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8 more hours
2009-11-06, Luang Prabang Range, Thailand. By: mandhughes

So we ran to get that boat that morning, we didn't want to get stuck in the hell hole for another min. When we got on we saw a couple (Jo and Stuart) that we met in the Visa queue so decided to si...

 
Traveler pinners

The Ghost town that is Chiang Khong
2009-11-04, Chiang Khong, Thailand. By: pinners

After a quick brekkie at our guesthouse we jumped on a bus heading to the northern border of Thailand and Laos, being independent travelers we fucked off the organised tours and decided to sort it out...

 
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Pak Beng
2009-11-05, Chiang Khong, Thailand. By: mandhughes

So we picked up our visas made it to the slow boat port (about a 15min walk) and realised the ticket was only 100bht cheaper gutted ha. We boarded the boat at 11:30 the trip was going to take 6 hour...

 
Traveler pinners

All creatures great and small
2009-10-31, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: pinners

When we left the internet cafe last time we were walking back to our hotel for a quick shower when we saw some westerners hanging outside the mobile 'deep fried bug stand', intrigued, we hung around t...

 
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Bus to Chaing Khong
2009-11-04, Chiang Khong, Thailand. By: mandhughes

So today we started 1 of our many bus journeys to Chiang Khong so we could cross over to Loas on the the 5th, set off about 12:00, boring as hell also felt abit sick they are rubbish roads on a tiny m...

 
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Chaing Mai - Festival Time
2009-11-01, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: mandhughes

We arrived in Chiang Mai on the 1st of Nov after our 1 hour train journey from Bangkok, we were harassed (for a change) by tuk tuk drivers, then a nice women approached us and offered to take us in a ...

 
Traveler mynewlife

Last Days in Bangkok
2009-11-05, Bangkok, Thailand. By: mynewlife

It was hard to leave Asia as I headed back to the west. I learned a lot of things such as how to live as much as I could like a local in Thailand, the happiness that comes with people not of wealth, a...

 
Traveler pinners

The train journey from hell
2009-10-31, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: pinners

Having arrived at Bangkok train station with plenty of time to spare we went to locate our train, obviously, in our heads we were wandering down the platform looking for something resembling the Hogwa...

 
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First destination - DONE!!
2009-10-27, Bangkok International Airport, Thailand. By: mandhughes

Ok, so the story so far ................. Missed the train to London, woops, sorry everyone who was involved and thanks mum for buying my new ticket!! Arrived at our hotel Lamphu Tree House about ...

 
Traveler pinners

Wat the ..........??!!!
2009-10-27, Bangkok, Thailand. By: pinners

For those of you who aren't already aware by now the big trip started extremely smoothly when we missed our first bloody train to London!! So, I was standing at the platform at 13.55 as the train drov...

 
Traveler lotschurin

Big city
2009-10-27, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: lotschurin

Dear friends and family, Not surprisingly, I have learned something. About the Thai to be more precise. Something quite distracting really, 'cause I am not so good at dealing with this weird custom...

 
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Thai Community Service
2009-10-24, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: sbennetj3

One of the components of "Adventure Week" is community service. Our group visited a Lahu village for two days to help build a kitchen counter, build a new toilet, paint a building, and play with the ...

 
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Thai Adventures
2009-10-25, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: sbennetj3

I accompanied a group of teachers and students from my school to Northern Thailand for "Adventure Week." I tried many things for the first time including rock climbing, tyrolean traversing, and zip l...

 
Traveler lotschurin

Vietnam it is!
2009-10-21, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. By: lotschurin

Dear you all, My real adventure is kicking off in Vietnam! In only 8 days time I'm getting on a plane to Saigon...! The plan is to travel up north to Hanoi and then to cross the laotian border afte...

 
Traveler mynewlife

A week in Bangkok
2009-10-18, Bangkok, Thailand. By: mynewlife

Another week has passed by and the days have both been rainy and sunny. So far so much has happened it feels more like twice the time since I have done a lot. A movie, a painful Thai massage, meeting ...

 
Traveler lotschurin

Never tuc-tuc's around when you need them
2009-10-18, Pai, Thailand. By: lotschurin

Hi there, Little switch. Okay quite a change from quiet, calm Mae Hong Son to touristy lively Pai. I can’t say I mind though. It’s nice to have more ‘falang’ (Thai for ‘white people,’ so foreigners...

 
Traveler lotschurin

The other volunteers
2009-10-16, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. By: lotschurin

Hi, me again, I would like to tell you one or two things about the other volunteers here. As I said before, we are 5. Amy and Che both worked with kids back in London and have now been travelling f...

 
Traveler lotschurin

Major wake up call
2009-10-16, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. By: lotschurin

Dearest family and friends, Cultural immersion isn't always fun. So I found out the hard way. Reality is harsh, really. I had the opportunity to meet Tee la Pon's mother. She lives in an ,scarily c...

 
Traveler mynewlife

Rainy days in Bangkok
2009-10-14, Bangkok, Thailand. By: mynewlife

As the water pours so the day go by quickly here, its already been three days since Ive been in Bangkok and Ive started to see more of the local life here. The days of the tourists, of the palace ...

 
Traveler lotschurin

Finally RAIN!
2009-10-11, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. By: lotschurin

I've discovered something! I know just why asians eat so much rice. It an esthetic thing. Honestly, no better way to create beautiful scenery than by popping some rice fields in the landscape (could b...

 
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Temple, kids and lake
2009-10-10, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. By: lotschurin

Hi guys, Today's been a hot day. I took the morning off with Carly, the American girl, in order to climb up to the temple that overviews the town of Mae Hong Son. The 30 minutes climb turned out to...

 
Traveler lotschurin

Things are looking up
2009-10-08, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. By: lotschurin

Dear you all, A hell of a day! I started of with a little motorbike accident...yeah and it couldn't have gone any sillier. I just started the motor and ran through someone's fence avoiding the car ...

 
Traveler lotschurin

First post
2009-10-07, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. By: lotschurin

Dear friends and family, There it is finally. My very first post. It took me a week to actually sit down and write this. I had to acclimatize and that just turned out to be a bit harder than I expe...

 
Traveler leed1983

The perfect Storm!
2009-09-31, Ko Phi Phi Don, Thailand. By: leed1983

I feel I should retract a little of what I said last time when slating Ko Phi Phi! We have had simply the most outstanding day!! Filled with of all the beauty nature has to off and also its unbelieveb...

 
Traveler leed1983

A Blury Few Days
2009-09-28, Ko Phi Phi Don, Thailand. By: leed1983

Ok this may be one of my least interesting Journal entrys as I can remember very little of my time on Phi Phi!! Put simply Phi Phi has become the party island of excess. We have spent many a night eat...

 
Traveler leed1983

An interesting trip!
2009-09-22, Ko Phi Phi Don, Thailand. By: leed1983

We have finally left Koh Tao!! Leaving Koh Tao is difficult thing to do as it developes such a hold on you. Nevertheless we jumped onboard a local taxi, a pick up truck with benches on the back, and h...

 
Traveler leed1983

Professional Pat Pat Players
2009-09-20, Koh Tao, Thailand. By: leed1983

Gareth and I have been practicing our Pat Pat (Bat n Ball) skills! On day 1 we scored 87 but we have now been playing for whole 10 days so, after much hard graft and dedication we have now smashed tha...

 
Traveler leed1983

Our little tropical Island
2009-09-14, Koh Tao, Thailand. By: leed1983

Just a very short entry as I am very hot and hungry. We are on the Island of Koh Tao and have been for the past 10 days... It is heaven. Everywhere is stones throw from from the beach. When people des...

 
Traveler leed1983

The night train.
2009-09-12, Chumphaun, Thailand. By: leed1983

At 10.30 yesterday we left Bangkok on a sleeper train. Truely a marvelous invention. We decided to take a second class air conditioned sleeper train and it was fantastic. When you first board the trai...

 
Traveler leed1983

Cultural day in Bangkok
2009-09-10, Bangkok River, Thailand. By: leed1983

Today we decided to do the temple tour in Bangkok. We went to the Grand Palace which is the biggest tourist attraction in Bangkok and is home to the emerald Buddah. The place is truely stunning, all h...

 
Traveler leed1983

First day in Bangkok
2009-09-07, Bangkok International Airport, Thailand. By: leed1983

We arrived first thing this morning after a long days travelling. We have had a pretty relaxed day. Went to MBK shopping centre, thought we would start with the cultural stuff first :S, MBK is a huge...

 
Traveler leed1983

We have arrived !!
2009-09-07, Bangkok, Thailand. By: leed1983

Arrived in Bangkok and we are now a full day in!! Currently sitting in a cyber cafe in the Koh San Road using skype for the 1 st time talking to Mum and maybe my Grandparents. I feel like tech support...

 
Traveler fuma121

So I'm on my lonesome
2009-08-31, Bangkok, Thailand. By: fuma121

Well thats it now, I'm on my lonesome. And I tell ya its scary as shit!!! But fun all the same. Tonight I met 2 Americans and ended up chattin to them most of the night. Was nice. Well I think someone...

 
Traveler fuma121

Manchester United, very good. I like!
2009-08-18, Bangkok International Airport, Thailand. By: fuma121

Hi guys, well I've arrived in Bangkok and holy crap its hot!!!! Which suits me just fine. Am currently at the airport and waiting for my flight to Ho Chi Minh as its been delayed. Not a prob though as...

 
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Testing
2009-08-11, Ann Arbor, MI, Thailand. By: Gigileet

This is how awesome this site is...it's not rated yet. I love Alli~

 
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Settling down
2009-08-10, Angtong, Thailand. By: saffa2

The transition went as follows; from walking to school, to riding there on our own second hand motorcycle and most rewardingly from eating, sleeping and watching TV, all in one room at the apartment,...

 
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At the zoo...
2009-08-08, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: ruark88

 
Traveler mikegagnon

Making Money In Thailand
2009-08-07, Ko Phi Phi, Thailand. By: mikegagnon

It's been a while, and I guess there hasn't really been a whole lot going on. I came back to Thailand and now I'm back on Phi Phi island. I met a cool Canadian guy, from Kamloops on the way down and ...

 
Traveler seasia09

[thailand]
2009-07-24, Thailand, Thailand. By: seasia09

We are in Thailand now. We only have two more days of ministry left! craZy. Then we are off to Koh Samet for team debrief. We have been helping out with the Tamar Center here in Pattaya. They do a lot...

 
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Kermit's Island
2009-07-22, Railey, Thailand. By: aimee

Railey is made up of three bays on the Thai mainland along the Andaman coast that can only be reached by boat. This gives you a feeling of being on an island. It's a very beautiful place with it's com...

 
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Sun, Sea, Sand and Lady Boys
2009-07-22, Koh Samui, Thailand. By: aimee

Samu8i is home to package tourists, ex-pats and lady boys. It's a family place that's full of dirty old men with plenty of expensive restaurants and seedy bars to boot! It wasn't all bad though. We f...

 
Traveler aarond

Chiang Mai.
2009-07-07, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: aarond

After Bangkok we headed to Chiang Mai to do some adventure activites. It turned out raining the whole time we were there, although the hotel was very cool and the activites didn't need a lot of sunsh...

 
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Bangkok.
2009-07-06, Bangkok, Thailand. By: aarond

Well on the first part of our vacation we made a stop in Bangkok, which turned out to be a lot of fun. The architecture was great and I really enjoyed the overall culture of the place. We did ho...

 
Traveler aimee

Where did all our money go?
2009-07-04, Koh Tao, Thailand. By: aimee

Scuba. That's where, and it's bloody marvelous! It started with books, classrooms and a swimming pool, which, to be honest, did not float my boat (boom boom). It got better though on our first dive...

 
Traveler aimee

A little piece of western heaven!
2009-06-30, Bangkok, Thailand. By: aimee

John’s first words as we re-entered Thailand were ‘You’ve got to love Thai efficiency’ and as we approached Bangkok ‘It’s so clean!’. ‘Is he on drugs?’ I hear you asking. I can assure you he’s not and...

 
Traveler mikegagnon

It's Pronounced Pee Pee
2009-06-23, Ko Phi Phi, Thailand. By: mikegagnon

Been a while since I've written anything. I've moved, to the other side of Thailand, but I'm with the same group I was with before. (minus one person, and adding another) Life has been good here, th...

 
Traveler fradelaide

My favourite place, Hua Hin
2009-06-22, Hua Hin, Thailand. By: fradelaide

Well as I said, here I am in Hua Hin. This is such a great place to stay, I really feel very comfortable here. Hua Hin is quite a big town actually, lots of different area's which become "peoples" l...

 
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The sun is back in full force...!
2009-06-21, ao nang, Thailand. By: jemandtaz

Taz and I have spent the last few nights relaxing on Tonsai Bay. It's funny that we're nearly at the end of our trip and we ended up in exactly the same bungalow that we stayed in last time we were he...

 
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BKK
2009-06-21, Bangkok International Airport, Thailand. By: ahearron

I'm sitting here in the airport talking to Jo on iChat. I love technology. I'm eating a candy bar while some huge Indian dude snores on the bench in front of me. It's early, and that 17 1/2 hour flig...

 

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