Blogs from Asia - page 13081

Sawasdee kaaaa!! I have arrived in Thailand!! It was a long trip... I left my house at 5am on Thursday and was traveling until 10am on Friday... but I slept on the airplaneS quite well, so I don't really have any jetlag at all! The trip went well, no complaints except for the amount of hours on the plane. I flew from Vancouver to San Fran (2.5hrs), had barely any time there, and actually spent the time walking across the airport with the pilot of my next flight! I coincidentally sat next to him on the airport terminal shuttle!! no luck in being bumped to first class though... the next flight was long (12 hours i think?!), but i was ok with it because i discovered that Narita Airport was actually Tokyo's airport!! I was excited ... read more

Hello Everyone, Just a quick update to say we are both fine and having a wicked time in Ko Samui, is a really beautiful island and incredibly hot! Our room overlooks the sea and is really clean etc and luckily has air conditioning. Everything is very cheap overhere... I have hired a moped at the minute to get around for a pound a day! Do not worry mum its top speed with us on it is about 20mph.... mel would not let me hire the superbike (5 pounds a day). There is loads to do on the island which we plan to do over the next few days as have spent most of time so far in sun or snorkelling. Maybe even going elephant trekking but as mel its a bit hot for the elephants to ... read more

Nemo found Hey, ho... let's go... I finished the Advanced Open Diver today. I had to choose 5 dives with specific tasks: Peak Performance Buoyancy: I can highly recommend this course, even if one doesn't want to do the complete Advanced set. One really learns to fine-tune buoyancy and to get streamlined. Saves heaps of air and makes diving even more enjoyable. It's also great fun to dive in virtually every possible position. Underwater Navigation (compulsory): Essential for someone like me who gets even lost in Brisbane ;-) (Hello Angel!). One learns the basics to navigate with a compass etc. Search & Recovery: More great fun! One basically navigates and does search-patterns. One task was to look for a clownfish. Hey! I found Nemo :-)))). We also collected some rubbish and brought a weight belt back ... read more

When I logged on to my beloved (if under-appreciated) travel blog today I discovered that I had forgotten to publish a blog that I wrote almost three weeks ago. At least from the beginning I was very clear about my technical inabilities and this, therefore, shouldn't come as a major suprirse. The other good news is that, despite a small fall that I took sometime between the lost entry and now, nothing has changed enough to make the last one irrelevant or out of place. Work continues to roll along--not exactly brilliantly, but not terribly either. Our Vellore routine is pretty much the same, with the major exception that Rajamma was gone for two weeks and thus there were no home-made idlis in the morning. My friends like to point out to me that Vellore is ... read more

From Phuket we took another overnight bus to get to Bangkok. It was probably the best bus trip and best service we have had yet. It was nice big seats that fully reclined and we had our own stewardess delivering wash clothes, snacks and water throughout the trip, we even had a washroom on board...that is very unusual on any of the buses here. We arrived in Bangkok at around 430 am..luckily we have been here soo many times now it feels like home and we always know where we are going and how to get there. Unfortunatly we were half asleep and rushed when we got off the bus though and I left all my sovenirs and gifts for people on the bus. It took me soo long to find good gifts that are not ... read more