Blogs from Ao Nang, South-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 2

At last, a proper whole night in a proper bed, aided by one of my last zopiclone from Vietnam. Feeling much better after it. I can really recommend this hotel (The Quay Hotel, 57 South Bridge Road, Boat Quay). It in a great location, easy to walk to the river and harbour but with a traditional flavour too. It was super quiet last night, despite being on a busy street with a bus stop taking up half the entrance. Sorry not to be coming back here at the end of Feb rather than our usual choice (already paid for), twice the price and twice the distance from the MRT. Perfect if you don’t need a lot of room. It has a safe and a smartphone to take out with you, which seems to be quite standard ... read more

Saturday 17 February 2018 A good nights sleep. Weather hot and sunny. After chatting we decided on a beach day today. At 11.00 am we left the room. A stroll up to the coast to see what was happening with the boats, then along to find a place on the beach. All very busy, but we squeezed into a spot in the shade. Turned out to be a good place which kept the sun off us most of the day. I had a passion fruit and ice drink, Pat had a Chang beer. We popped in and out of the water. We had sandwiches and drinks at the beach cafe behind for lunch and eventually left at 2.30 pm and sauntered back. A quiet afternoon and we were hungry, leaving the room about 7 pm, we ... read more

Thursday 8 February, 2018. Weather hot and sunny. Slept ok. Our plan today was to visit Krabi by local bus. We left the room about 1045 and dropped off some laundry next door. The bus stop was opposite (or so we thought) and we waited for a little while, a bus came along but the driver told us we had to wait on the other side. So over the road we went and only waited a couple of minutes before our bus came. It turns out the bus goes up to the coast and around, which we didn't know. The bus by the way is basically padded seats in the back of a truck and a roof. The journey seemed to take a while and go all over the place, but eventually we were dropped off ... read more

De retour en Thaïlande, j’arrive de nuit à Khao Lak, étape sur mon chemin vers Ao Nang. Khao Lak est une longue plage « réputée » avec vie balnéaire (restaurants, bars et boutiques) en arrière sur la grande route, tout ce qu’on peut (ne pas) aimer de la Thaïlande. L’accueil à l’hôtel Seafan est très bien (750 THB). Je retrouve la « civilisation » vacancière, ça fait très peur après la sérénité birmane. En 10 jours dans ce coin lointain de Birmanie, j’ai dû voir une vingtaine d’occidentaux. J’en croise 100 fois plus ici en un rien de temps ! Bain de mer chaude avant de partir. Les resorts sont bourrés de russes, ce n’est pas bon signe. Femmes bourreletées au regard brillant et assassin, hommes trapus, moule-bites serrés et débardeurs collés à la peau, ils ... read more

Few pictures of out sailing. ... read more