Blogs from Ko Pha-Ngan, South-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 6

So, again, we need to journey back before Christmas- I might catch up one day! Just a short blog this one, so won't keep you long!! 19/12- mammoth journey day! We had to be up at 6am this morning to have breakfast, check out and get on the long tail boat at 7am. The long tail boat took us across to the ferry, which wasn't far away this time. Just a few people got on this stop, we decided to grab some seats whilst it was nice and empty! Bags in the corner again ready to be dumped upon. We stopped at Tonsai pier to pick everybody else up and get their luggage on...we then pulled alongside another boat, where more people proceeded to get on! We were worried about the time as we had a ... read more

Arriving in Ko Phagnan we checked into our hotel. Our hotel had a perfect location and was walking distance to all the action. We had lunch on the beach and then went swimming. This was my favorite beach so far. The water actually had waves and the sand was phenomenal. That night we walked around town looking for where the action was. The town was like a ghost town with no one around. We finally found all the people. They were all partying on the beach. We watched a fire show and had a lot of fun. The next day we rented a scooter and checked out the island. We had seen signs that they had a "Wipeout" course here. We decided to do it. However when we arrived this was nothing like the Wipeout on ... read more

So since weve been in Koh Phangan we have been having beach days, hired a moped and have been exploring the island.. I had a go and was going really well until I went too close to the edge of the road to let a car past and the sand made me nearly skid over! Luckily I had pretty much stopped so it was fine. We went to the full moon party which was insain, thousands and thousands of people filling up the beach with loud music all the way down, millions of buckets of drinks and just craziness.. To make sure we didnt have another disaster with the camera and to ensure we didnt lose any pictures I bought a small memory card for that night so that if anything did happen we would still ... read more

There now follows an intensive month long period of 150 hours of yoga! Everyone has forewarned me about how intense it will be, hell the course is even called the First Level Intensive. You'd think that would be a clue! I get up at 7 to 7.30am most days, if I don't i'm awoken by the “sneezing woman.” I run to Agama (this had always been the plan when I booked in September) It only takes 20 mins but seeing all the yoga bunnies arriving cool and showered in their floaty white trousers with me all red and hot and sweaty in my adidas is not the most positive start to every day. Then the schedule is 830 – 1030 yoga. I then walk back or buy brekkie on the way which normally gets me back ... read more

Deve existir alguma razão para um viajante voltar uma segunda vez para um destino longínquo. No caso da Tailândia, alguns fatores pesaram em nossa decisão. Uma breve introdução. Inicialmente, essas cinco semanas fora do Brasil seriam dedicadas ao Corinthians e sua excursão pelo Japão. Pesando prós e contras, decidimos não acompanhar o time na terra do sol nascente porque seria uma viagem muito cara, em pleno inverno, e por um país que ainda não temos tanta curiosidade de conhecer. Mas nessa de pesquisar preços e passagens e a tortura aérea que um deslocamento para a Ásia implicaria, decidimos relaxar quanto à distância e apostar em um segundo roteiro pelo sudeste asiático que contemplasse lugares não visitados na trip pelo mundo de 2010. A escolha dos destinos não foi assim tão simples. Havíamos coberto boa parte da ... read more