 | Balmy Bangkok
2005-10-03, Bangkok, Thailand. By: charl_paul | | 3 Oct - 6 Oct
Arrived into Bangkok at lunchtime, to a noisy, chaotic, polluted atmosphere. It is very different to Malaysia, lots of buddhist temples, tuk-tuks, markets selling cheap imitations, g... |
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 | Phi Phi Island
2005-10-25, Ko Phi Phi, Thailand. By: exploring | | Sometimes we experience a profoundly beautiful connectedness with a group other people. I encountered just such a feeling last night playing a game of Giant Jenga at a restaurant. I was with six other... |
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| Geckos on the walls
2005-10-23, Ko Phi Phi, Thailand. By: exploring | | I'm celebrating authentic Thai culture right now in an open-aired internet cafe next to a club blaring Missy Elliott, Justin Timberlake, and R. Kelly.
The past 2 days, I've been happily spending ... |
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| Leaves + food = fun.
2005-10-21, Ko Phi Phi, Thailand. By: Exploring | | I'm on Phi Phi Island, and in a few short hours, I found a super cheap room in a dorm with a dozen other travelers in bunk beds. So, either I'll make new friends, or someone will steal my shampoo. I'l... |
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| Mai Kaeo Cave
2005-10-20, Ko Lanta, Thailand. By: Exploring | | Yesterday I explored Mai Kaeo Cave with a Thai guide, Pok, who I promptly fell in love with. At first, I was kind of off-put by having to have a guide, as it seemed unnecessary. After half an hour of ... |
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| One month anniversary
2005-10-19, Ko Lanta, Thailand. By: Exploring | | I'm writing this from a quiet, backpacker oriented island called Ko Lanta, which is near Krabi on the Andaman side of Thailand. I've been here for 3 days, and am really enjoying how laid-back it is. T... |
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| 10 minutes in Burma
2005-10-14, Krabi, Thailand. By: Exploring | | Today I visited Burma. My trip began yesterday as I took a slow night boat from Ko Tao to the mainland. When I boarded, about 30 mats were laid right next to each other on the floor, complete with pil... |
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| 7.2 million dollars
2005-10-13, Ko Tao, Thailand. By: Exploring | | Three different people informed me that the US bought Alaska for 7.2 million dollars in 1867. Thanks, everyone.
I've been keeping a pretty low profile lately, and spent the past week at Tanote Bay ... |
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 | And the guiness world record goes to...
2005-09-31, Pai, Thailand. By: roh | | Something humorous I forgot to include in my entry for Pai. A few days into my Pai stay, a new world record was set by our friend and hero William Cowan for most vomit evicted from one person in one n... |
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 | Thailand's most relaxing town
2005-09-30, Pai, Thailand. By: roh | | Pai is a sleepy little town nestled in the mountains in the far North of Thailand. The Northern area is famous for its hill tribes, spectacular scenery and relaxed way of life. On the day I arrived it... |
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 | Learning to box Thai style
2005-09-20, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: roh | | From Kanchanaburi we had to make the 2 hour trip back to Bangkok to catch a connecting bus North to Chiang Mai. When we arrived in Bangkok there was a bit of messing around and an hour or so wait unti... |
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| Working my way South.
2005-10-03, Kanchanaburi, Thailand. By: Exploring | | Some time has elapsed since I last wrote, so I'll have to make this a bit longer.
I traveled south from Chiang Mai on an extremely rainy day. A typhoon/tropical storm came over from Vietnam to La... |
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 | A spot of history and nature
2005-09-05, Kanchanaburi, Thailand. By: roh | | When we arrived in town we went straight to a guesthouse right on the river Kwai about a hundred meters from the infamous bridge. The river itself is a deep green and the banks turn quickly into thick... |
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| Back to Bangkok
2005-09-03, Bangkok, Thailand. By: roh | | After another full day boat/bus journey from Koh Tao to Bangkok via Chumporn we arrived at Kho Sahn rd about 7.30 in the evening. We went straight to a bar/guesthouse that we had visited a month earli... |
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 | Top 10/Bottom 10: Thailand Edition
2005-09-27, Bangkok, Thailand. By: thesuhs | | Song of the week: ˇ§Celebrationˇ¨ by Kanye West
Top 10
1. Swimming into a school of over a thousand tiny fish, looking at enormous colorful clams, and talking with our divemaster Wowie while divin... |
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| Final days in Thailand
2005-09-26, Bangkok, Thailand. By: thesuhs | | This morning after breakfast we looked through a massage booklet that Ingsila had available, and called in for a massage for each of us. The hotel staff put mattresses on the ground of a poolside pavi... |
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| Diving at Koh Tao
2005-09-25, Kaw Samui, Thailand. By: thesuhs | | We woke up late for the Michigan game at 6:16 and had to get our stuff ready for the dive. We headed to the lobby area to see about breakfast and were pleasantly surprised with the menu and the food. ... |
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| Koh Samui, we are obsessed with movies
2005-09-24, Kaw Samui, Thailand. By: thesuhs | | In the morning, it was back to the airport again for a flight to Koh Samui. Once we arrived, we were picked up by the staff of Ingsila Retreat and rode back in their truck for about a half hour. The d... |
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| Riding the elephant
2005-09-23, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: thesuhs | | Our breakfast included in the room rate was brought to our gazebo at 7:20. There was way too much food, with each of us receiving two eggs, ham, Special K, toast, fresh fruit, orange juice, and coffee... |
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| The most ridiculous resort on earth
2005-09-22, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: thesuhs | | After breakfast at the club lounge in the Bangkok Hyatt, we met our driver at 8:30am in the lobby. Erik booked us a business class ticket to Chiang Mai, so we had a quite a comfortable ride. Our bags ... |
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| Waiting on the rain
2005-09-27, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: Exploring | | It's supposed to rain again, maybe monsoon-style, so I'm hanging out in Chiang Mai in anticipation.
I went mountain biking in the jungle. It was almost completely downhill. It was awesome, even wit... |
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 | Cheeky Monkeys
2005-09-25, Bangkok, Thailand. By: day1 | | well now. Still in Bangkok waitin for visas. Apparently the islands nearby are not too nice at the moment due to rains so we've been very bold and sneaking into hotel pools for the day. It's easy when... |
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