Blogs from Hua Hin, Western Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 5

Hello everybody and welcome to Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand!! WFFT was founded in 2001 by a Dutch gentleman in love with mistreated or disabled animals. So this year it’s the foundation’s 10th anniversary! Our first day here is strange, a bit like having jet-lag. We wake up at 6:00 am as elephants (the animals we’ll be taking care of) are fed at that time. We’re pretty tired as our first night here was a bit of a nightmare: the foundation houses not only elephants but MANY other animals in need of help. There are bears, monkeys, apes, crocodiles, tigers, otters, wild boars, exotic birds, eagles, turtles, rabbits, dogs and others. We love dogs but we don’t love their ‘barking & howling concert’ on our first night here. Jesus! That was serious noise! The next morning, Tommy ... read more

BANGKOK - HUA HIN - PATTAYA. Air Asia er et fint selskap å reise med. De har nye flotte fly, og fremstår veldig punktlige. Vær imidlertid klar over at de er meget restriktive med bagasje. De er et lavprisselskap, og krever umiddelbart ekstra gebyr dersom man har mere bagasje enn det man har bestilt. Vi observerte flere som hoderystende fikk beskjed om å betale ekstra. Når det gjelder vekten de har virket det som den var stilt litt høyt, ergo at den viser flere kilo enn det man har. Vi hadde ikke så mange kilo, men vår bagasje virket likevel tyngre på denne vekta enn det vi selv mente det var.... Men bortsett fra denne pinlige nøyaktigheten, som da ikke rammet oss, er vi veldig fornøyd med dette selskapet som vi nå har reist flere ganger ... read more

A blog post so we can add some photos of our trip so far... read more

There is a strange thing that happens when you live overseas. People take weekend trips to Vietnam or Japan or Korea or, in my case, Thailand. In the states this would be like taking a trip to Florida or California or just to a random city in the midwest. I never thought I would have the lifestyle of traveling to another country over a weekend, and yet here I am. First of all...I want to say that I had a GREAT AWESOME FABULOUS time in Thailand. The weekend was filled with a lot of relaxing, wonderful pool and massage time as well as some more adventurous and interesting stories. Before I tell some of these stories, however, know that I am back in Hong Kong safe and sound....everything turned out just fine! :) The trip down ... read more

The owners explained to me that they were over booked yesterday and that's why I was in the room (cell) that I was in and so I was able to move rooms. This time it smelt normal and it did have a window, 2 in fact but also big massive gaps where all my mozzie mates could get in!! I decided leaving the air con on would be ok (mozzies don't like it cold) but that in itself sounded like an aircraft taking off - very glad I had earplugs! Was much happier in new room tho! I had hoped the "travellers bar" right across the street from my hostel might be a good place to have a beer in the evening. It should have been called the "pole dancing bar" instead - glad I noticed ... read more