Blogs from Ranong, South-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 3

gegroet vrienden en vreemdelingen daar zijn we alweer... in ranoong dus pfoeee.. een interessant resumeee over onze afgelopen week zal hierop volgen.. Maandag zijn we naar het dorpje in de jungle gereden: Klong Rua.. en in de jungle wil ook echt zeggen...in de jungle, in het national park zelfs.. leven daar mensen? ja daar leven mensen met school en daar gingen wij heen.. Maar liefst 25 kinderen waren daar.. dus, maandag moesten we koken, nouja, loes en dineke deden de kamer en anne kookte.. maar anne kan niet koken... gelukkig kunnen adul en lek dat wel dus hebben we toch lewkker gegeten en kwam het erop neer dat anne lekker niks hoefde te doen... dineke en loes hadden een geniale touwtjesconstructie bedacht om de klampboes op te hangen maar dat b;eek achteraf toch niet zo geniaal ... read more

Hoi iedreen... Nou daar zitten we dan.. in thailand ..Eindelijk weer lekker bijgeslapen. Het vliegtuig was nou niet bepaald zeer comfortabel maar een nachtje zonder slaap kunnen we wel. In Bangkok hebben we ook nog even ronsgelopen en om 9 uur ging onze bus die ons dropte om 4 uur sochtend...lekker weer een nachtje niet slaopen.. twee nachtjes wordt toch wel veel, maar wij zijn bikkels..we werden gedropt in Chumpon, lekker ontbijten om 4 uur ' snachts, wat wil een mens nog meer..we zijn met eenbusje verder afgereisd naar Lang Suan waar we ook weer geholpen werden met het vinden naar de juiste bus door die lieve Thai, sterker nog zo lief dat toen we werden afgezte, de buschaufeur een extra rondje maakte omdfat anne haar t-shirt had laten liggen.We zaten om 10 uur sochtends dus ... read more

Ranong: February 7th, 2008 Anatomy of a visa run Despite the inconvenience of having to get yourself over Thailand's border long enough to get your passport stamped, the "visa run" is a mercifully painless and relatively quick process. After all, it's pretty much the only "tourist" industry happening in Ranong, so at least its geared towards getting you from point A to B, and priced accordingly. For the record, (and for those who are reading this blog after finding it in a "thailand visa run" Google search), we went with Ranong because we were in the south (Ko Phi Phi, Krabi), and didn't want to take the train down to Malaysia. We had been looking into crossing into Cambodia, but scrapped the plan after realizing that we'd have to spend two and a half weeks in ... read more

Day 272, 27th February Ta Hong - Chumphon - Isthmus of Kra - Khao Fachi We awoke at sunrise to a breakfast our Thai hosts had made us. The kids were vying for attention, so I showed them the “Severed-Thumb” trick which both freaked them out and amazed them. After eating, we said thanks to Jatupon, took some pics, promised to send them from home, and left at eight. Ranong was well within our capabilities today, but it was not to be. Thirty miles south near Chumphon the road headed west across The Isthmus of Kra to the west side of Thailand. I love that name, The Isthmus of Kra. It’s kinda magical and wouldn’t be out of place in a Tolkein book. “Thraleodor the Brave raced over The Isthmus of Kra on Kraithcholde, his Grey ... read more

Being a Canadian in Thailand we are granted a 30 day visa free period. When this 30 days ends, you can hop over the border at any of the neighboring countries and re-enter, and be given another 30 day stamp in your passport. There are restrictions though, and you can only stay a maximum of 90 days in a 180 day period. Well, our 2nd round of 30 days was coming to and end and we needed to renew our stamps before our friends Kim and Andrew arrived from home. Tourist offices are everywhere in Thailand, offering any combination of tickets to get you where you want to go. Visa runs are no exception, and from Phuket the popular place to go is into Burma. This requires a painfully long day of traveling. The bus picked ... read more