Thailand, like iceland for ties.

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Dirty, dangerous, down-trodden, delicious, delightful, ductile, dinosaur, duck, drive, dish. Some of these are words that could be used to describe Bangkok. Others are just words beginning with D.
Bangkok is an incredible place. Everywhere you look their is filth, rubbish and dogs with rabies but all that is starkly contrasted with glittering golden buildings that rise above the smog. We liked it so much that we decided to come back for a few more days after having visited it at the start of our time in Thailand.
In between stays in Bangkok we were checking out some of those famous thai beaches on the islands. The best way to describe our stay in Thailand is that it was kind of like a sandwich, with Bangkok as the bread and beaches as the middle bit.
Koh samui was our first Island stop. It's a beautiful place but has been ruined by over-tourism. Ugly english men litter the beaches with their fat, sunburnt bodies. Not a pleasant sight. From Koh Samui we went out to the nearby Islands, including a day trip out to the Ang Thanong national marine park, which was absolutely stunning and much more in line with our expectations of paradise.
From Koh Samui we got a boat out to Koh Pah Nang for the full moon party. It's basically the biggest party in the world. Everyone in Thailand seems to go! There was a good quote about it, "Like apocalypse now, but without the war." That was lots of fun. Grace and I are not natural ravers but give us a bucket or two or three of alcohol and we raved like the best of them (until we got tired and went for a nap on the beach).
We then went out to Koh Toa, a much quieter, nicer Island. It is famed for it's diving, which I gave a go. We also did a lot of shnorkelling. Shnorkel Shnorkel.
Then back to Bangkok for a couple of days sightseeing, including the Grand palace, which is rediculously grand.
Oh, we saw the Da Vinci code last night. Grace and I give it a combined four thumbs up.
Love love
Chris and Grace
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Comments

[deleted_13403]

Fun...
Looks like you're still having loads of fun! Alcohol, parties and beaches! Chris why is your left leg all wet in one of the photos? Probably just the lighting in the photo. If Chris had the right coloured stripes he'd look just like a tiger! Glad Da Vinci Code was good, going to see it tonight. See you soon! Nat(haniel!)

[Will]

Thailand Woo!
Woo! Thailand look so awsome that it hurts! Give me your tiger beer in a bucket! Glad alls well :D looking forward to the next entry

[William J Miller 32nd]

oops
stupid thing wont let me log in, the last random comment from someone called Will was me... silly travel blog log in thingy...

[chris's dad]

thailand
I was just saying to Mum we havent had a blog from the travellers in Thailand and here it is! Fantastic, the best yet. Are you sure you want to be a doctor and not a travel writer and photographer Chris? you are showing great talent in both areas. Not sure about Da vinci Code though, havent seen it yet but what woudl Fr Sandy say? Better say 3 Hail Marys...take care, lots of love Dad

[filly]

oooo la la
hiyaaaaa guys... pictures looka ce as ever, as do you with your tans! not much is going on here. weather is still RUBBISH has been proper raining hard the last few days but i guess its quite good cos we r suposed to be revising and this means we are a bit less tempted to go slaxck off in the park. ALSO other big uk news that i'm sure you are dyyyyying to hear is that big brother has started again here (yay) aaaand they've got some guy who has got torrettes in the house. he is proper funny. ALSO they are doing a charlie and the chocolate factory styleeee extravaganza where they have put some tickets (silver though not gold) into kit kats, like 100 of them, and then out of all the people who find them, they will randomly select one of them and they will go in the house too, next week!! how crazy is that! ahem, just thought you should be kept up to date! take care guys continue to have an amaaaaazing time and all that... xoxox p.s when r u back cos it seems like u have been gone for time, and also it seems like you've been everywhere already :S xox

[Will]

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man u guys - i did laugh at ur picture comments! "small child playing catch the water bourne diseases" ... rather funny me thinks All the best guys, ps. check ur band myspace! Wx

[Nat]

i was gonna say something mean to a comment
but i wont because it'll be better displayed in artistic rage. nice locusts. I'm amazed you never had them before. I mean, what do you think makes the special thai sause in asda so special? (in iceland, they have real ties in them) also. nice one on the un-PC comment with the kid. its not every day you see kids playing that game in the western world. the children are the future. etc. nice one on meeting the buddha. in the worlds of mat in the hat, i heard he's "well safe". I always knew chris was an unsusual suspect, but the OTHER TWO!? i had no idea. nice one on the raving avec buckets. we tried something like that. It involved a strobe light, drum and bass, and a bucket... except all we had was a tablelamp, a drum (ie bongo) and a cup. Nevermind I shall email you concerning yesterday soon. very soon. OH MY GOD! (theres an orange monk outside.) Koh! pah! Nang!

[A TIGIER???]

ACHTUNG!! The Monstrous Effects of Sun-Stroke
Yay no more exams for me! sorry not been commenting but i can safely say that this has been an epic trip around the world for me just looking at your photos so i can only imagine what it has been like for you guys. Chris are you sure it wasn't acid-laced alcohol (as you neglect to mention exactly what the alcohol was) or is it the fact that you have sun-stroke and have assumed the belief that you are some sort of hindu demon whose sole purpose is to participate in as much mayhem as possible? "Catching a boat through central Bangkok" looks as though Chris is keeping a watchful eye out for charlie. Grace, you look as if you are maintaining sanity a little better than Chris. All the water looks really nice except the water-bourne disease puddle and the river in Bangkok, it looks like the Thames only a compace shittier version of it with no whales or any large-scale commercial activity. Are full moon parties a regular occasion, i would assume so. Sounds mennnn-taaaaaal! Last night i dreamed that chris was back and i said 'where's grace' and he said she's still there and i said 'wasn't she supposed to be back first? and chris said 'oh yeah' and turned into grace. I have pretty much just got up and was having a morning smoke whilst reading your comments and perusing your photos. I think i may go and watch the news since the Chilis at Woodstock is now finishing. Enjoy India and whatnot and I shall probably see grace before you chris. In the words of a legend: peace, love and happiness.