Blogs from Eastern Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 3

Exotic, yet safe and easy; cheap, yet equipped with every modern amenity you might ever need, there is something for every interest, demographic and price bracket in Thailand. Yet despite the heavy flow of tourist traffic, the story goes, Thailand still manages to retain that quintessential Thai-ness, even in the most touristed of areas. Thais are known for their stereotypically carefree attitude, where everything is sanook and sabai (fun and easygoing) and the tourist industry is keen to adopt the mantle “Land of Smiles.” Rightly or wrongly, Thailand seems more than happy to accommodate every tourist idiosyncrasy. Yet as anyone familiar with the culture will tell you, just because a Thai smiles, doesn’t necessarily mean they’re happy; they are just as likely to feel uncomfortabl... read more

Well my last stop on my Asia tour has taken me to the ultra tourist hotspot.......this blog will be about the 3 places I visited in Thailand.... Bangkok, I arrived in Bangkok after a wild and confrontational minibus ride from the border of Cambodia. With respect to the blogs and misguided info on the changes to the G-7 land border agreement in regards to whether it is still in effect for us to get 30 days by land or reverted back to the 15 days it once was....it is indeed still in effect and passport holders of the G-7 countries are permitted 30 days visa free from land borders into Thailand. Back to the confrontation part, I met a guy from Australia who was also a teacher, a bit older than me and pretty cool, we ... read more

Today was the first day in our trip that the group didn't have any concrete plans. Some people decided to go scuba diving, but I decided to chill out with some others by the beach and explore the city. I met up with a few people to go to the beach and decided to be a piece of meat and attempt to get tanned. Before doing so, I walked south for about 2 miles on the shores and the island is just a giant paradise. There are vendors that sell beers, water, food, right on the beach. The waters are crystal clear and somewhat clean. I took some pictures (see pictures) and I'll definitely be submitting these photos to Corona, and ask them to use my photographs in their commercials. I need some reimbursements for this ... read more

Oct 21 2013 Well after waking up about 8am and getting a good 12 hours of sleep we decided to head up the road to rent some mopeds for the day. After walking up the road and not being too sure where the place was we walked back to our hostel to double check with Baz, one of the guys working at the Shiralea. By the Baz is an awesome English guy. Anyway, so we double checked with him, but right as we were walking away he asked if we wanted a couple of girls to tag along with us. There were a couple of American gals that were looking to rent some mopeds but had never done it before and were not feeling too confident to rent them on there own. Well we were of ... read more

Oct 20 2013 Well today blended right into yesterday and the night, since we spent a good 12 hours on an overnight bus ride. I really hope the we don't have to do it again. Not only was the bus full but there was barely any leg room and it was a struggle to fall asleep. I really only got to sleep maybe 3 hours if I am lucky. We got to stop once for about an hour at midnight, where we were able grab some food, which was not that good. At that point I was in a bad place and was ready for the bus ride to be over with. The next 6 hours on the bus was not any better. Our next stop was a transfer station where we waited for about 2 ... read more