, only to wake up and feel like cereal for dinner. By midnight we'd be buzzing with activity and forcing ourselves to lie down with the lights off, only to give ... read more

The Khao San Road in Bangkok is the jumping off point for budget travellers to the rest of SE Asia. It’s a road full of white or burnt backpackers wearing flip flops, using the internet cafes/drinking in one of the many bars/eating food from a street stall and just generally easing themselves in to a different way of life. By night the place turns on a million neon lights and music starts pumping from every corner of every building. We were still so jet lagged that it didn’t bother us, in fact it was quite nice waking up to a Thai rendition of Sex on Fire by Kings of Leon at 4am. After a day burning cds full of photos and sending them home, buying tickets to Koh Chang and having some more excellent food at ... read more

I have to write this entry more for my own memory than anything else. The journey to Koh Chang was something else and I don't want to forget all that we went through to get to this island known to most as a tropical oasis, but to us has been something quite different- but that is another entry altogether! We left Pai at 2.30pm on Wednesday afternoon. We had bought a direct ticket to Koh Chang for 1000b. Slightly overinflated but worth it for the convienience. The drive down from Pai was always going to be curvy as the hairpin bends seemed to be never ending. That wet afternoon our driver must have had a grudge against those mountains and decided to taken them on at crazy speeds. We buckled our seatbelts and held on for ... read more