Blogs from Eastern Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 10

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! :-) Aww, I'm sorry for being such a lazy bone but I just can't help it. I really do try to write but I lack creativity and I'm just too tired in the evenings. haha. I promise I'll be a good girl from now one. So yeah, we arrived in Bangkok on the 21st in the afternoon and took the airport-city-link skytrain to town and then continued by taxi to Khao San Road. It was amazing to be back and my Thai skills gradually returned as well - helpful. We found quite a cheap place to stay in Soi Rambuttri, parallel to Khao San Road. There was a weird petrol smell in the room but as it was late we agreed to take the room. (More about that later..) After some amazing Pad ... read more

My September/October 2011 was a mixture of new adventures and a return to visit the Thai family that I have stayed with since I fiirst started going to Thailand. I went to Koh Chang with two Australian friends and we had a great time exploring some parts of this beautiful island. The pictures tell some of the story. Kop khun khrap - Thank you Sawatdee khrap - Goodbye Pob gan mai - See you again soon Click on the pics if you want a larger view of the photos... read more

I left for koh chang about 10 am, I took a motorbike taxi to the station, i love motorbike taxis theyre soooo fun but also very dangerous too i expect but it was my only choice. I then got a taxi to the port. Got there got my ticket then waited for the boat. I was the only non thai on the boat which if im honest was a bit un nearving but all was good. The journey was just over an hour and at the other side i was ushered in to the back of a pick up truck and off i went to 'lonely beach'. The island is spectacular, all you can see in all directions is rainforest, unless your on the beach then sand obviously, except for where im staying where it is ... read more

Several days later and we're still in Koh Chang - finding it hard to leave such a beautiful island. However we have relocated a couple of times, sampling different beaches and areas. My favourite is still Lonely Beach - we managed to get a hut which was only 5m from the sea and had a very relaxed, backpacker feel to it. (Siem Beach Huts). After Lonely Beach we headed to White Sands which was nice although more built up and busy. Yesterday we went elephant trekking! It was fantastic (pictures coming soon). The highlight was definitely jumping into a river with the elephants to give one a good scrub down. Today was our first day of rain since arriving in Thailand. We had planned to go snorkelling round some of the smaller nearby islands but it ... read more

Es ist Mittags so gegen 12 und auf die Straßen von Bangkok prasselt der Regen. Heftige Regenschauer mit Blitz und Donner. Der Himmel ist schwarz und es weht ein kräftiger Wind durch die Gassen und Straßen, durch die kleinen mit Plastikfolien bedeckten Buden und Stände. Es bilden sich tiefe Pfützen und innerhalb kürzester Zeit steht das Wasser knöcheltief in den Rinnsteigen. Überall tropft es von den Dächern und man möchte gar nicht wissen was da manchmal herunter gewaschen wird. In einer Broschüre der Bangkoker Tourismusbehörde steht das man sich unverzüglich nach einem Regenschauer die nassen Haare mit Shampoo waschen und ordentlich trocknen soll. Der Regen ist konterminiert und enthält Krankheitserreger. Wir sitzen gemütlich in einem Hinterhof auf der Rambuttri Rd. zwischen Grünpflanzen und Wassergeplätscher. Eine kleine Oase in all dem Trubel. Im Fernseher läuft ein Thaiboxkampf ... read more