Blogs from Thailand, Asia - page 2669

I survived my 3rd and final winter in Japan. And I don’t use the word ‘survive’ loosely, it was ridiculously cold this year. My constantly frozen fingers and toes inside my apartment; pumping and breathing-in kerosene, daily; defrosting my olive oil before using it, only heating one room at a time; warming up my PJs with the electric blanket before bed and lest I forget, the unheated schools. After enduring all that (and more…) for the third time, I thought a little trip to the beach would make everything better. What do ya know? I was right;) Off to Thailand I went… Last March, Vancouverite Christine Ngan and I traveled to Singapore and Malaysia together, and knowing we could stand each other during traveling, we set off for Thailand in each other’s company on March ... read more

dear all, sorry for the delay in writing, we came across a string of computers that either didnt work or the travel blog site was down for logging on! well well well ....weve done so much....weve been to krabi region, Ao Nang: we arrive after a very long journey on the bus down from bangkok, think we were traveling for about 18 hours! long long long! but it was so worth it. Ao Nang is brilliant, we had a jungle style tree house thing, all very posh! great food, and we booked a trip to the Hong Islands, just over the sea, The beachs are amazing! blue waters.... REALLY...post card stuff! we did kayaking round the whole island...well i did...harriet had a nice ride!(no she did dip the paddle in now and again!- she's saying she ... read more

Esta es la segunda parte. Quieres empezar por la primera? This is the second part. Do you want to begin by the first part? DÍA 322. 14 DE MARZO DE 2006. CHIANG MAI, TAILANDIA: COINCIDENCIAS Demonios, cada día estoy peor. Lucie no supo lo que decía cuando dijo que ella me iba a cuidar. Los matadolores que me dio el médico ya no sirven y Silke, de quien hablaré más adelante, me regaló los Tylenol con codeína que le recetaron en el hospital. Como no dormí, caí rendido a mediodía y falté a mi cita con el doctor. Silke va esta noche y aprovecharé. Julie's Guest House parece un sanatorio en estos días, ¡a todo el mundo le falla algo!: a Silke la mordieron unos perros, a Andy una tai loca le dio tres pata... read more

Went to Lopburi today, this is home of the monkeys. They rome the streets freely as humans and sit in lamp posts drinking bottles of beer. It's so funny but a little scary as those buggers are nasty. They can really get violent and I wern't hanging around to find out how a monkey bite feels. Great day though. Everyone is starting to come out of there shell a little so the group is really getting on. We went to a Festival like show for the princesses birthday. It was a little boring but due to the cultural side of it we stayed and watched it and actually got a little involved towards the end!... read more

We took the train from Bangkok to Chiang Mai. We didn't see much from the train because it was night time but we are going to make our way back south more slowly. We stayed in Chiang Mai for a few days. It is an interesting place with lots to see and is much less chaotic than Bangkok. We went on a trip out of the city where we rode on an Elephant through part of a park and saw an elephant show. We also went on a bamboo raft along a river. We also went to a class in Chiang Mai where we learnt about Thai cooking. - Matt ... read more