Blogs from Ko Samet, Central Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 13

goodness gracious. it feels like i've been holding my breath for about a week, and have finally taken a huge deep belly full of good sunny air. i guess i didn't know what "concrete jungle" really meant until i spent a weekend in bangkok. it's a bit like a thriving post-apocalyptic community crafted from rebar, concrete, tropical foliage, and ancient ruins. unreal. it's huge. sprawling. no straight lines, no "center" of town. more like a tightly packed conglomeration of independent neighborhoods locked in a fierce competition to see who can create the most car fumes, sell the most liquor (literally by the bucket), and play the loudest music. it's festive, but a bit overwhelming. i had planned to wait there for miss ladye, who arrives on wednesday, but realized at about 3am last night that ... read more

Since it's songkran, water festival, Thai New Year, Finally all members in family can gather together for a day trip.. Dad - Mom - Pat (my younger sister) - bambi (2 months chihuahua) and me.. We didn't really plan where to go at first we was about to go to pattaya but there were so many cars, many people, since we tried to avoid "the water war", we decided to drive further to Rayong province and cross to Samet Island.. so bad that Simon, P'Koong and Bilbo are back to Koenkane for holidays.. Well a day trip is enough.. since it's hard to find accommodation for the long holiday.. it's nice to visit samet again.. ■■ ■■■　 ■■ 　　　■■　　■■　　■■ 　　　■■　　■■　　■■ 　　　■■　　■■　　■■ 　　■■■ ■■■ 　■■■　　　　　　　　■■ 　　 ■■■　　　　　　　　　■■■　　 ■■■　●　　　　　●　■■■　 ■■　◎　　　　　　　◎　■■ ■■■　　　　Ｔ　　　　■■■ 　 　　 ■■■　　　　　■■■ 　　　 ■■■■■■■■■ 　　 □■■■■■■■■■□　 ... read more

So we have been in Koh Samet for the last couple of days. We met my friend Vicki from school on wednesday as she has been here for 2 months already. She took us to the island, it is about a 3 hr drive frmo bangkok then an hours ferry. The island was great, we chilled on the beach for 2 days, the weather was lovely. We stayed in a little bungalow for 6 pound a night just off of the beach. We left there yesterday to come back to Bangkok as we fly to sydney tommorrow. Thats all for now. Keep the emails coming, missing you all loads xx... read more

Hey oui ca devais arriver et c'est arrive dans un endroit merveilleux... ca fait 2 jours que je me chie le corps et que je voie double.... mais aujourd'hui, ca va mieux, j'ai reussi a manger un peu et je reprends des forces tranquillement... je pense partir demain de ko samet par le premier bateau, remonter vers Bangkok et descendre sur chumpong afin d'aller sur l'ile de ko tao.... j'ai besoin d'un peu plus que ko samet.... je vous tiens au courant.... Ps: ne partez jamais sans gastrolyte.... sinon la deshydratation n'est pas loin...... read more

Our current location is KO Chang but before we go into this area we have a last update on Ko Samet. We did the last blog thinking the next day we would be making our way to Ko Chang however we didn’t count on the dreaded lurgy (suspected food poisoning) changing the plan. I was vomiting all that night then spent the next day either comatose or on the toilet. Victoria then proceeded to do exactly the same thing the next night so all in all we spent another 3 days on the island just dying and lying. Finally left for Trat, our ultimate destination Ko Chang. We had to do this via Chanthaburi which is a 2 hour bus ride to the station (on the usual air con government bus). As previous times we were ... read more