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Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Chang January 13th 2014

So Christmas was gone and Steve and I were supposed to be moving on from Koh Chang on the Saturday before New Year. We had really settled into island life and didn't really want to be moving again until after New Year but our accommodation, and most others, were fully booked. Luckily while I was enjoying a heavenly oil massage on the beach Steve walked along the beach and found one of the last bungalows available. Brilliant! We could stay for the party! So we packed up our rucksacks and walked the few hundred yards to our bungalow until 2nd January. This one was up at the top of quite a steep hill in a very nice small resort of only 8 bungalows run by Thai Chum and Austrian Gunter. Very friendly couple. Now this bungalow ... read more

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Chang January 9th 2014

So our wonderful time in Khao Sok with Pu came to and end with a 1 1/2 hr long tail trip with him back to the jetty. Beautiful! A bit of reverse culture shock leaving the peace and quiet. We were all reunited with his wife and children and as usual his daughter wanted to come with Daddy. So we were bundled into his old pick up for the return journey to town where we would catch the first of two buses back to Kuraburi. As we started off it appeared little one needed a nappy change. So out Pu got with daughter under arm to deal with it. After a few minutes he appeared back with her clothes and a bag of nappies and a naked daughter following behind who climbed in with me. I ... read more

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Chang November 3rd 2013

Dagene har jammen gått fort, når vi satt i Hanoi følte vi at vi hadde vært vekke en evighet etter 5 dager, nå er vi på dag 19 det føles uendelig rart å skulle begynne å tenke på å reise hjemover om noen dager. De siste dagene har solt oss, slappet av, inntatt mengder med mojito (for min del) og long island ice tea (for aleks sin del). Vi har vært på elefanttur, spist god mat og festet sammen med Dreyer. Veldig artig at han la første del av sin "ferie" her på Koh Chang. Gudene vet når vi ser han igjen, sist han var på tur var han vekke i omtrent et år. Å ri på elefant var forsåvidt veldig gøy, en to timers tur inn i regnskogen. Koh Chang er kjent som elefantøyen så ... read more
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Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Chang February 2nd 2013

Day 7. Bit of a none day for blogging I'm afraid. Up at 04-45 to get the hotel bus to Luang Prabang airport and our flight back to Bangkok. Arrived into Bangkok at 09-15 and, unusually for Bangkok, swiftly cleared immigration and baggage reclaim and picked up our rental vehicle. Bit disappainted with Hertz as the van was extensively damaged and seen better days ( 171000 kms). Pretty uneventful trip down to Koh Chang. Left Bangkok at 10-15 and arrived at our villa at 16-30, so a long day and early to bed. Weather overcast but still 33C. Lets have a few comments from you followers who haven't done so, it's a bit quiet at this end. ... read more

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Chang January 8th 2013

I am now back in Muang Samsip with the wind sending a cooling breeze through our house. Yet the last week was one to remember as something of a first. The first time on a Thai beach. First time I’ve awoken on a Thai beach with no recollection of the New Year’s night that brought me there. And not the first or the last time I’ve taken the night in for a night out. Our journey took the best part of 27hours, thanks to booked up buses, a 40 minute stop off for the driver to excavate his nose, and a ferry change when ours broke down. Definitely taking a mini bus back to Bangkok! We crammed into a Songtaew and winded our way around the narrow roads till we arrived, weary, at Koh Chang’s backpacker ... read more
Dancing to Britney in the Magic Resort
Christmas dinner at Spago (best pizza in Isaan)

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Chang November 14th 2012

To get to Koh Chang we took a bus to Tratt and then a boat to Koh Chang, the boat was great at moving forwards and backwards however in order to turn around it needed to be assisted by a little tug boat that would drive into its side so that it would face the correct way. When we arrived on the island we knew little about it, so tried to refuse the offer of a taxi to get to Lonely Beach were we hoped to stay. I say we tried to refuse because when we suggested that we were going to walk around 6 people, including 2 tourists who had visited the island before all broke into laughter and informed us how it was 30km to where we wanted to be. So dwelling on this ... read more
best noodle maker ever!
Stonefree guest house
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Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Chang November 14th 2012

Lod meskala 20 minut.Vyplatil som ucet a cakal na plazi.Pouceny som si uz topanky neobuval.Nalodneie bez problemov.Spravil som par fotiek ostrova. V pristave prekvapujuco neboli ziadny mototaxi. Aspon ma nemal kto otravovat.jaj spiatocnu cestu som myslel ,ze bude gratis ale pred pristavom zacalii vyberat prachy. Skoda no. V pristave som sa vydal opacnym smerom,nastastie som si to skoro uvedomil.na hlavnej ceste sa pytam ludi,kade sa ide na bus stanicu,asi az 3 clovek ma pochopil a navigoval,resp mi zastavil cerveny minivan,ze ten tam ide.no nesiel,ten mi povredal aby som si zastavil braun minivan.Hned za nim isel modry,tak ho stopujem,je to spravny.Chlapik si pomylil braun s blue ale pohoda. Na stanici mensi problem najst minivan do surathai.Postupne som presiel 3 okienka az som zakotvil v spravnom. Este pred tym mi mototaxi zastavil jeden minivan ale bohuzial bol full.nevadi ... read more

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Chang November 13th 2012

Zasrane cikaty.Huci to nonstop jak alarm.Rano na ranajky banany, plavanie ,relax, citanie knihy . Ked som sa na obed vratil do bungalovu,chybali mi dva banany.Neake zviera mi ich slohlo a zozralo,jeden som nasiel na zemi nacaty.Chytro som ostatne zjedol, na obed som si dal este salat s kuracim masom.Uplne mi to stacilo,potom uz len relax. Okolo 14/30 som sa rozhodol na prieskum ostrova. Siel som do dediny na prechadzku. Dedina ma asi 5 domov, kracal som dalej na sever po chodniku. Na odbocke som siel na zapad,hadam ma to dovedie k moru k mojej plazi.No pochvili dosla dalsia odbocka,zas zabocenie ale uz ani nevim kam,bo potom bolo tych odpociek viac. Obcas sa oblohou mihli morsky orli a po ceste psi a motorkari. Po 2 hodinach bludenia vnutrozemim som sa volako dostal na plaz. Hladina mora bola ... read more

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Chang November 12th 2012

Dobre vyspaty som si lahol do plachty na verande,dal kolac a snickers a potom som si siel zaplavat. Voda bola dost blizku brehu a cistejsia nez vcera.Po plavani mensi relax na lehatku na plazi .Zas voda a zas oddych.Cital som knihu. Na obed som si dal ryzovu polievku s kuracim masom.Vsetko co tu zjem a vypijme budem platit az na konci, hadam mi tam nic nepridaju, mal by som si to zapisovat na zvlastny papier.Po jedle odpocinok,.skoda,ze je pod mrakom. Poobede som siel na juzny koniec plaze.More uz opadlo,zacal odliv.este som vybehol opat kupit bananay,konecne zjednavanie z 50 na 40b.Asi 10ks velkych bananov, takze vecera je aj na zajtra zabezpecena.Konecne vykuklo slnko,to som hned vyuzil a uzaj skocil do mora a pak opalovanie. Vcera mi cez cestu prebehla velka jasterica,varan alebo jak sa to vola,dnes tu ... read more

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Chang November 11th 2012

Na stanicu sme dorazili o 5/00/.Vystupil som bo sused hovoril,ze toto je uz ranong.Stewardka ma vsak nahnala nazad do busu,ze toto este neni ono.Vystupil tu len ten chalan,nik iny.Tak som siel nazad dovnura,bus sa pohol,a kukam,bola to stanica ranong. Nas bus nas zaviezol do svojho depa,kde uz cakali taxi a mototaxi na ludi.Cena na mototaxi 100b do pristavu,GPS mi nevedelo najst pristav,tak som bol dezorientovany,nikdo mi nevedel ani povedat priblizny smer tak som siel na slepo. V jednej restike sa pytam a majitel ma hned iniciativne berie na motorke za 50b.Pristav je uplne mini,len pre 3-4 lodky na blizke ostrovy. Cena na ko chang je 150b. Mam kopu casu tak sadam do miestnej restiky. Hned mi davaju gratis mapu a po spytani aj heslo na wifi a samozrejme mi aj nukaju ubytka za 300b. Mapa je ... read more




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