Today I leave Koh Toa!
I leave behind the 'Master Divers' Gang and 'The Simple Life' for a new start in a new country.
I'm heading south into Malaysia on on an overnight train that should see me across the Thai, Malaysian boarder just before my visa expires.
I'll be sad to say goodbye to Thailand and all the amazing people that I have met here, (I'll miss you guys a lot) but the more I travel the more I come to realise that the world is a small place. Hopefully I'll be catching up with some people again along my way.
I'm hoping that Malaysia will bring about a change for me, after the past 3 nights in Koh Toa and the football, not to mention the past 2 months as a whole, I'm ready for a deitox, and I hear that Malaysia is the place to do it (It being a Muslim country and all), and 'No', I am not going to stock up on booze at the boarder, no matter how cheap you tell me it is! lol
Final Regards from Thailand
xx
Monday, June 26, 2006
Monday, June 19, 2006
Ko Pang-BANG!
Hey Hey
So arrived in Ko Pnagnag yesterday after a very rocky boat ride from Ko Samui. Met Joel on the boat , a hilarious English guy who put me up for the night... (Thanx Joel)
Hang out with him and his gang of wonderful friends for a couple of nights before heading to see Barry in Ban Tai.
Hat Rin was crazy, one word... Buckets!!!
Got locked out of the room and decided that I would break in, G.I. Jane style! Fell off the balcony from about 15 feet... not nice, only to find that we had the key all along... muppet! Have messed my back up pretty bad... Gonna power through the pain though.. Chang helps.
If it doesn't get better maybe I'll visit the hospital in a few days, but I guess we will have to wait and see.
Wanted to say a big thanx to everyone I met in Hat Rin, you made my time there 'memorable' to say the least.
Make sure you check out the pics, I know there is only one descent one, but at least we are all in it.
Stay safe. and all those who are wounded in action, hope you get better soon
xx
So arrived in Ko Pnagnag yesterday after a very rocky boat ride from Ko Samui. Met Joel on the boat , a hilarious English guy who put me up for the night... (Thanx Joel)
Hang out with him and his gang of wonderful friends for a couple of nights before heading to see Barry in Ban Tai.
Hat Rin was crazy, one word... Buckets!!!
Got locked out of the room and decided that I would break in, G.I. Jane style! Fell off the balcony from about 15 feet... not nice, only to find that we had the key all along... muppet! Have messed my back up pretty bad... Gonna power through the pain though.. Chang helps.
If it doesn't get better maybe I'll visit the hospital in a few days, but I guess we will have to wait and see.
Wanted to say a big thanx to everyone I met in Hat Rin, you made my time there 'memorable' to say the least.
Make sure you check out the pics, I know there is only one descent one, but at least we are all in it.
Stay safe. and all those who are wounded in action, hope you get better soon
xx
Saturday, June 17, 2006
Ko Samoooooie
Arrived in Ko Samui yesterday to find that the place was pretty much deserted... May have had something to do with the fact that the football was on...
Got chatting to a couple of English lads... Sam and Pete in a bar... I know, it sounds like I picked them up?! :o/
Well to be honest I kind of did, we watched the game and then went out on the town, to find that by 11pm the place was packed... Christ this is supposed to be low season. Anyway we parted the night away (making shed loads of Thai pals - you can see them in the photos) and woke up early this morning to explore the island!
The boy's got some bikes and we drove round for a while, went to see yet another Big Buddha, and also the crocodile sanctuary! It was a hair raising experience I can tell you.
The guy taming the Crocks was loon!
You can see him in the photos.
I'm leaving for Ko Phangang today where I should be catching up with Barry, the crazy Dutch guy from India... should be a hoot!
Guess I'' write from there
xx
Got chatting to a couple of English lads... Sam and Pete in a bar... I know, it sounds like I picked them up?! :o/
Well to be honest I kind of did, we watched the game and then went out on the town, to find that by 11pm the place was packed... Christ this is supposed to be low season. Anyway we parted the night away (making shed loads of Thai pals - you can see them in the photos) and woke up early this morning to explore the island!
The boy's got some bikes and we drove round for a while, went to see yet another Big Buddha, and also the crocodile sanctuary! It was a hair raising experience I can tell you.
The guy taming the Crocks was loon!
You can see him in the photos.
I'm leaving for Ko Phangang today where I should be catching up with Barry, the crazy Dutch guy from India... should be a hoot!
Guess I'' write from there
xx
Thursday, June 15, 2006
On On
Spent an interesting night in Phuket I can tell you!
The town was deserted but I managed to find someone almost as crazy as me to hang out with... yeah I know difficult to believe, but Kyal (the only other traveler in town) gave me a run for my money.
Stayed at the On On Guesthouse where some of 'The Beach' was filmed, that was an eerie experience, but nothing really mattered after a bottle of Samnsung!!!
In Phang-nga at them moment, just stopping off before heading to Ko Samui. Will probably do a day trip to 'James Bond Island' while I am hear, then who knows...
Catch ya later
xx
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The town was deserted but I managed to find someone almost as crazy as me to hang out with... yeah I know difficult to believe, but Kyal (the only other traveler in town) gave me a run for my money.
Stayed at the On On Guesthouse where some of 'The Beach' was filmed, that was an eerie experience, but nothing really mattered after a bottle of Samnsung!!!
In Phang-nga at them moment, just stopping off before heading to Ko Samui. Will probably do a day trip to 'James Bond Island' while I am hear, then who knows...
Catch ya later
xx
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Tuesday, June 13, 2006
2 Tears in Bucket
Sick Sity is all I can say....
The last 3 days have been a bit of a blur to be honest... I guess Phi Phi has that effect on you. As you may have already guessed, I still have not managed to leave the island... or as I like to call it, check out of 'Hotel California'. This I must explain is due to a number of reasons including an Allergic Reaction to washing powder, Travel Sickness, Food Poisoning and being attacked by a swarm of mosquito's!!! (I have not been a happy Sity, I can tell you)
But in truth it probably has something to do with all the awesome people that I have met here... you know who you are!
Must give a special shout out to Serj who looked out for me and didn't ditch me even though I was being a miserable cow.
Anyway I have my bags packed and am ready to go, so all being well, I should be off Phi Phi this afternoon heading for Phuket... (Watch this space!)
Thanks to everyone on Phi Phi for making my stay so great... Maybe our paths will cross some time again in the future.... If I ever get off this island... (Maybe I shouldn't speak too soon) ;o)
Take it easy
xx
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The last 3 days have been a bit of a blur to be honest... I guess Phi Phi has that effect on you. As you may have already guessed, I still have not managed to leave the island... or as I like to call it, check out of 'Hotel California'. This I must explain is due to a number of reasons including an Allergic Reaction to washing powder, Travel Sickness, Food Poisoning and being attacked by a swarm of mosquito's!!! (I have not been a happy Sity, I can tell you)
But in truth it probably has something to do with all the awesome people that I have met here... you know who you are!
Must give a special shout out to Serj who looked out for me and didn't ditch me even though I was being a miserable cow.
Anyway I have my bags packed and am ready to go, so all being well, I should be off Phi Phi this afternoon heading for Phuket... (Watch this space!)
Thanks to everyone on Phi Phi for making my stay so great... Maybe our paths will cross some time again in the future.... If I ever get off this island... (Maybe I shouldn't speak too soon) ;o)
Take it easy
xx
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Saturday, June 10, 2006
Phi Phi
Arrived on the most beautiful island so far...
Phi Phi is amazing, it was hit by the Tsunami but the work that has been done since to restore it has been awesome.
Thankfully not much of the coral or sea life was damage so I had the most awesome day diving yesterday!
Did a couple of dives where we got to see a massive variety of different sea inhabitants, the highlight being 2 sea turtles and 2 leopard sharks!
I was blown away!!!
We also went rock climbing and cliff jumping, and visited ‘The Beach’ beach!!!
And went to Monkey bay and fed the monkeys… All in all it was an awesome experience.
I wasn’t feeling too great on the boat, and put it down to feeling sea sick, but it may have had something to do with the fact that I got in at 7am in the morning from an ‘interesting’ night out on Phi Phi Don. Met some crazy English guys that came on the boat trip with us (Josh and Charlie) and a cool couple that I have been hanging out with (Connor and Linda) also have been hanging out with 3 gap year students (Axi, Dom and Chang)… Never a dull moment.
Watching the match tonight in Phi Phi and then heading to Phuket tomorrow.
Will try and put some photos up now…
Catch ya later
xx
Phi Phi is amazing, it was hit by the Tsunami but the work that has been done since to restore it has been awesome.
Thankfully not much of the coral or sea life was damage so I had the most awesome day diving yesterday!
Did a couple of dives where we got to see a massive variety of different sea inhabitants, the highlight being 2 sea turtles and 2 leopard sharks!
I was blown away!!!
We also went rock climbing and cliff jumping, and visited ‘The Beach’ beach!!!
And went to Monkey bay and fed the monkeys… All in all it was an awesome experience.
I wasn’t feeling too great on the boat, and put it down to feeling sea sick, but it may have had something to do with the fact that I got in at 7am in the morning from an ‘interesting’ night out on Phi Phi Don. Met some crazy English guys that came on the boat trip with us (Josh and Charlie) and a cool couple that I have been hanging out with (Connor and Linda) also have been hanging out with 3 gap year students (Axi, Dom and Chang)… Never a dull moment.
Watching the match tonight in Phi Phi and then heading to Phuket tomorrow.
Will try and put some photos up now…
Catch ya later
xx
Bed Supper
So We spent another night in Bangkok on our way back down to the Islands, didn't really want to, but it was Jason's (My current travel buddy) Birthday. It was a crazy night and we hid Ko Shan Road for a while and listened to the most awesome live band, before heading out to the famous ‘Bed Supper Club’.
There was a group of us and none of realized that we would need ID to get in, but with a little polite persuasion and a lot of flattery I managed to get all of us in and avoid paying the cover charge… you know me?! ;o)
I can now safely say that I am trough with Bangkok
xx
There was a group of us and none of realized that we would need ID to get in, but with a little polite persuasion and a lot of flattery I managed to get all of us in and avoid paying the cover charge… you know me?! ;o)
I can now safely say that I am trough with Bangkok
xx
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Kicking Kunchanaburi
After a 3 hour drive from Bangkok to Kanchanaburi, and having a tiff with our mini bus driver which almost resulted in Jason getting run over, we arrived safe and sound at the 'Jolly Frog Hostel'... wow, that's all I can say. The place was awesome.. I'll put the photos up of the views from our room when I get the chance, but basically it was in the most beautiful setting, it was chilled out, the food was amazing, and the staff were super friendly.
We visited the Tiger Temple on our first day, which is basically a Tiger sanctuary in the middle of nowhere, where Buddhist Monks keep tigers as pets?!
The pics explain it all!!!
On the second day we went on a tour with a few cool people that we met, visiting a number of fascinating places including a beautiful waterfall, the Death Railway, Hell Fire Pass and one of the bridges across The River Kwai.
Headed to Bangkok this morning on my way back down to the islands, where I guess I'll give you my next update from..
Till then... Take it easy kidz
xx
We visited the Tiger Temple on our first day, which is basically a Tiger sanctuary in the middle of nowhere, where Buddhist Monks keep tigers as pets?!
The pics explain it all!!!
On the second day we went on a tour with a few cool people that we met, visiting a number of fascinating places including a beautiful waterfall, the Death Railway, Hell Fire Pass and one of the bridges across The River Kwai.
Headed to Bangkok this morning on my way back down to the islands, where I guess I'll give you my next update from..
Till then... Take it easy kidz
xx
Jeep Jeep Jeep
So after another wild night out in Chiang Mai we decided to spend our final day there at the National Park about 2 hours outside of town.
Me, Jason and Terry hired a jeep and decided we drive there and around the park...
We met a couple of crazy Thai girls the night before who decided that they would also like to join us, so completely zombied out the 5 of us made our way to the park, and enjoyed a full day there (in the sunshine) driving around and "appreciating" the scenery and beautiful waterfalls.
Those girls were crazy I tell ya!
We made our way back trough torrential rain and had to wade through what used to be the road to our hostel, (but looked like a river instead), before we headed to Kanchanaburi
xx
Me, Jason and Terry hired a jeep and decided we drive there and around the park...
We met a couple of crazy Thai girls the night before who decided that they would also like to join us, so completely zombied out the 5 of us made our way to the park, and enjoyed a full day there (in the sunshine) driving around and "appreciating" the scenery and beautiful waterfalls.
Those girls were crazy I tell ya!
We made our way back trough torrential rain and had to wade through what used to be the road to our hostel, (but looked like a river instead), before we headed to Kanchanaburi
xx
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Perfect Pai
Out of all the places that I have been to so far I have to admit that Pai is my favorite.
Its really chilled out with some awesome bars and great people.
Went Trekking again for 2 days with the nicest trek guide you could ever imagine (Mam).
She taught us loads of cool stuff like how to make cups and chopstick from bamboo, and live off stuff that we found in the jungle.
We stayed in a little mountain village, where we helped to cook our own food, and drank the local whiskey, as well as taste some of the jungle vegetation (that you can't buy in the shops... if you know what I mean)
We visited the sweet shop (which was completely random), went to a beautiful waterfall which we climbed down and explored some caves. All in all it was amazing.
Really bonded with my trek buddies and guide so we all decided to go out on the town together.... Best not talk about that too much, but lets put it this was we didn't make it back to our hostels till around 8am!!!
Back in Chiang Mai at the moment after a very bumpy bus journey back.
Did the visa run to Burma to get my Thai visa renewed, that was interesting... At least I can say that I have been to Burma now, even if it was only for 20mins!
Heading back to Bangkok tomorrow night, hopefully after visiting the National Park an hour away from here.
Guess I'll give you an update when I get there
From Chiang Mai
xxx
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Its really chilled out with some awesome bars and great people.
Went Trekking again for 2 days with the nicest trek guide you could ever imagine (Mam).
She taught us loads of cool stuff like how to make cups and chopstick from bamboo, and live off stuff that we found in the jungle.
We stayed in a little mountain village, where we helped to cook our own food, and drank the local whiskey, as well as taste some of the jungle vegetation (that you can't buy in the shops... if you know what I mean)
We visited the sweet shop (which was completely random), went to a beautiful waterfall which we climbed down and explored some caves. All in all it was amazing.
Really bonded with my trek buddies and guide so we all decided to go out on the town together.... Best not talk about that too much, but lets put it this was we didn't make it back to our hostels till around 8am!!!
Back in Chiang Mai at the moment after a very bumpy bus journey back.
Did the visa run to Burma to get my Thai visa renewed, that was interesting... At least I can say that I have been to Burma now, even if it was only for 20mins!
Heading back to Bangkok tomorrow night, hopefully after visiting the National Park an hour away from here.
Guess I'll give you an update when I get there
From Chiang Mai
xxx
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