Blogs from Ao Nang, South-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 9

This was most certainly a family holiday....grandma was coming along...the Midgit was nearing 3 years old...and i was 7 months pregnant. What a perfect time for a south east asian holiday :) I pretty much organised the holiday due to flghts and trying to get decent times and direct flights. So off we went from Perth direct to Patong on Virgin. We've had this with Virgin before and they do have most of everything for sale...but if they price is only a little different to Thai airways then just go Thai as they are full service and it cost me over $100 in food for 4 people over 6 hours!!!! We stayed at the Holiday Inn in the Busokorn Wing which was very very nice. It is brand new and has beautiful little balconies facing out ... read more

well then 3 months up already we stayed on at koh lanta looking after the dogs and cats for an extra 2 weeks as junie the owner was very busy i would like to return , she said we could go back and help out in the kitchen and look after animals as she is really short staffed i will really miss them dogs me thinks we will return , i saw some nasty cases at the clinic and everybody there are doing a great job so onward and upward,,, now in ao nang in krabi the first time we have had time off in 12 weeks finally had a bath and now feel clean ( showers noemally ) on sat 7 august we go to langawi in malasia our visa expires on sunday this ao ... read more

It seems whenever I’m writing our blog it means there’s not a lot else to do, either we’re on a bus or train going somewhere far away, or in our room for one reason or another. This time it’s the latter and the reason; well the term “it's raining cats and dogs” does not really do the weather justice, I would possibly go for the term “someone up there has been holding it in for a long time!" Oh yeah by the way were on now phi phi island, landed via ferry yesterday (Wednesday) it’s now 11.20am and the rain started at around two o’clock this morning. The funny thing is (not ha ha funny) according to the internet, this is light rain! So we’re in our hotel, the imaginatively named Phi Phi inn, room bound ... read more

I never thought I would have so much fun in Krabi, let alone feeling as heavy hearted when it was time to say 'Good Bye'. We arrived at Krabi on 27 May. Didn't planned out any activities, and definitely had no expectation whatsoever. The first day was spent stuffing ourselves silly at the street vendors. And countless rounds of shopping at the nearby 7-eleven. Which I have to admit, the 7-eleven in Thailand never cease to amaze me - Well what can I say, Junk food IS the love of my life! And 7-eleven in Thailand is indeed a junkfood haven! The next day was spent wandering and shopping around Ao Nang town. It was low season and there was only a handful of tourist spotted. And lucky for us we managed to get better discounts. ... read more

Saturday, 27th February 2010 My quest for "adventure" continued in Krabi this morning. I had a confession to make though. My "adventure" was nothing quite like rock climbing, scuba diving and kayaking activities which the Krabi locality was well known for. Instead, armed myself with a chopping board, I proceeded to the Ao Nang Thai Cookery School for a crash course in Thai Cuisine this morning. The price tag itself was never cheap as the school fees was at a touristy price of 1,000 baht. This was the kind of prices we were expecting to pay after my market research. Without much foundation in cooking in general (mum would never like me to invade her territory at home), learning how to whip up 5 Thai dishes at one go was itself an "adventure" for me. Surprisingly, ... read more