- Elephant rideWake up call at 6:00 and had a great breakfast before being picked up for our tour. The driver reminded me of Jackie Chan. We changed vans three times while picking up the others who would join is on our Posted by cschelander in Diary | Feb 5, 2012
- Ko Tao
Ok let's get cracking! I got some serious catching up to do! In my defence not only did I have just cause to be side tracked these last two weeks but also Thailand's Internet just suck Posted by ttbwarren in Blair & Stacey's World Tour | Feb 5, 2012
- Day 38 – Bangkok
We arrived ahead of schedule on the award winning “boutique airline” Bangkok Airlines. The flight though short at just over 3 hours had been very smooth. Bleary eyed we were both keen to see what Bangkok had in store for Posted by Jolley-Jarvis in Jolley-Jarvis: The World Tour | Feb 5, 2012
- Sore thumbs
This week, I completed week 4 of my 5 week Thai massage course at TMC in Chiang Mai, Thailand. It was the most challenging week yet! Learning Thai massage is much more involved than Posted by bucketbath in Bucket Bath | Feb 4, 2012
- Railay's Redeeming FeaturesLike I mentioned in the last post, Sam and I had been really excited about spending some time in Railay. We'd read about it and watched a few YouTube videos that made it sound pretty low key and relaxed. I Posted by Sam.and.Avery in Float On | Feb 4, 2012
- Touchdown in ThailandIt was a long flight from Goa via Mumbai and Bangkok to land in Phuket. To make the voyage more exciting our flight was extremely late landing in Bangkok, to the point that Meera and I were resigned to having Posted by The Flying Five in Our round-the-world Journey | Feb 3, 2012
- So we beginWell, I decided to combine my journal with my desire to write a keepsake for Caoimhe, and an interest in keeping people at home (worried grandparents) informed- if you don't fit any of the above categories, at the very least, Posted by sinead123 in Our Thai Adventure | Feb 3, 2012
- Being Tarzan for the DayAs well as eating, general wandering around and temple visiting, the countryside around Chiang Mai offers lots of opportunities for trekking through the jungle, with tens of different agencies offering trekking trips and village stays for a few days. Howe Posted by kerenstern in Keren's Travels | Feb 3, 2012
- Chilling Out in Chiang MaiAs I said Chiang Mai is a nice place to relax for a few days - and so that's what we did.
After deciding what and where to eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner, actually eating breakfast, lunch and dinner and Posted by kerenstern in Keren's Travels | Feb 3, 2012
- a full moon or two
So onto Thailand and the islands to meet up with Kyle, Rachel, Pam and Nick. Unfortunately I just missed seeing them when I arrived in Bangkok as they had to rush off to catch their nigh Posted by katie2801 in Round the world in a pair of crocs | Feb 2, 2012
- BangkokWell here we are after 18 hours flying and 28 hours from Winnipeg to the Bangkok airport. It was really nice to have the space that the executive class gave us. Really it went very smoothly. The gentleman sitting behind Posted by cschelander in Diary | Feb 2, 2012
- Victory to the blue corner
Chiang Mai in the North West of Thailand is the country’s second city, but it’s no Birmingham!
We arrived at 5pm on a Sunday evening, after a 6 hour journey from Sukhothai. We were l Posted by Up.Up.and.Away in Sophia and Sully | Feb 2, 2012
- Cycling through ancient city ruins
We left Bangkok on a morning train from Hualamphong Central Station where the Thai national anthem was played across the speaker system and everyone had stopped what they were doing to st Posted by Up.Up.and.Away in Sophia and Sully | Feb 2, 2012
- New Years on the Andaman. (Part I & II)PART I
We arrived in Ao Nang, the beach area of Krabi, and we were greeted by an amazing beach, after a first night out though we decided promptly that the area was not quite what we had hoped for, while Posted by Christian25 in Flying The Nest | Feb 2, 2012
- Railay or BustWith our desire to do some more SCUBA diving satisfied, Sam and I got an early start on leaving Koh Phangan the next morning. Our next destination: Railay Beach, one of the places I'd been most excited about visiting since Posted by Sam.and.Avery in Float On | Feb 2, 2012
- The Real Bangkok It's been a few days since my last post but I will always (try too) start following on from the previous post...
So....
Friday arrived and I checked out of my Hotel. I was feeling in much better spirts, it had Posted by SarahBavs in GlobeTrotter 2012 | Feb 2, 2012
- Khao SokHeyho my dears,
Just got back from 3 days in the jungle, and my God what an experience!! We first went to a monkey forest which was nice to see lovely cute monkeys! The wernt so cute if you had bananas Posted by sophie.lee in Sophie's Big Trip! | Feb 1, 2012
- Bangkok
I'm sure there are a few of you out there that have been waiting for this one! I've been as eager to write it as you've been to read it. However with the change of events as of Posted by ttbwarren in Blair & Stacey's World Tour | Feb 1, 2012
- SCUBA Diving in Thailand, Take 2After a few days at Bottle Beach, my head/chest cold was almost gone. And I felt confident enough to go diving within the next couple of days. (Can't dive with sinus issues.)
Along with 14 other tourists, we Posted by Sam.and.Avery in Float On | Feb 1, 2012
- I can see clearly now the rain is gone....We left Prachaup Khiri Khan this morning and drove to a little aquarium near there. It said there was also a butterfly garden, which is really why we went, but we never saw anything relating to butterflies. Hmmm. Posted by Pelham Family in The Pelham Adventure | Feb 1, 2012
- Beach Christmas (with the rain...)Soooo... I think Lucy left the last blog with us heading down south in Thailand on an overnight train. It ended up being one of the more fun train journeys I’ve had. We were in a sleeper carriage and as Posted by SimonandLucy in Simon and Lucy's amazing honeymoon! | Jan 31, 2012
- Temples & Tigers… welcome to Thailand!After my dramatic last post about the flight we were about to endure to get to Chiang Mai, it turned out that it was actually fine. Yes the plane was tiny, but the flight itself was probably one of the Posted by Cass - Lee in Cass & Lee's RTW Adventure | Jan 31, 2012
- Travel day to Bangkok and last Full Day in ThailandGot up early had breakfast and headed to the pool to catch the last few rays.
Flew Air Asia to Bangkok and checked into the Novotel Airport Hotel. Went for a swim, it was a littl Posted by mdudun in Ron & Marti's Big Adventure | Jan 31, 2012
- Last day in PhuketWell today is our last day in Phuket and I have to be honest we are sad. What an amazing vacation we have had.
We decided to spend most of our last day soaking up the sun and relaxing by Posted by mdudun in Ron & Marti's Big Adventure | Jan 31, 2012
- Missed the bus....Om 6u op de kamer gekomen....om 7u vertrekt de bus. Right, ff slapen en vertrekken. Om 8u worden we wakker....met de wekker in de verte te horen. Damn bus gemist, we zullen nog een dagje langer in Bangkok blijven.
Rond de Posted by Tijs in Log | Jan 31, 2012