Blogs from Khao Lak, South-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 5

Nach langer Zeit des Wartens konnte unser Abenteuer losgehen. Die lange geplante Erkundungsreise nach Thailand hat begonnen. Denjenigen die uns kennen ist bekannt, weshalb es ein Erkundungstrip ist. Aber wir wollen diese Reise auch andersweitig nutzen. Das Motto ist: "Halb Ferien/Halb Arbeit". So habe ich mich dazu entschlossen, den Divemaster Kurs mit Dani zu absolvieren. Man weiss ja nie, wann man so etwas gebrauchen kann;-) Nach einem Zwischenstop in Singpur, wo wir das Ende des 12stündigen Schlaflos-Fluges morgens um Sechs mit einem Tiger Beer feiern mussten, sind wir ziemlich pünktlich um 09:30 in Phuket gelandet. Dort wurden wir am Flughafen bereits von Tuk's Familie erwartet. (wer sehen will wie sich die Landung in etwa abgespielt hat, kann sich das beiliegende Video reinziehen) Sawasdee! Das war auch schon das einzige was ich reden konnte...egal, die Leute hier ... read more

One of the things we had read about and saw pictures of before the trip was Khao Sok National Park, it looked amazing so we had to fit it in. We booked a 3 day, 2 night tour which started at about noon in the park, which is 3 hours north of Phuket. Rather than fitting in an early flight and drive out, we chose to break it up a bit and stay a night at Khao Lak, which is about an hour and a half north of Phuket. We arranged a pickup with our hotel, and were beachside by about noon, at what we later concluded was the best beach on our trip. The water was probably 80 degrees, nice white sand and relatively uncrowded. We spent the afternoon on the beach and watched the ... read more

Hey all, since last writing we have travelled from Phuket up the coast a little way to Khao Lak a small beach town on the Andaman sea completely surrounded by jungle and mountains/hills. The journey was much the same as all our other ones involving several mini buses, one drops you in a lay-by where another is waiting. Once again all worked out perfectly and on time. We got a taxi from a town called Phagn-nga (not to be confused with koh Pha-nagn where we are headed next!) Most expensive taxi so far, about 20 quid (I should probably explain that I have no Pound sign on this stupid keyboard! It’s set up wrong so I keep writing ‘quid’ a lot!) but pretty cheap as it was an hour and a half drive, all through the ... read more

Are we in Thailand? Thursday 26th March 2009 Khao Lak is one of those places that could be anywhere. Full of mostly German tourists, pizza restaurants and “Happy Hour” bars. Travel guide books usually give an accurate impression of a place, but not this time. Our “Lonely Planet” unfortunately is rather old and other guides are misleading. We envisaged this area to be similar to Ao Nang (we wish we had stayed there longer) without the limestone crags but with a mountainous backdrop instead and similar Thai bungalow huts fringing a sandy beach. Well, the mountainous backdrop is here, but so too are large package-tour resorts and kids who should be in school back in Europe. Oh well, can’t get it right every time! The Khao Lak National Park, which we came through on the journey ... read more

mika on thaikuutta? -se kun palaa rannalta ja sanky on pedattu ja huone siivottu Hyvaa ystavanpaivaa kaikille! ... read more