 | 12: Chang Mai
2008-01-13, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: Geerty14 | | Hey All!
Well we have officially left the Ahka training center and have turned our energies to our main focus--the backpacker...they live in the margins, they are always moving, they are searchi... |
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 | 11.5 The Ahka Training Center Cont
2008-01-11, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: Geerty14 | | GREETING TO ALL OF YOU FROM ALL OF ME!
Life here at the Ahka Training Center is very good, the mornings (5:45A) are pretty early and very cold with fog, but i don't mind because that just means th... |
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 | 11: The Ahka Training Center
2008-01-04, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: Geerty14 | | Hey everyone!
Currently I am staying at the Ahka Training Center, it is a school for the children who live in the hills of northern Thailand. I love it here. There are currently 432 children who... |
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 | Krabi
2008-03-25, Krabi, Thailand. By: kay1968 | | Arrived safe and sound in Krabi and got a cheap hotel for the night before flying to Kuala Lumpar tomorrow. We have invested in a mozzie net and ditched all non essentials to avoid paying excess bagga... |
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| Koh Jum
2008-03-21, Koh Jum, Thailand. By: kay1968 | | Our first 2 days at Koh Jum were at the Ting Rai Resort on the north west of the island. The bungalows are set on the steep mountain side in amongst the jungle where wild monkeys roam. Although the se... |
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| Koh Lanta
2008-03-20, Koh Lanta, Thailand. By: kay1968 | | We left for Koh Lanta on the ferry and after our last experience decided not to book any accommodation before seeing it! As luck would have it we were met at the pier on arrival by a hotel tout who of... |
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| Koh Kradan
2008-03-15, Ko Kradan, Thailand. By: kay1968 | | It all seems like such a long time ago and yet we have just got back to civilisation and a city with phone lines and therefore internet. We said goodbye to Trang after a wonderful nights sleep and a s... |
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 | Day 7: Island Hopping at Hong Islands
2008-03-11, Krabi, Thailand. By: tichan | | Determining day 7 was such a dilemma. Initially I was planning to do water rafting + elephant tracking. But since the past days I was so hooked on snorkeling, I’m considering to visit Hong Islands ins... |
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 | Day 5: The Leonardo DiCaprio place - Phi Phi Islands
2008-03-09, Krabi, Thailand. By: tichan | | At first I thought that it¡¦s very tacky promotion to always tagged Leo¡¦s name for Phi Phi Islands. But after getting there, I personally don¡¦t care whatever promotional tags they want to add, the i... |
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 | Day 4: Krabi Adventure Begins! 4 Islands Tour
2008-03-08, Krabi, Thailand. By: tichan | | Well, this trip was planned like 6-8 months in advance, so OF COURSE I already browse through what activities can be performed there he he… One of the tour package that interest me was the 4 Islands T... |
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 | Day 3: Khaosan Road + Enroute to Krabi
2008-03-07, Bangkok, Thailand. By: tichan | | The last day in Bangkok we didn’t actually spend a lot of times go around – because Ian had to do Friday prayer (and the closest mosque is near the hotel – sigh). So we took a stroll to the famous Kha... |
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| All change
2008-03-14, Trang, Thailand. By: kay1968 | | Instead of the feel of sand under our feet we have carpet instead! Our slight detour to find a new memory card for my camera has brought us to the city of Trang. We have aircon, TV, carpet, a fridge a... |
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| Another day in paradise
2008-03-13, Ko Lipe, Thailand. By: kay1968 | | So where was I? Oh yeah Koh Lipe. Wow what an island..... It measures roughly 3km by 2km, has no roads, therefore no cars, 3 paths, 3 beaches and one small village. Our resort was on sunrise beach (th... |
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 | Day 2: Floating Market, Temple Visits, Dinner Cruise
2008-03-06, Bangkok, Thailand. By: tichan | | DAMNOEN SADUAK FLOATING MARKET
Early morning, we went on join tour to Damnoen Saduak floating market. I know it sounds a bit touristy, but it's actually quite nice. I already pre-research the tour ... |
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 | Day 1: Enroute to Bangkok!
2008-03-05, Bangkok, Thailand. By: tichan | | I promised myself AT LEAST I should take once a year "proper break". After some consideration and research, we decided to go to Thailand! Well, actually I wanted to go to Maldives but it's still too p... |
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 | We found paradise, yes really we did
2008-03-12, Ko Lipe, Thailand. By: kay1968 | | In the name of Koh Lipe, a very small island in the Andaman Sea which took us a further 4 1/2 hours by ferry to get to. Just take a look at our pics, the camera cannot lie.
Anyhow Hat Yai was wher... |
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 | Bangkok still
2008-03-10, Bangkok, Thailand. By: lizzy86 | | I'm sorry if this journal is all out of order and i'm confusing you all, in my last update i forgot to write what we did on friday...we went to the grand Palace which probably Bangkoks most important ... |
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 | Last day in Thailand!
2008-03-10, Bangkok, Thailand. By: eme86 | | Yesterday we met up with Tan, Phung and Nan again. We went to JJ Market in the north of Bangkok, its one of the biggest Thai markets around, its so crazy selling everything from clothes and crafts to ... |
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| Back in Bangkok
2008-03-08, Bangkok, Thailand. By: eme86 | | We are back in Bangkok! We mnanaged to make the sleeper train back up north (we were slightly worried we were going to miss it, as although companies help you get on to the islands really easily, app ... |
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| Back in Bangkok
2008-03-08, Bangkok, Thailand. By: lizzy86 | | We have left our beach paradise :( we had a good night on my birthday we had pizza of course then went to an irish pub where there was a band playing covers of amazingly good songs, there was a thai s... |
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 | Ko Pha Ngan / Coconut Beach
2008-03-05, Ko Phangan, Thailand. By: kay1968 | | After a very tiring 24 hours by sleeper train, which departed from Bangkok at 16.40 to Surat Thani, arriving at 6.00,a bus ride of 2 hours then a 2 hour ferry crossing we finally arrived on the small ... |
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| More pictures
2008-03-05, Ko Samui, Thailand. By: lizzy86 | | I have tried to put up some more pictures up it takes forever though so not many i'm afraid, hopefully the internet connections will be faster in other countries and i will be able to put more up. Oth... |
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| My Birthday!
2008-03-05, Ko Samui, Thailand. By: lizzy86 | | So we woke up this morning and it was tipping it down, the one day it rains and its my birthday..i'm sure you all think we deserve it for making you feel jealous! well we watched a film on the tv unti... |
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