Blogs from Trat, Central Thailand, Thailand, Asia

David here... We arrived at Bangkoks Don Meung airport after a short and pleasant flight. We made our way to immigration and this is where the airport rage started. We joined a queue but quickly spotted that there was only one desk open so decided to move to another queue. As we joined a much smaller queue the attendants opened up a barrier and a swarm of Chinese people made their way over to where we now were. I don't mind waiting in line, I am British after all and consider myself an expert queuer. What I do mind is people pushing in front, which appears to be exactly what these particular Chinese people thought queues were for. 3 'gentlemen' in particular tried to push past us despite other people in the queue behind us. I ... read more

So after not having a shower for 2-3 days i gritted my teeth and braved a cold water shower! It was as unpleasant as it sounds - but felt nice after being clean again. Packed up my rucksack after unpacking it and re packing for the last 3 days and headed out to the pier which was a massive 5 min walk away! Sat on the pier watching the fish until the speed boat was ready to take a boat load to Trat, a 50 minute - more comfortable journey than the last one ride past about 5-6 islands and we had made it. 10 of us all piled into a waiting taxi and we headed off to the centre which was about 40 minutes away. The driver was a tiny little lady who cant of ... read more

Hi everyone, I'm sad to tell you all that me and Russ have decided to go our seperate ways. Travelling together has put us to the test and it was just tougher than we imagened. We are on good terms and still care very much for each other, and it was a tough desition to make but maybe for the best. Hopefully we can work things out at a later date. So this will be the end of our blog. If we decided to have new ones we will forward the addresses on here. Lis x... read more

Søndag den 27.12.2009 For at komme til Thailand skal man køre 8 km til grænsen. Tuk-tuk føren fra dagen før vil gerne køre os, men da prisen er steget med en hel dollar ift. hvad vi aftalte med ham dagen før dropper vi ham. Vi får personalet på hotellet til at ringe til en person med en minibus, som vi også har talt med dagen før. Om det er fordi, at de ikke har telefon ved vi ikke med af en eller anden årsag er det tuk-tuk føren vi ikke gider at køre med, der ringer efter minibussen. Om han bare var hjælpsom eller om de arbejder sammen ved vi heller ikke, men minibussen kom, og vi kom til grænsen. Vi tjekkede ud af Cambodja og ind i Thailand på en halvtimes tid, hvilket var meget ... read more

We got up early to catch the bus to the Cambodian border where we expected to be fined for overstaying. The good news was that no-one noticed and we are $40 up!!! Having jumped off the bus at Koh Kong we grabbed our packs which someone was attempting to whisk away in a little cart. Our driver was trying to get us to let the bags go but as we had no onward travelling arrangements we kept ours with us and as we made our way to the Thai border saw all the others get dumped on the road side and left... Needless to say there were lots of stresssed out holiday makers shouting 'thats my bag!' Got issued with a 2 week visa for Thailand (apparently land borders now only give 2 weeks - someone ... read more