THAILAND | Wednesday, 12 Nov 2008 | Views [687]
Today we slept in and then walked over to Rai Leh West to check it out. It was a sweet beach with white sand, turqouise water, surrounded by huge limestone cliffs. The topless girls were definitely a bonus too! Will and I bought a frisbee and just ... Read more >
Tags: sending my lantern out to sea
THAILAND | Tuesday, 11 Nov 2008 | Views [356]
Today we left Krabi town for Railay Beach, we took a longtail boat and decided to stay in Rai Leh East because it's cheaper and has more stuff going on. The west side is where the really nice beach is but it's only like a 10 minute walk from our place.... Read more >
Tags: first of many nights in railay beach
THAILAND | Monday, 10 Nov 2008 | Views [386]
Today we decided to rent scooters and drive to Khao Phanom Bencha National Park. It was about 25km north of Krabi. It was a cool drive through the countryside with mountains all around. We decided to hike the nature trail all around the park. It was ... Read more >
Tags: hiking and caving
THAILAND | Sunday, 9 Nov 2008 | Views [285]
Today we had breakfast at the Little Britain Cafe and watched about 3 episodes of Family Guy there. We had bought our boat tickets to Krabi the night before so we headed to the pier to wait for our boat. The boat ride was pretty cool, lots of limestone ... Read more >
Tags: krabi night markets
THAILAND | Saturday, 8 Nov 2008 | Views [256]
Today was a complete write off because of the fight last night. The only thing we did accomplish was a hike up to the viewpoint overlooking the whole island. It was actually really cool though. I slept in till about 1:30pm and woke up with a sore jaw.... Read more >
Tags: waking up bruised and battered
THAILAND | Friday, 7 Nov 2008 | Views [319] | Comments [2]
Today we switched guesthouses from the long beach area to the actual town area near the path to the viewpoint on Koh Phi Phi Don. We chilled at the beach for a bit and then ran into the two couples again we had been hanging out with the past couple days.... Read more >
Tags: lets fight each other in front of a full bar!
THAILAND | Thursday, 6 Nov 2008 | Views [296]
Today was really cool! The irish couple, Will and I rented a longtail boat and driver for the afternoon. He took us all around the islands. We went snorkling, swimming, cliffjumping and went to the famous Maya Beach which is where the movie The Beach ... Read more >
Tags: jumping off 15 metre cliffs is so fun
THAILAND | Wednesday, 5 Nov 2008 | Views [389]
Today we woke up to see that Barack Obama was now the president of the USA. Prety cool. I was hoping he would win. We ended up taking a minibus/ferry combo to Koh Phi Phi. The irish couple we met and Phil from England and his girl Marketa were also ... Read more >
Tags: swimming at koh phi phi
THAILAND | Tuesday, 4 Nov 2008 | Views [646]
We arrived in Phuket safely last night. We headed down to Karon Beach from the airport because we wanted to avoid the crazyness of Pating Beach. We arrived at the Boost Guesthouse in Karon Beach and met our hosts, Jerry the Kiwi and his wife Anni. ... Read more >
Tags: jerrys drinking game
THAILAND | Monday, 3 Nov 2008 | Views [318]
Today we had a couple hours left on out scooter rental so we shot across the river to the Riverside Cafe for our last meal in Chiang Mai. I got a Papaya and Orange smoothie and Pinapple fried rice which was the best lunch ever. We returned our scooters, ... Read more >
Tags: flying to phuket
THAILAND | Sunday, 2 Nov 2008 | Views [388]
Today we rented scooters and drove them about 120km to the top of the highest mountain in Thailand. The mountain is in Doi Inthanon National Park and has 2 huge temples at the top. The ride there was really fun. We ripped up mountain roads that were ... Read more >
THAILAND | Saturday, 1 Nov 2008 | Views [376]
Last njight was Halloween but we didnt get dressed up. I think we were just too full of food from our cooking course so we were pretty unmotivated to go looking for costumes. We ended up meeting up with Ping Pong again and we made our way back to our ... Read more >
Tags: getting my teeth cleaned in thailand
THAILAND | Friday, 31 Oct 2008 | Views [349] | Comments [1]
Today Will and I took a cooking course at the Baan Thai Cooking School in Chiang Mai. It was a really cool experience for someone who loves eating thai food. First we went to the local market to buy all the ingridients. The we learned how to make 6 ... Read more >
Tags: learning to cook from the best of the best
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THAILAND | Thursday, 30 Oct 2008 | Views [327] | Comments [1]
Today was awesome! We bailed on the Tip Guesthouse cuz it was horrible. Thanks a lot Bangkok travel agent. They overcharged us for our laundry and we hadn't paid for it yet so we decided to not pay up. They wanted wanted 410 baht for mine and Wills ... Read more >
Tags: bombing through crazy traffic on scooters!
THAILAND | Wednesday, 29 Oct 2008 | Views [311]
Today we had an easier day than the last 2 days. We slept in a little bit and then walked for about 2 hours through some more amazing scenery. We had some delicious pad thai for lunch with fresh pinapple and watermellon. The irish fellow Gordon we ... Read more >
Tags: rafting mayhem!
THAILAND | Tuesday, 28 Oct 2008 | Views [315]
Today we walked a lot. We had scrambled eggs and toast for breakfast provided by Pinp Pong. He also gave us our lunch pack which was wrapped in a big leaf and bamboo strips to tie it up. We threw it in our bags and off we went. We walked through some ... Read more >
Tags: walking and more walking
THAILAND | Monday, 27 Oct 2008 | Views [312] | Comments [1]
Yesterday we ate at Henry's restaurant for lunch. Henry was a ladyboy and our server. It was funny cuz we only realized she was a dude right at the end of the meal. After that we had our meeting for the jungle trek and met the group. 2 Irish guys, ... Read more >
Tags: trekking near chiang mai
THAILAND | Sunday, 26 Oct 2008 | Views [363]
The train ride sucked a lot! 12 hours on a very loud train. I couldn't sleep at all. Will passed right out but I ccouldn't get any shut eye even with the help of Gravol. We got to Chaing Mai this morning at 9:45am and got a tuk-tuk ride to the Tip ... Read more >
THAILAND | Saturday, 25 Oct 2008 | Views [440]
Last night turned into a gong show, after dinner we ended up partying in the lounge at Morodok Thai with a guy named Tyler from Vancouver, Peter from South Africa, Som Sri who is a wonderful lady that works at the guesthouse and Gina who owns it. She ... Read more >
Tags: eating and massages, more temples
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