Thailand
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Thursday, 8 Mar 2007 | Views [592] | Comments [1]
And so the cycle of solo and social travel comes full circle again. Steph returned home to weather colder than any beer I have drunk. And the weather here in Bangkok is colder than any beer drunk in the UK, according to everyone in the world but Steph.... Read more >
Tags: i should have known better!
Monday, 5 Mar 2007 | Views [752]
I have said good bye to Steph for now, but not forever, and broke my heart in the process; AGAIN. It's interesting how quickly you can get accustomed to constant companionship, and then even quicker, you seem to find yourself alone and pining for their ... Read more >
Tags: Friends
Friday, 2 Mar 2007 | Views [595]
This post is written for those previously unaware of the looseness with which I employ the facts. I wanted to demonstrate that some of my stories have been mildly garnished with some fictional parsley. A request for garlic did not result in a marriage ... Read more >
Tags: Adrenaline
Friday, 2 Mar 2007 | Views [761] | Comments [1]
For those adverse to vivid descriptions of drug intake and the resulting zaniness, (I'm looking straight at you Mum; and you're in the corner of my eye too Santa!) this is not the post for you. And don't get me wrong, I am not advocating the use of ... Read more >
Tags: Friends
Thursday, 1 Mar 2007 | Views [535] | Comments [1]
Everything about my time on Ko AllGood is unfolding like the dream in paradise that we all entertain. Having been commissioned by Steph for a painting once this trip was over, all financial concerns were put aside to enjoy the style of holiday that ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
Saturday, 24 Feb 2007 | Views [481] | Comments [2]
Ignoring past lessons, an activity I had turned into an art form, Steph and I booked a ticket to Ko Tao through one of the always smiling, mostly deceptive Khao San Road travel agents. Not only were my knees up my nose the whole trip, the seat ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
Sunday, 28 Jan 2007 | Views [595] | Comments [2]
So fourth time in Chiang Mai! What to do other than buy more worthless shit. I made the most of my time alone when Gemma & Adam visited Pai. If making the most of your time can also be read as doing bugger all. I visited a nice park and gave my ... Read more >
Tags: Shopping
Sunday, 28 Jan 2007 | Views [733] | Comments [1]
I have started to wonder whether or not my readership is growing tired of hearing of my misfortunes or whether such tales are making people feel a lot more content in the relative safety of home. A large part of the following tale is a result of my ... Read more >
Tags: Doctors, hospitals & health
Friday, 19 Jan 2007 | Views [485] | Comments [1]
If the beautiful city of Chiang Mai had not been the destination of another trip on the insomniac express, I would be dictating this story through a lawyer, having told another Khao San Road travel agent what I thought of their lies in the language ... Read more >
Tags: Misadventures
Monday, 15 Jan 2007 | Views [648] | Comments [2]
Fate, in all her infinite and baffling wisdom, seems to have taken a special interest in my affairs and was intervening with regular help and hindrance to my no-plan-plan. Out of a myriad of options, Vietnam seemed almost 100% likely to be my next port ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
Tuesday, 9 Jan 2007 | Views [621] | Comments [4]
Back to noodle-land's capital. (Phad = fried & Thai = noodles. Even though every syllable here has about 12 meanings depending on the vocal tone and the position of the sun, I will assume Thai only means noodle.) Nothing changed back in Bangkok ... Read more >
Tags: Doctors, hospitals & health
Saturday, 6 Jan 2007 | Views [464] | Comments [2]
Not only had my wonderful Australian posse moved on but so had everyone else staying in my bungalows. Sombre grey skies, not a breath of wind, except for those induced by baked beans for breakfast, and barely a ripple on the ocean. It's so quiet I could ... Read more >
Tags: Philosophy of travel
Wednesday, 3 Jan 2007 | Views [3143] | Comments [1]
A glut of inspiration for my writing has inclined me to stay longer yet at Nai Pan Yai, although the weather continues to give me a very strong reason not to. Happily enough I can report that there has been a scattering of sunny days, and an accompaniment ... Read more >
Tags: Party time
Saturday, 30 Dec 2006 | Views [1104] | Comments [4]
Thanks to a long overdue change in the weather on Ko Pha-Ngan, foreign life on the beach increased manifold. Unfortunately, so did the foreign life on my motorbike wounds. As a science experiment, a McDonald's hamburger was once nailed ... Read more >
Tags: Doctors, hospitals & health
Thursday, 28 Dec 2006 | Views [824] | Comments [2]
Oh, there was a certain magic in the air this morning, although I was uncertain of the exact nature of this magic. As I awaited breakfast, my mind was racing. True, I had just drunk the coffee given to me when I had actually ordered a mango shake. Yes, ... Read more >
Tags: Family
Thursday, 28 Dec 2006 | Views [766] | Comments [1]
Thankfully the barman started up a fire twirling demonstration of astonishing skill and provided enough distraction to allow my embarrassing stumble into the garden to go unnoticed by everyone, except for the frog I sat on. He noticed that being sat ... Read more >
Tags: Party time
Sunday, 24 Dec 2006 | Views [292] | Comments [2]
Misfortune born of my own stupidity I can handle. But bad luck that lies outside the scope of my influence, is a concern when it becomes part of a recurring theme. A week into my stay at Ko Pha-Ngan and not only had the weather continued its miserable ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
Sunday, 24 Dec 2006 | Views [281] | Comments [2]
So what was I doing there? I knew many were thinking that, even those I shared some rough possibilities with before leaving. The ineptitude I had thus far demonstrated could possibly be put down to the total lack of planning, which was an integral part ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
Saturday, 23 Dec 2006 | Views [1079] | Comments [1]
If it was memorable experiences I was after, I certainly had my fair share already. Again my better judgment let me down and part of my knee and elbow is left on the road somewhere as a result. The Ko Pha-Ngan tattoo is one of the cheapest, easiest ... Read more >
Tags: Misadventures
Wednesday, 20 Dec 2006 | Views [761]
All the ingredients were there on Ko Pha-Ngan for the perfect beach holiday, white sands, warm turquoise waters, cheap bungalows, a handful of travelers. Unfortunately, Melbourne's uniform gray skies followed me across the globe. Apparently, the monsoon ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
Sunday, 17 Dec 2006 | Views [424] | Comments [1]
On my second night in Thailand, and about my 20 th visit to my favourite vegetarian restaurant, I befriended one of the waitresses, named On, who had recently moved to Bangkok from the North-East. She asked me if I wanted to return the ... Read more >
Tags: Friends
Thursday, 14 Dec 2006 | Views [769] | Comments [5]
And so it has begins. The journal for Harrys latest trip into the unknown. It should have been a relatively known trip seeing as it was my fourth visit to Thailand. Thanks to oversights born of complacency, this adventure took a more unfamiliar route.... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
