Blogs from South-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 894

Hey all, Well I waited till about 830am or so and took a taxi to the airport 4 ko samui on the way there people were on scotters for everything.Little carts connected 3 people on 1 guys driving with 1 hand and carrying a 10ft step later with the other crazy as hell!.The flight to Koh Sumui was 92buck and was way more than I expected to pay but I kinda didnt have a choice since Chaing mai is all rained out.No jungle trek for Dax I guess.I've been on this little Island called Koh Tao and and everything is geared for diving which is nice cuz for the next 3 days thats what I'll be doing.The little hut Im staying at is maybe 7 min scotter ride outside of town very quaint and sits a ... read more

Sawasdee! Greetings from sunny Phuket! Gold Coast of Southern Asia! The Hotel.... Jon and I are staying at the Merlin Beach Resort, about 5 minutes south of the main beach Patong. Being summer, and the monsoon season, the place is strangely empty. This gorgeous resort has 3 massive pools with surrounding palms, a beach either side to watch for oncoming tsunamis and enough restaurants and bars to keep me fed and jolly for a month! It's amazing how many ways you can use a lychee! We have indulged in room service, yummy curries, afternoon swims and massages on the beach with actual waves crashing instead of a CD playing in the background. Thai massages are a little different from the norm we expect at home - a lot more cracking and pulling of phalanges than I ... read more

Hello all, Been a while.............. Everything's all gravy here, diving has been fun and my mumma showed up for a week which was cool. Everybody loved her of course and i even had a few upset people when she left. I have decided to leave Koh Tao, I woke up the other morning with a very clear thought in my head that "i'm done here". No real reason as i'm having such a blast but just wanna go see other places. Feeling a little too comftable here so need to move on before i cant. So, gonna head off to a place called railey and learn how to rock climb, cant be that hard ehh?? All I'm waiting for is to sell my bike and i'm off (someone will snap that puppy up in a second). ... read more

Well, we are back in Bangkok, sorta stuck in the internet place as it is totally pouring, and I mean really big amounts of rain. We spent our days on the beach, which was sort of good and bad. Did the really stupid spend 5 hours straight up on the beach the first day, and burnt my back so bad it is on it's second peel. And yes, it still hurts like heck 5 days later. So we headed to Ko Samui on a 12 hour train then 3 hour ferry ride. Whew. Actually, we splurged (again) and went first class on the train. It was 30 bucks and well worth it, after our 3rd class experience, we were up for it. We had booked in at a beautiful place called the Jungle resort. Hmmmm....not great. ... read more

This was my first time in Thailand, and what can I say. Thailand is like no other place on earth. I spent about two days in Bangkok, which was about as insane as you can get. Koh San Road is a shoppers and hooker paradise. Everything basically closes down at midnight and all the ladyboys come out and pry on foreigners. They will try to steal from you, fight you, do whatever to get your money. All I needed was about two days in Bangkok and I was ready to get the hell out. My friends and I flew down to Koh Samui where we spent the next week. We went snorkeling, rode on elephants, and even saw a Thai traditional boxing match. The beaches were great and the parties greater. ... read more