Thailand
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Wednesday, 27 Jun 2007 | Views [369] | Comments [1]
It's fair to say I don't want to leave this country. I've spent more time in Thailand (around10 weeks) than any other on my journey so far, and there's still a lot of it I haven't seen and would like to visit. How do you summarise a country that's ... Read more >
Tags: Conclusions?
Monday, 25 Jun 2007 | Views [1512] | Comments [1]
Over 4 days on a 20m plus sailing boat, diving 3 or 4 times a day, to sites where maybe nobody else has dived ... I've just been down to 45m to dive a cargo wreck of a boat nicknamed the 'dog food' wreck. So called because it was sank as part of an ... Read more >
Tags: diving
Sunday, 24 Jun 2007 | Views [563] | Comments [1]
I'm 20m under the sea, there are five, 2m long, grey reef sharks swimming within a few meters of me, and my instructor is trying to encourage them to come closer by making noises with a plastic bottle. Noooooooo! doesn't she realise sharks scare ... Read more >
Tags: diving, island, motorbiking
Monday, 21 May 2007 | Views [1014] | Comments [1]
I'm a criminal...it's a fact. The padlock is proof. I can't even claim it was because i was drunk...although I'd had a pint or 3 (yes real pints!). I'd spent the evening in an Irish bar with 2 young German guys I'd met while diving and an English ... Read more >
Tags: diving, climbing
Tuesday, 15 May 2007 | Views [1213]
2 weeks in Phuket - a lot can happen in 2 weeks. You could get rained on everyday, learn to sail, nearly crash a motorbike, run over a monitor lizard, get passage to Singapore by crewing on a sailboat, or have a pass made at you by a 59 year old, rich ... Read more >
Tags: island, sailing, motorbiking
Tuesday, 1 May 2007 | Views [3083] | Comments [5]
It's 8am, I've been awake 24 hours and drinking for 15 hours. I'm looking at a priceless view from a $200 a night room and a Thai girl who sells her time and body for money is pouring her heart out to me... ... Read more >
Thursday, 1 Feb 2007 | Views [400] | Comments [1]
I don't have a lot of choice over where to sleep, and so for ease i choose a hotel opposite the train station. It's cheap and the guide book says it's clean. I don't verify this as I'm in a hurry to catch a bus. Later i find this isn't the case when ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Thursday, 1 Feb 2007 | Views [1341]
I gain a lot of information from my nights at the lodge near Khao Yai and so decide to stay at Thailand's second biggest city which i will call its old name of Khorat (as i can't spell the new name), and visit the Kmer ruins at Phimai. These are well ... Read more >
Tags: ruins
Sunday, 28 Jan 2007 | Views [1024]
My guide book says 26 baht (40 pence) from Ayutthaya to Pak Chong, i get charged 175 baht...hmmmm. i feel i may have been ripped off here. There's a guest house owner at the station who tempts me with stories of swimming pools and hot and cold running ... Read more >
Tags: trekking, wildlife
Friday, 26 Jan 2007 | Views [361]
A world heritage sight, a town i can pronounce the name of on my second attempt, and a 15 baht train journey that also only takes me two attempts to get a ticket for - it all sounds good...and it was. This is a bit of a backpackers paradise - teak guest ... Read more >
Tags: ruins
Saturday, 20 Jan 2007 | Views [346] | Comments [1]
It was with a bit of trepidation that i arrived here - no accommodation, at a new airport that's not in my newly acquired guidebook and having not backpacked for the last few weeks. I was expecting heat and large shopping malls and lots of young Thai ... Read more >
Thursday, 18 Jan 2007 | Views [371]
Boy will this change - its almost pointless working it out. Lets call it more a guide than a rule (pirates of the Caribbean - I've watched too many films again of late!) Thailand - Bangkok, Ayuthaya, Khaoyai Nat Park Laos - Champaok, Si Phan Din ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
