Blogs from Ao Nang, South-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 6

We got up early to find a pretty wet morning! Un-deterred by the rain we headed out to see the Temple and to eat breakfast in a cute little tea shop spotted yesterday. The rain was fine and pretty refreshing but persisted for most of the morning. After lunch we got the bus across to Ao Nang, a beach town and typical tourist trap. Our hostel (Glur Hostel) was thankfully away from the main road. In fact it's a really pretty hostel, with homemade curtains and a cute little common area looking out to the garden (Claire Hawkins - it'd be right up your street!) The beach at Ao Nang is huge, but dirtier then Koh Tao. We decided to walk the length in the afternoon, and at one end a monkey jumped out of the ... read more

After not having written in a long time, I have finally found some time on a rainy afternoon in Ao Nang, Thailand to update you on my travels. After having spent 9 months in Sunny Oz, I decided it was time to venture on to a new destination for a much needed break away from Oz, and mainly from ‘work’ if you can call it work! In a nutshell…. a very big nutshell my Australia highlights so far…. Seeing the amazing stars and the Milky way whilst working on the lemon farm, Visiting mainly places including St Kilda, Melbourne, the Great Ocean road, The blue Mountains, Echuca, Mildura and Beautiful Sydney. The ferry trip to Manly definitely stands out as one breathtaking moment too seeing all the nice houses of the rich and famous along the ... read more

Hiya! After Phi Phi we went back to Krabi but this time we stayed by the beach in Ao Nang. We stayed in a hotel called Bens House and for some reason we were upgraded to a huge room it was soo nice so we decided to spend the rest of the time we had left in Thailand there. The first night we got there was St Paddy's Day so we went searching for an irish pub and we found The Irish Rover who were giving out free shots every 15 mins :-). We met a girl who is also a backpacker called Anneka and her mum Wanda from Coventry who had come to Thailand to meet up with her, they were both crazy and they ended up buying us drinks, Michael also ended up dancing ... read more

Be warned, this is a bit of a moany blog! Myself and Vinny left Phi Phi on the evening ferry to Krabi, where we got a taxi to Ao Nang, a beachside resort town nearby. The main reason we were here was to visit the beaches of Railay so the next morning, we got a longtail boat to Railay Beach West, the closest of them. We were surprised by how expensive it was, over $12 for the two of us, as the beach was only minutes away (and there was a load of us on the boat). The scenery on the boat was great though and the water was so clear, I couldn’t wait to go snorkelling! When we got to the beach, it was fairly busy. We found a spot and spent the day there, ... read more

Hello people back home! We're coming to the end of our few weeks in Thailand now with plenty of things to catch you up on, so here goes.... Having enjoyed a flying visit to Singapore, we landed in Krabi and headed straight to Ao Nang where we met up with Sparky to begin our Asian adventure. We only spent an evening here so we could make it to Koh Phangnan in time for a half moon party. It was just enough time to get our heads round the currency and demolish what would become our first of many pad thais. As would be expected, the 1/2 moon was great fun and involved an awful lot of UV paint, fire displays and dancing in the jungle. Koh Samui was our next stop- the weather was pretty horrendous ... read more