Blogs from Ao Nang, South-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 4

Hier, je suis allé voir un spectacle de serpents avec des cobras, un python et un cobra royal! Ce sont tous des serpents qui vivent en Thaïlande et qui sont dangereux. Pour le spectacle, un dompteur était dans une arène avec les serpents. Il jouait avec les serpents et essayait de s'en approcher sans se faire mordre. Moi j'ai adoré voir le gars donner un bec au cobra royal... Tout un défi ! J'ai eu la chance et le courage de prendre un gros boa ;) C'était malade!... read more

We are up and at it in Ao Nang and almost ready to leave. We go for a walk on the beach to take in the scenery wonderful warm refreshing air. Paul then goes for a quick run on the beach before we say goodbye to Dave, Tracy and the kids. We are both not really wanting to go but we are off. We take off and change planes in Bangkok and in the hurry get some American food (Mcdonalds) Paul the doofess gets down to the loading area where he realizes he left his passport at Mcdonalds. When he returns there is nothing there so panicking he gets back to loading area and we call security where they start doing a check and the next thing we know a Mcdonalds employee is meeting us with ... read more

Today we left Phuket and headed to Krabi. Specifcally Ao Nang. A new mode of transportation to get there and that was a ferry. The views were spectacular and arrived just after 1030. It was then a quick drive down the road to the Holiday Inn resort where we met Dave, Tracy and the kids. We checked in and then went for a quick bite to eat and then we took a long boat to Railay Beach for the afternoon. The scenery was breath taking as we saw a bunch of monkeys and the limestone formations were crazy. Came back to the hotel for a swim and then out for a great dinner... read more

Only a 1.5 hour flight from Singapore and we could immediately feel the relaxed vibe of Thailand :) We were picked up from the airport by the Holiday Inn and that lovely feeling that everything was sorted and we didnt have to do anything fell over us. He took our bags, gave us water, put us in an airconditioned minivan and we were off. The Holiday Inn is one bay away from Ao Nang so slightly off the main strip if you could call the main road in Ao Nang a strip :) The main reason we selected the HI was the availability of kidsuites (kids get their own room bunk bed style) AND a kids pool showing 4 slides in the photos. This was perfect!!! We could sit beside the pool and watch the kids ... read more

After jumping from destination to destination every few days over the past month, I was looking forward to arriving in southern Thailand for some R&R, beachside, wading around lazily, possibly with a cocktail in hand.... Those wishful aspirations were quickly dashed as soon as we arrived, for fellow M had sponsored an open water scuba course for me as a graduation present and when we presented ourselves at the dive shop the night we arrived, I was handed a book with an assignment to read 100+ pages in preparation for my class the following morning. Sigh. The next three days were filled with a schedule of reading/classroom/pool exercises/exams/open water dives. Daunting...but discovering a whole world of life as soon as you submerge underwater and being able to be a part of what's teeming down there, floating ... read more