Blogs from Thailand, Asia - page 2658

Well, today we had a really cool day - we hired a motorbike!!! wooohooo! Its only a little rev and go type thing, but still it was a really cool way to explore the island. We set off at about 10am, and by 3pm we had driven the whole way around koh samui, it is beautiful. Think we both didnt realise just how much the sun gets through even when you are cool with the wind blowing - so we have got extremely burnt on our shoulders - poooooooooo! WE stoppped off at a few places, and bought some clothes, chris needed a new t-shirt as his white one he bought is now brown! hahaha, and i needed some new trousers as i split my others! ooops :( We then tried to get onto Chaweng beach, ... read more

Hello all! We arrived safely on the southern island of Ko Pha Ngan a fewe days ago, and were immediatly hit with a massive culture shock! We are staying in a beach hut, literally a few paces from the ocean, with the most spectacular view. Surrounded by cocunut trees and jungle. The water is like like stepping into a bath its so hot. Also what we thought were rocks in the water turned out to be coconuts whuch have fallen from the trees. Kyle made me do a rediculously long walk the other day and pretended it was just an hour...so four hours later, very hot and exhausted we arrived at the next town!! My muscles still ache now. It was Thai New Year the 13th and they celebrate with an enormous water fight, all the ... read more

so we are currently on koh Chang. koh Chang is an island about 5 and a half hours south of Bangkok. It is very nice here, the water is clear and we havent seen a jelly fish yet. my favorite part is going for walks along the beach after dinner. we are planning on staying here untill the 22nd or so then we will make our way back to bangkok. we fly out of bangkok on the 27th of april and we arrive in Sydney on the 28th at 5:50 am. I'm really excited. oh Marie and i searched for hours to try and find a catholic church so we could go to a mass for Easter. we failed. the closest thing to a church was a buddist temple. so we went in made ourselves at ... read more

Songkran in Bangkok Ok, so I wouldn't say that we left Koh Lanta kicking and screaming. However, the thought of Bangkok with all it's noise, pollution, cars, dogs and hawkers wasn't "ideal". After a ferry journey with some sun baking and the obligatory "slip, slap slop", all to the sound of George Harrisons "My Sweet Lord" we jumped on a plane and touched down two hours later. Taxi please sir - We were immediately reminded that we were in the midst of Songkran - The Water Festival/Thai New Yearwith groups of 10-15 people on the back of a pick up truck throwing alot of water at every other traveller enjoying the festivities. The slow realisation that we have the following to contend with painted an interesting picture in our minds: 4 bags and 30+kg's of luggage. ... read more

"on a quitte le Cambodge il y a seulement quelques jours, de cela et pourtant on a fait du chemin depuis ce temps. On est retourné dans la trépidante métropole de Bangkok pour aller ensuite frôler la frontière de la Malaisie au sud. On est passé ensuite par Krabi une péninsule plutôt agréable entre la célèbre ville de Pucket et la Malaisie pour finir notre course à Ko Phi Phi, une île paradisiaque de la mer d'Andaman sur la cote ouest du royaume du Siam (Thaïlande)." "La couleur de la mer et le décor tropicale reflètent réellement les images de magazine qui avaient su nous charmer et qui avait largement contribuées a déclenché ce merveilleux projet de voyage. Le soleil est omniprésent, la température de la mer est a 29 degré Celcius (cela 12 mois par ... read more