Blogs from Thailand, Asia - page 2675

Backpacking is hard work!!!! my bag is way too heavy!!!!!!!... read more

Okay, in a nutshell....... Our second night dive was okay. We survived. We did our visa run to Burma.....survived that too. Now were on Railay Beach, having so much fun, meeting loads of Canadians, staying at the best place so far for dirt cheap-literally, and trying to relax a little before heading to Cambodia. Oh yes, and the backpacks are starting to get heavy!!!! Uh oh Miss you all! Marie :)... read more

Arriving back in Thailand was quite a culture shock after spending two weeks in Myanmar. However, we did take advantage of a few things that had missed; the first thing I had was a chocolate milk shake and a massive steak that hardly touched the sides! Steve headed straight for the Bangkok Post, needing his fix of world affairs. Although Chiang Mai is the lovely nothern sibling city to Bangkok, we haven't done anything touristy while we have been here. Most of the treks seem to to follow the same pattern of elephant rides and visiting hill-tribe villages (there are two main agents here so everyone goes on the same basic tour arranged by them). I suppose, with the risk of sounding arrogant, after experiencing the trek we had in Myanmar it will all seem a ... read more

Here are just a few of my photos from Chaing Mai, Thailand. I was there back in March of this year. I visited the temples, markets, and the Hmong mountain tribe. ... read more

I originally intended to spend four days on Kao Tao Island but I ended up staying ten. I spent most of that time scuba diving, all round the island were isolated reefs, each unique and teeming with life, after my open water course I felt I had not seen enough of what the island had to offer. Two of the most memorable dives were the night and deep dives which were both part of the advanced diving course. On the night dive the boat arrived at dusk & we jumped straight in, being underwater at night is a vastly different experience from diving at day, you can only see what you point your torch at & the predators all come out. Swimming all around us were Giant Barracuda which swam incredibly fast, the best game we ... read more