Blogs from Ao Nang, South-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 29

It's been about a week since there was a "revolution" in the capital city of Thailand, Bangkok. Every one I talked to at home sounded a little worried. It is nothing to be worried about. Nothing has, or will, happen since the event. No one was hurt and the Thai people are in general celebration. The weekend after this event school ended for me as mid-terms are coming around. While I am happy to have an opportunity to look around Krabi properly, I am a little sad to be missing Mauy Thai training for the month I am out of school. On the upside over the weekend i got to meet some of the Exchange students in Phuket (a two hour drive away from Krabi). When coun Paw decided we were going to Phuket to change ... read more

We got back into Thailand, 30 more days on the passport, and headed over to some town I can't even remember for a stopover, said goodbye to two of our group then who have to go home, then we moved on to Krabi again and headed over to the beach spot of Ao Nang, if only to take advantage of a low seasoned priced nice hotel, had a good old time including some quality Kayaking out in the sea around the pretty little stacks that shoot up out of the water (James Bond Island type things) Rhian left us yesterday to go to Australia, so just Rick and I now, so seems a bit quiet until we pick up the next unwitting people to travel with. Have been following the news in Bangkok with a certain ... read more

Hey guys- Jess here.... Its so nice to escape from the city and the jungle to the sunny, breezy south coast. Finally- we can be clean and dry and theres no risk of leeches- euk... kao sok was great though- not everyone can say that they spent a few nights in treehouse style huts, listening to the sounds of the jungle in the oldest rainforest on earth.... read more

So I’ve been in Thailand for about 3 weeks. Every one I had met before I came here said "it's beautiful, it's nice and so on" but no one can actually tell how beautiful or perfect Thailand is. It is an experience that must be lived through not told about. When I arrived it had been a long trip. And I was tired. (to put it lightly) I was also a little afraid. This is because the airline had lost my biggest suit case and no one could do anything about it. When I arrived in Bangkok I had not been aware that the rest of my luggage was being checked. So without any one able to actually translate I ended up (briefly) thinking that the rest of my bags were gone. That was my moment ... read more

We have been in Krabi since Saturday after we did our visa run to Burma. Gump if you read this you need to do a visa run aswell or you'll be fined. We have paid for a weeks accomodation in Krabi where we wanted to save some money by lying on the beach all day. We've had rain every day since we got here. Instead we went to a local gun range up the road from us. We all had a go on a shotgun, 9mm and a .357 magnum. (the guns wern't loaded when we were pratting around.) It was one of the best things we've done since getting here. The magnum and shotgun gives a big kick when you fire them and were well loud. The next day we went for a traditional thai ... read more