Blogs from Central Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 930

Maandag Formuliertje, formuliertje... Thailand in gewandeld. Snel naar het station van Sengai Kolok. Niet geheel verrassend, de trein ging die dag niet meer. Dus maar op zoek naar een hotel. De goedkope hotels zagen er erg smerig uit, dus maar een luxe hotel opgezocht. Voor die 7 euro p.p. hadden we dan ook een erg riante kamer. Maar wat bleek 's avonds... de vriendelijke dames in onze straat die constant onze aandacht trokken deden het licht aan. Roze licht. O ja, Thailand. Omdat we nog niet helemaal verwilderd zijn, zijn we ook maar eens op zoek naar een kapper. Voor E1,25 waren we weer het mannetje. En de vriendelijke man had ook nog heel andere dienstverlening, waar we verder maar niet op in zijn gegaan. Een biertje drinken bleek hier ook wat aangenamer geprijsd, dus dat ... read more

Just letting you know that I made it to Bangkok OK. I was going to write earlier but things have been a bit hectic. I arrived at the hostel I was supposed to be meeting Scott in and went up to the room and there was just a scrawled message from him saying that he had a fever and was going to the hospital, but no more info. The people in the hostel were really helpful though and called the hospital to confirm he was there and wrote all the details down in Thai to give to a taxi driver. I got to the hospital and someone showed me to his ward, full of old sick men. He was in a bed in the corner attached to a drip! It turned out that he had been ... read more

Bangkok - We arrived at midnight but the streets are lively until at least 5am. This is good city life unspoiled by a half-assed, slipshod attitude or by people who insist on being asleep by 9pm and up at 5am. I woke up to a whole new Khao San Road! Was my guesthouse moved in the night? The late-night food vendors and street-side cafe tables were replaced by racks of clothes and tables of souvenirs. Wow, we could spend days trying to eat our way around town, tackling Thai soups, noodles, seafood and even RAW shrimp with chili sauce - mmm! Mike observed that the girl who works at the Hello restaurant resembles my cat, so we named her Dixie without her knowing. The locals are good-humored and good-natured. They're playful with each other and polite ... read more

Geo: 13.7308, 100.521Yes we made it. The trip from Cairns to Chiang Mai wasa bit drawn out. We stayed over night in Kuala Lumpur and the bus trip to and from the hotel was a major event.Any way we finally got here to Chiang Mai on Wednesdayat about 2pm and found a place to stay without toomuch hassle. We thought we might be able to findsomewhere better so went for walk through town tocheck out a few places. However the empahsis soonchanged to drinking beer and the walk turned into a... read more

Geo: 13.7308, 100.521in fact...this time around it really becoming my home base...I was still studying in Berlin, Germany and simply using my 3 months off during semesters to go back home...1995 would be my practice semester coming up and I had to make a decision...Shall I follow into the footsteps of every fellow student from my class and apply to numerous companies in Germany...A boring work at Siemens perhaps...no, why not BMW, Daimler Benz, 1, 2,3,... No, Asia is already taking hold of me and doesn't want o let me go ever again... Beautiful, friendly Thailand of the 90's is calling me to stay...One morning I woke up and decided to give in to the urge to stay...I went to the Germany Embassy and got a list of German companies who have themselves established in Bangkok...Instead ... read more