Blogs from Eastern Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 11

Greetings and salutations! Another day in sunny/stormy Koh Chang! Another day with a motorcycle! Aleko and I ventured out, with the morning light (after having consumed adequate quantities of cornflakes and yogurt, from our hotel room stash), to explore the eastern coast of the island. Passing through Bailan, Lonely Beach, where we had stayed previously, and then on to Pearl Beach, and White Sands - all of which have misleading names during monsoon season (there being very little beach, and none of which is "white" or gives the appearance of a "pearl"), we stopped briefly, to confirm our seats back to Bangkok tomorrow, and the ferry ride to the mainland, also. Once fully booked, we ventured onwards. The ferry port, where we arrived, is at the Northern-most tip of the island, and so anything further than ... read more

Greetings! Just time for a quick journal entry. I wanted to get this set up, to make sure it was easy to add to, when I get the opportunity. So far, all is well. We landed in Bangkok, some days ago (we have been losing track of time); stayed in a quaint guesthouse - our room had a panoramic window, looking out to the jungly garden. It was fantastic to wake up, seeing only green, from where I lay. However, some days have passed since we arrived, and I feel it only right to fill you in on the main points. Bangkok - very noisy, polluted, and full of tw*tpackers... *ahem* BACKpackers. Sorry, it had been so long since I caught the sneering gaze of a holier-than-thou, dreadlocked, nose-pierced, individual... you can almost hear their disbelief ... read more

I heard Anthony Kiedis had trouble installing a DVD player recently. Apparently he had scart issues. But seriously, here it is the infamous travel blog you've all been hearing about. Right now I’m lying in bed in a steamy hot hotel room in ko phan ngan. I’m also writing this on my phone because the keyboards here a bit hard to type fast with and as you know I’m a very busy man. So hopefully I’ll be able to transfer this from my phone to the internet (if you're reading this, I have been successful). But anyway even though I’m in ko phan ngan ill start from the beginning. In the beginning, there was nothing. Then Hughtron created light. Hughtron begat h-money, who begat Hughie the kid, who begat ...ok so you got what I was ... read more

J'ai passe les derniers jours dans la ville de Ubon Ratchatani, une ville pres de la frontiere entre la Thailande, le Laos et le Cabodge. C'est une ville que j'ai trouve tres interessante! Surtout le parc au centre de la ville! Ce parc est le lieu de rassemblement de la ville et il y a toutes sortes d'activites. Dans la meme soiree, j'ai vu deux cours de danses aerobiques (dans deux sections du parc), quelques court de basketball, le sport qui ressemble au volley mais qui se joue avec les pieds, une cinquantaine de personnes qui faisait du Tai-Chi, a un autre endroit, des gens qui faisait du Yoga, une section du parc pour faire de la musculation, une demi-douzaine de terrains de soccer, etc... A chacune des entrees du parc, il y a un food ... read more

After an exciting few days in Bangkok, it was time to escape the stifling heat and hit the beach! Because of the "inclement weather" and floods in the Southern islands, we had to fiddle with our initial plan and the best option turned out to be Koh Chang (Elephant Island) in the Eastern Gulf of Thailand, near Cambodia. The bus ride felt like quite a novelty and a luxurious one at that - plenty of leg room, comfy seats, AC and even a film! No honking and rather frustratingly a lot slower than Indian buses... Anyway, it did eventually get us to Trat where we hopped on a ferry then a sawngthaew (pick-up taxi) which took us to the lovely Lonely Beach. For those of you who don't know, this week was the time to celebrate ... read more