Blogs from Surat Thani, South-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 6

As the sun has gone in for the afternoon I thopught I would make you all jealopus with some pictures from our trip to Phi Phi yesterday! Enjoy! x x... read more

How's it gawn ? I'm back on Samui and just lazing about and catchin some rays toppin the tan up, i'll be on the move soon maybe go up north for a little , but not decided yet ... Samui is bathing in Glorious sunshine and it's hard to leave ... Two other friends from The Motherland it's great to meet friends over here , and a good bit different from a pint in the the "Bruce" , so we had a few as you can imagine , went up to Santiburi golf club for the day , great views but 100gbp a round , so wee just had some food , the food was great until one of the party found a bandage in his meal !!! yeeeuck kind of put him off as you ... read more

Its been a long time since we did a blog, so we've got a bit of catching up to do! After a 7 hour bus journey from Bangkok to Chumphon we got an early morning boat to the scuba diving Mecca, Ko Tao. Our reason for going there was to do the 4 day PADI Open Water Dive Course, which qualifies you to dive to a depth 18 metres anywhere around the world. We did our course with Crystal Dive Resort and they were really great, all the people were nice and we had a cool group of people to dive with. The first couple of days of the course was mainly classroom stuff, of which there was actually quite a lot to learn, and then a final exam! On the 2nd day we also had ... read more

Well we're near the gate to Khao Sok National Park. It's the first time in a few days that we have seen anything resembling technology except boat motors and generators. We've been on a lake near the park, living on rafthouses. Pretty secluded area, except all the noisy tourists. I think the last time I entered a blog we were leaving Chiang Mai. Since then we've taken two overnight trains in a row, been on a canal tour, walked around the grand palace and spent the couple of days at the rafthouses. We have also met up w our new group. There are now 7 of us in total, 4 aussies, one kiwi and ourselves. This new group is way quieter than the rowdy first one. Kind of sets the tone for this part of the ... read more

One month. It has been one month since our embarkation from the US of A. What a crazy month. It's weird to reflect on it. This last week has been tough for me... and consequently probably tough for Dallas as well. Let's just say I probably wasn't the best traveling companion. And let's be honest, it will probably (guaranteed) happen again...in approximately 26 days...if you catch what I'm throwing. Yeah, I was an emotional, girly, grumpy mess. I cried three times yesterday! Once in the morning because I was sad about an email. Once later that day because I watched Forest Gump and Jenny died. Once again that night when I was checking email again from Jen Turner and Mom and Dad. In the same 10 minutes in a tiny little internet room I cried and ... read more