Blogs from South-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 891

Sorry for the infrequent blogs, the electricity/internet capabilities of the islands are limited. I'll also apologize in advance for any strange things said in this entry - post full-moon party debauchery and my head is not yet right. After leaving Chiang Mai we went off to Ayuthaya, a city famous for its ruins (it was the capital of Thailand until the... 13th? century) to geek out a little, considering our academic backgrounds we were pretty excited. However, as a whole, Ayuthaya proved to be a bigger nuisance than anything else. Firstly, our songthaw driver didn't take us to our requested hostel, but rather feigned misunderstanding and delivered us to a guesthouse (P.U.) with the pushiest manager in the history of pushy businesspeople. We were desperate for a bed and a bathroom (both suffering from some stomach ... read more

- FOOD: Dribbly pancakes; buckets of Sangsum and Red Bull; noodles for breakfast after no sleep all night; hangover food; Birthday meal of Greek salad, pasta and banana in coconut milk; lemongrass prawn salad; expertly chopped pineapple. - AREA: Ok Lamai beach and very ok 'New Hut' beach huts; Full Moon Party at Ko Pha-Ngan beach for my Birthday - Ibiza Club 18-30 eat your heart out; misted over Full Moon; Thai boxing with more kids doing it than adults; stolen and lost money; hired jeep to see waterfalls (blown tyre and got stuck); busy Chaweng beach. - PEOPLE: Early morning tout who got us; DJs, ravers, young and beautiful, fire throwers, 18 year old Brit boys; new friends; graceful Thai boxers; 'into it' Thai crowd watching the boxing; man with tiny monkey; man with huge ... read more

We arrived on Ko Pha-Ngan the following morning after too many sleep deprived nights, found a place to stay and slept for 4 hours. We had a shower, ate, went to the 'pirate bar' and then slept again. We spent 5 days, 4 nights on the island but there's only 2 nights worth a mention. The main one is of course the full moon party. The other night was one spent at a bar listening to a band (guitar and toms). The night listening to the band was more of a 'right place at right time' moment. We went for a meal at a restaurant called the 'village Green', owned by a British guy called Ben Green. He's been living on the island for 6 years with his Thai wife and offers two very useful services. ... read more

ok so as the title suggests i've made it out of bangkok at lon last and it was an interesting couple of days to say the least, i orgionally didn't leave and then met up with a german guy and his friend and we hung out and it was all good until the german, baron, went a little nuts, i new the kid wasn't right but to cut what could be a long story short i got woke up a 6:30 to a knock to my door i open and there he is looking manic and hes says 'we have to leave' well the only place i was heading was back to my bed. then he said 'ok but tell your friends to stop talking about me!' what friends i'm travelling alone. this was one of ... read more

For the last four weeks I have been on the island of Ko Phi Phi, off the Thailand Andaman Coast, the island is building a memorial garden for the victims of the tsunami and the project needs to be finished in time for the one year anniversary. I went along with the intention to volunteer for a couple of days during my time on the island, which was orignially only meant to be a week but really enjoyed the work that the garden was doing and wanted to try and help in any small way I could. So I ended up doing three weeks volunteer work in total with a visa run to Malaysia in between! Phi Phi basically looks like two islands connected by a bridge of land a few metres long, either side of ... read more