Blogs from Ao Nang, South-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 27

On Boxing day we set off early for Krabi, over the over side of Thailand on the Andaman Coast. It was an early start as we were to be picked up at 6:30 in the morning. Not sure how it happened, but the alarm clock failed to awake us and we finally woke at 6:15 instead of the planned 5:30 we had agreed on the night before. The trip was relatively straight forward. A mini van from Chewang to the main port of Na-than. Then everyone is loaded on to a coach only for it to drive round the corner to the boat, where everybody is off loaded again to walk on the car ferry! Once on the mainland it's back on the coach for a non stop trip to Krabi. And I mean non stop! ... read more

Hi everyone, Merry Christmas!! not got much of mine left to go and you'll all just be tucking into your dinners when im writing this no doubt . Havn't had our christmas dinner yet, but we are thinking of splashing out and having spring rolls as a starter and a banana pancake for pudding along with just the usual rice, it is christmas after all . Last night there was lots of christmas music everywhere, alot of the big hotels had entertainment on and there were fireworks so we're hoping its the same tonight. We went to the bar close to ours last night which had a fireshow (the fire got a bit to close to me for my liking, but no singed eyebrows so we're ok!) we met three people from israel who taught us ... read more

Hi all, its christmas eve! We got to Krabi yesterday, the place we are staying will be just perfect for christmas, its a bit out of the way but a walk never hurt anyone. The beach is gorgeous and the scenery on the way here was equally impressive, lush green forests and the odd buffalo . Today was spent laid out on the quiet long sandy beach, we stayed until the tide went out and walked along watching the orange sunset while collecting pretty shells. I would definatly recommend spending christmas eve this way . Its weird hearing jingle bells and seeing santa hats in the middle of thailand, but nice too. Tomorrow we're getting a long boat to spend christmas on a remote beach, Phrang nang cave. Even with all the sun i definalty have ... read more

On our way to Tonsai, Mathew and I picked up a friend. Andrew was a South African teaching English in Taiwan. He was vacationing at the moment, and we all stayed together to save money so accomodations would be "cheap cheap." There was a price to pay in Tonsai, and it's paid in blood. I was attacked by mosquitoes quicker than I could swat. One morning, from simply rolling out of bed to walking to breakfast, I got 16 mosquito bites on my right leg alone. Needless to say, I made a great investment in "OFF" spray. That and "Tiger Balm" to calm the skin if I missed a spot with Deet. "Deet me up, Scotty!" The more the deet, the happier I was. Well, I can't say I was happy when we first got to ... read more

We are slowly moving down in our standards of overnight train journeys. Our latest (11 hours from Bangkok en route to Krabi) was a compartment/dormitory with around 20 beds each with a curtain; this was Matt’s favourite so far as he felt like he was in a den!! Our fellow passengers were a friendly enough gang though the relaxed atmosphere was ruined somewhat by the middle aged German couple who stood drinking in the area just outside our compartment shouting “it’s only Rock ‘n’ Roll and I like it” whilst throwing beer bottles onto the tracks, later they actually smashed the window of the train door, the Thais in our compartment had no hesitation in pointing the finger. We arrived at 5.30am and faced an hour and a half wait for the bus to take us ... read more