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Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Pha-Ngan May 19th 2005

Yesterday we decided to hike from Haad Yuan (our beach) to Haad Rin. The hike was supposed to take 90 minutes, but it took us 2 and a half hours! The lookout point along the way made it worth it, though. Here's some pics.... read more

Koh Tao to London

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Tao May 18th 2005

Koh Tao

V n V

So Hello for the last time on this world trip. It has been an amazing journey and truly an experience of a lifetime. Many thanks to all those who have been following our progress and keeping us in touch with the rest of the world whilst we travelled. Koh Tao was by far our favourite place in Thailand. A very small island, where we stayed in the main village. Not too touristy, but with some great restaurants, although they all seemed to be shamelessly aimed at us with names like Farangos (farang means foreigner in Thai), El Gringos and Whitening. The plan was to wind down whilst in paradise, but in reality we managed 10 minutes of sitting on a beach and spent the rest of the time diving and snorkelling. The diving was mostly fantastic ... read more

Chantal's New Hair

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Pha-Ngan May 18th 2005

Before

den_in_thailand

Chantal got her hair braided with hot pink extensions in Haad Rin. Here's some documentation.... read more

Beach time

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Pha-Ngan May 18th 2005

Mark_and_Raylene

Hi everyone!!!! I can't believe it is May18 already! We only have 42 days left of traveling! Well, just wanted to leave a quick note saying to check the galleries for some new pics... there is one of a crraaaaazzzzy veiwpoint hike that we did a couple hours ago..... it took us 3 hours to get over this mountain, but the view was totally worth it! Now we are off to grab a pizza and a movie in one of the bars around Haad Rin. Well, take care and keep checking back! Love, Raylene... read more

A fun excursion

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Samui May 16th 2005

JP on MOterBike

amandajean

Well Amanda has shown me how I can write on here myself, so I'll give it a try.... Today we rented motorbikes each for the day and it was quite the adventure. Amanda's bike wouldn't start and Jaimie had a little crash at the start but other than that it was pretty funny! So there we are in our bikinis just driving along the highway lookin out for scary drivers when it starts pouring rain, it was pretty fun. We went to this beach where there is the Grandfather rock ( which is pretty much a sculpted rock of a man's equipment ) and the Grandmother rock ( use your imagination...) We went for a little swim and headed back to the rooms. It's still pretty cheap here, but not as cheap as Railey. In two ... read more

Bottle Beach

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Pha-Ngan May 16th 2005

Nana nap

GrahamB

This was a fantastic place.. One of the beach beaches in Thailand.. Here are some of the photos... read more

Elephant Ride!

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Khao Sok NP May 15th 2005

Grant & Dan

den_in_thailand

Here are some pics of our jungle elephant ride. We got rained on that day, which kinda sucked, but it was still a great experience. There are only pics of other people on their elephants, but we'll get some shots of us later. You wouldn't believe how hard it is to take a good picture from a moving elephant.... read more

Pictures for you.....

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Samui May 15th 2005

Teaching adults....

Roc

Enjoy the photo's......... read more

Koh Tao gulf of Thailand

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Tao May 15th 2005

Tailing a Whale Shark

Leebee

Little turtle island is awesome. Loved it. Like all other visitors i arrived on this island for the sole purpose of scuba. Lured here by the ever powerful and influential guide books selling the island as the mecca of scuba divers i booked a 5 day Padi course & totally enjoyed it loved it, met some great people and was really bowled over at how amazing the environment is down there. There was alittle bit of fear and apprehension with the thought of your life being in the hands of a tiny steel tank strapped to your back & adapting to breathing through a regulator at deep depths but like anything involving fear the rewards afterwards and the adrenaline are well worth it. We were extremely lucky on our course, we had perfect conditions of 30m ... read more

Chaweng Beach

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Samui May 14th 2005

Joy's Burger Bar

amandajean

HELLO!! SOo we just arrived in Ko Samui!! It took a whole day of travelling to get here. .. Bus ride.. van ride. . ferrie ride. and lots of waiting around. Coolest part would defintely have to be the bus ride.. ahah it had pink window curtains and beautiful pink recliner seats. Luxury at its best. We're staying in a cute little cabin a walk away from the beach .. which we havent even seen yet in the day! And its a beautiful day! Can't wait. Last night we had dinner on the beach.. tables set up everywhere. . pretty lights .. very nice. Sooo before we came here.. in Railay , we went Rock Climbing!! The cooolest thing . I absolutely loved it. The challenge of makin it up the cliff. At times it was ... read more

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy....more history

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