Blogs from Ko Mak, Central Thailand, Thailand, Asia

Since I last travelled to SE Asia my world has changed a bit. Covid came along , fast on my heels as I got back to the UK in March 2020. My little gallery, blue-ginger, changed shape, went on line and slimmed down and I had time to take stock of life. Time to close up shop and move house. Thirty five years and happy memories at Home End Farm were hard to leave behind, but the move to a little house in Hay-on-Wye heralded a recognition that sometimes life just changes direction. So my first real travel opportunity came up, and feeling a bit nervous of the whole process I was delighted to be catapulted into booking a return flight to Bangkok when Lisa (Australia) suggested meeting up with Susan (Kazaksthan) and spending Christmas on ... read more

We got up early and headed to the south peir for Koh Larn, actually made it today! We had a good fry up in Pattaya then caught th boat over to the island. The boat ride was groovy and I enjoyed it but the seat was a tad hard for our gentle bums! Weather was a bit rough on the island so we just had a little look around and had some coffe the headed back to the mainland. After a little shop in Pattaya we got the tuk tuk taxi back to Ban Amphur and got a take away and chilled on our balcony! ... read more

REIF FUER DIE INSEL..... sind wir eigentlich nicht wirklich, gibt ja auch in pattaya jede menge sonne, sand & meer! aber ein tapetenwechsel tut ja bekanntlich gut! also haben wir unsern arsch von pattaya ostwaerts, richtung kambodscha bewegt! auf koh chang waren wir schon, ausserdem hat der ex-jetztaufderflucht-premier taksin die tolle insel vor ein paar jahren zum tourismus-entwicklungsgebiet erklaert, milliarden investiert und aus der laid-back insel ein megaresort machen lassen! aber gleich suedoestlich davon gibt's ja die kleine insel koh mak! soll ruhig dort sein, also nix wie hin! WIR FAHREN von pattaya aus richtung osten.....normalerweise braucht man bis trat (staedchen, von wo man zur kueste und dann auf die verschiedenen inseln faehrt) ca. 4-5 stunden! von bangkok aus! wir wollen aber nicht 2 stunden erst westwaerts mit dem bus und dann wieder 5 stunden in ... read more

Day 1 (Sunday) - I was exhausted and slept most of the way to Koh Mak sitting next to Rich. I woke up just for eating and at the occasional stop along the way. 5 and a half hours later we were at Laem Ngop, our first destination. Once there we exited the bus at the place to buy tickets to the boat that would take us to the island of Koh Mak. While there we also bought return tickets for our return boat two mornings earlier. Each boat ride was to be an hour long. Though the return bus we wanted was an 11am, we booked the 10am boat back, leaving us 0 minutes to get from the pier to the bus. The booking lady told us that she would hold the bus for us ... read more

Vi nyder stadigt tilvaerelsen - sol, sommer og bagagen tilbage. Hvad mere kan man oenske sig?! Har tilbragt 4 dage paa en lille uspoleret oe i naerheden (koh Mak). Rent paradis (billederne lyver ikke) . Vi sejlede derud i speedbaad, hvilket boernene syntes var sjovt. Sjovere blev det, da vi blev sat af i vand til knaeene og matte gaa i land. Boede et lille, nyt sted med kun 8 bungalows - 10m. fra poolen, 50m fra vandkanten og den meste fantastiske mad. Der var absolut intet at lave - andet end at bade og gaa ture ved den stort set mennesketomme strand. Marcus kunne bruge hele dagen paa at gaa i vandkanten og samle muslingeskaller. Naar vi gik langs stranden moedte vi efter 4-500 meter de naeste bungalows ellers var der tomt. Oen blev for ... read more