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Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai December 7th 2005

Well, since my last blog, a whole HEAP of stuff has happened..almost too much for me to remember, but i'll try my best!!! My second day in Bangkok was a lot better than the first. I went to the Grand Palace, Say the Emerald Buddha, the Reclinign Buddha (Wat Pho) and took a stroll down to China Town. Also did a bit of shopping at the massive Weekend Market, nothing like retail therapy to lift your spirits, eh?! After that, my adventure in the North of Thailand began! It all started with a 12 hour "bus" journey (it actually was a super-deluxe coach with reclining seats, air con and "2 Fast 2 Furious" playing on the TV - not roughing it too much!) I arrived in Chiang Mai at 6am and got driven to the guesthouse ... read more
Bamboo Treehouse, Lahu Settlement
Village life
Elephant Jungle Trek

Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Pai December 5th 2005

After spending my first two weeks in Ko Pha Ngan I decided to go with Kunge to Pai in Northern Thailand for his holidays. We had aimed to catch the sleeper train to Bangkok but because of the floods in the south of Thailand we ended up flying (Aaggghhh - spending a bit too much money). We spent a couple of days in Bangkok which has to be one of the maddest cities. The roads are just plain crazy, people seem to drive where they like, when they like. I've been told you need to think of it as water in a river - if there is a space you naturally fall in to it. That maybe, but when you're on the back of a scooter taxi for the first time, its pretty scary. We stayed ... read more

Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai December 4th 2005

Hey everyone! How are you all doing? Hope you are all well! At the moment I'm in Chaing Mai which is northern thailand! Feeling a little bit/lot hungover after our BNO last nite and am ever more traumatised about the thought that we've gotta get a bus in a few hours to Bangkok that takes a good 12 hours! Not fun! So i think the last time i wrote in this thing it was 2 weeks ago now, so i've been to quite a few places in Thailand since then! So here's my little rundown! Enjoy and don't get too bored! Phuket After leaving Koh Samui we took a bus over to Phuket and stayed there for about 5nights! We stayed in pretty swish accommodation there to tell the truth! So not doing the proper backpacking ... read more
Fit
Long Neck
Fat Elephant

Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai December 3rd 2005

In past several days here in Chiang Mai, have dropped off the passport and visa application with a local travel agent who will do the visa run to the Myanmar embassy, quoting a 3-day turnaround which, proved true, receiving the passport and visa back on Friday. Proceeded to book an Air Mandalay flight into Mandalay for 3600B, directly from Chiang Mai but, found that the "weekly" flight is booked solid for the entire month of December. Alternative will be to return to Bangkok and book a flight there, presumably into Yangon instead. So, purchased an overnight berth for 790B back to Bangkok for Monday night and will go back to Chaiwat Tours. On Tuesday evening, Lori & Tom took me to the 'Old Chiang Mai Cultural Centre' for its' dinner show, costing 320B, and not a ... read more

Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai December 1st 2005

Nach wieder mal verhältnismäßig wenig Schlaf letzte Nacht war ich dann heute wieder mal im OP unterwegs, zum letzten Mal den plastischen Chirurgen über die Schulter geschaut, dabei einer OP zugeschaut, bei der Ausführungsgang der linken Speicheldrüse von einer Kugel (Pistole) komplett zerstört war. Naja, der Rest der linken Gesichtshälfte auch, aber die Rekonstruktion des Speichelganges war der schwierigste Part. Mikroanastomosen unter OP-Mikroskop wird hier also auch betrieben, und das nicht schlecht. Später war ich dann noch ein bißchen bei den Gefäßchirurgen im Saal, Bypass der linken Beinarterie mit saphena-magna interponat, jup, ich werde kein Abdominal- oder Gefäßchirurg. Definitv nicht mein Ding, das mein Leben lang zu machen. Naja, dann bin ich ins Sekretariat, mein Siegel und Unterschrift abholen, das Siegel habe ich spontan bekommen, nur die Unterschrift sollte mir der Chef der... read more

Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai November 30th 2005

27.11. Chang-Mai V Bangkoku sme nasadli na nocny lozkovy vlak smerom na Chang-Mai. Nase povodne iluzie o tom ze cestujeme do turistami neobjaveneho severu Thajska sa rozplynuli hned na vlakovej stanici po zisteni ze posadku celeho vlaku takmer vylucne tvoria Europski cestovatelia. Spaci vozen vyzeral celkom zvlastne. Neboli tam kupe, ale v celom otvorenom vozni boli pozdlz poschodove postele. Dolna postel sa dala pomerne sofistikovane zlozit do dvoch kresiel a jedneho stolika. Horna postel sa dala zlozit do takej rakvicky. Dostali sme normalne aj biele plachty a tak. Cesta trvala 13 hodin ale celkom to ubehlo, striedavo sme hrali karty a spali :) Rano sme teda dofrcali do Chang-Mai a ubytovali sa v paradnom guesthouse s bazenom a restikou a barom a teplou sprchou. Dohodli sme si trek na dalsi den do narodneho parku pri hraniciach ... read more
bambusove plte

Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai November 30th 2005

OP fiel heute für mich sehr kurz aus, ich war doch noch etwas angeschlagen und bin nach 2 Stunden wieder nach Hause, ein bißchen schlafen. Nachmittags war ich dann kurz etwas essen und habe mich dann wieder an die Doktorarbeit gesetzt. Tabellen und Graphen zu erstellen ist keine wirkliche Freude, aber auch das muß ja leider gemacht werden. Abends dann noch kurz etwas mit Ali essen gewesen, gleich noch mit Myriam telefonieren, und dann ab ins Bett. Morgen schaue ich mal, ob ich meine Bescheinigungen bekomme… ;-) Unglaublich, dass die Zeit schon fast rum ist, mittendrin kam mir das soo lange vor, aber so ist das ja immer. Die Vergangenheit erscheint einem ja merkwürdigerweise immer kürzer, als sie in der Gegenwart war. Hmm, zu philosophisch… bis morgen.... read more

Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai November 30th 2005

Have been here 5 nights now. Met Lori & Tom for dinner on Monday night at an "Irish" cafe but, the only thing remotely Irish about it was its' (Irish??) 'bangers & mash'. A good meal otherwise though. We agreed to meet the following night, Tuesday, at the 'Bier Stube' before continuing to the "Old Chiangmai Cultural Centre". It was a 7pm dinner, which was OK and filling but with expensive drinks menu; the show was OK also and generally enjoyable, albeit a tourist tramp! Total cost for the dinner show was 320Bhat. ... read more

Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai November 30th 2005

The end of November and we've made it up to northern Thailand...Chiang Mai to be exact. This is the Thai destination we've been rather excited about because it's where we had planned to settle down for a few weeks and take cultural courses. The best part about this place: NOT HUMID. Oh and it's even a touch cool at night. Now this is our kind of Southeast Asia. Chiang Mai is right on the tourist trail through the region, and it shows. While it feels like there are significantly more Thai people than foreigners here, most if not all Thais speak excellent english and tourism definitely drives the city. Most tourists come here just for a few days, organize a three-day trek to see the hill tribes and subsequently move on to Laos via the slow ... read more
Pad Thai anyone?
What the....???

Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai November 29th 2005

OPD wieder wie immer und heute zum letzten Mal, mittags dann nach Hause, und erstmal noch ein bißchen geschlafen. Später habe ich wieder ein bißchen an der Doktorarbeit gesessen und noch einmal meinen Mantel begutachtet. Dann sind Jeremy und ich zusammen losgezogen, seinen 35. Geburtstag feiern. Erst waren wir thai essen, unorthodox in einer Streetkitchen, aber das Essen dort ist einfach sehr gut und „the real thing“. Dann sind wir in einer Bar regelrecht versackt, gegen 2 Uhr haben wir dann ein Tuk Tuk zurück ins Guesthouse genommen, wo ich sofort in tiefen Schlaf gefallen bin. Jeremy musste den nächsten Morgen früh raus, um 9.15 Uhr ging sein Flug von CM nach Bangkok, dort 4 Stunden Aufenthalt, dann 4 Stunden nach Singapur, 5 Std. Aufenthalt, dann wieder 4 Std. nach Melbourne. Der Arme, ich bin schon ... read more




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