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Trip: Going somewhere

There are [40] stories from my trip: Going somewhere


Fate plays poker with Tarot cards and my trip changes course again.

THAILAND | Monday, 15 Jan 2007 | Views [2173] | 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


On the road to the promised land of people, pollution and prostitution.

THAILAND | Tuesday, 9 Jan 2007 | Views [2986] | 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


On my own again.

THAILAND | Saturday, 6 Jan 2007 | Views [1337] | 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


Magical journey to nowhere

THAILAND | Wednesday, 3 Jan 2007 | Views [7743] | 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


I didn't want flies with my Mcknee burger!

THAILAND | Saturday, 30 Dec 2006 | Views [9002] | 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


Christmas day PART 1

THAILAND | Thursday, 28 Dec 2006 | Views [3157] | 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


Christmas day PART 2

THAILAND | Thursday, 28 Dec 2006 | Views [2076] | 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


Where's the beach gone?

THAILAND | Sunday, 24 Dec 2006 | Views [976] | 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


Is there method to the madness?

THAILAND | Sunday, 24 Dec 2006 | Views [1244] | 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


Disaster strikes.

THAILAND | Saturday, 23 Dec 2006 | Views [4834] | 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


Welcome to paradise! Sort of.

THAILAND | Wednesday, 20 Dec 2006 | Views [4443]

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


Gallery: Flowers

THAILAND | Wednesday, 20 Dec 2006 | Photo Gallery

Flowers
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Playing the waiting and 'dating' game.

THAILAND | Sunday, 17 Dec 2006 | Views [1419] | 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


I arrived ready for nothing.

THAILAND | Thursday, 14 Dec 2006 | Views [3100] | 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


Gallery: 2006Thailand

THAILAND | Thursday, 14 Dec 2006 | Photo Gallery


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