Category: Thailand

  • Driving the Mae Hong Son Loop

    Driving the Mae Hong Son Loop

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    Stage 2 of our Easter Adventure We left Chiang Mai on Tuesday morning after picking up our little jeep. We decided to drive the loop in a clockwise direction, heading first to Mae Chaem via Doi Inthanon; Thailands tallest peak. We set off and instantly discovered how uncomfortable our little jeep was, bouncing all over…

  • Cycling around Chiang Mai

    Cycling around Chiang Mai

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    We arrived at the airport nice and early and took our time eating some lunch and doing a bit of shopping before the first 16 hour flight to Bangkok. The flight was uneventful and we landed around midday the next day in Thailand. We’ve been here before, so we calmly made our way down to…

  • New in Nakhon Si Thammarat

    New in Nakhon Si Thammarat

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    After a boat and taxi to Krabi bus depot, we boarded a local bus to Nakhon Si Thammarat City which took about 2 hours. I booked somewhere again on the way, but as soon as we arrived a huge thunderstorm began and we waited at the bus terminal for a while for things to calm…

  • New Roads in Railay

    New Roads in Railay

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    From Koh Phangan, we decided to head to somewhere new for both Pete and I, since last time I travelled through Thailand I essentially ‘got stuck’ on Koh Phangan and couldn’t bring myself to leave. I never visited anywhere further South, places said to be amongst the most beautiful in Thailand. So we got the…

  • Motorbiking on Koh Phangan

    Motorbiking on Koh Phangan

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    After a noisy and bumpy overnight train to Surat Thani, we woke with the sun about 30 minutes from our destination. Tired Pete after only a few hours sleep Surat Thani is the city closest to Don Sak pier where you can get the regular boats and catamarans to and from the island Koh Samui…

  • Playing in Kanchanaburi

    Playing in Kanchanaburi

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    We woke up at 7am the next day to pack up and get the first train out to Kanchanaburi. However, the train station we needed was across town. Anyone who knows me, knows I’m not the best at being on time and about 5 minutes into our taxi ride to the station I declared to…

  • Songkran in Bangkok

    Songkran in Bangkok

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    The flight to Bangkok was fairly uneventful; my Grandad dropped us at the airport and we had a slight delay before boarding our 7.5-hour flight to Abu Dhabi. Pete was very impressed though as I prebooked him a vegan meal for the flight  and we also found a vegan coffee (almond milk) shop at the airport.…

  • Thailand Planning and Preparation

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    Ever since I got home from my 8 month trip in South East Asia in 2014 I have been dreaming of returning. It’s usually tough to choose to revisit places I’ve been before over visiting new and unexplored places, but with Thailand, it wasn’t… It was a country and culture I had fallen in love…

  • ‘Living’ on Koh Phangan

    ‘Living’ on Koh Phangan

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    I left Chumphon early with the intention of catching a train to Surat Thani and a boat to the Islands North of there, Koh Phangan. However, I missed the train and so caught a minibus instead! I arrived in Surat Thani and waited for an hour to catch the last boat to the Island. Watching…

  • Bike riding in Chumphon

    Bike riding in Chumphon

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    I left Prachuap on a local train, the journey was 3 hours and cost roughly 80p. I was sat next to a couple of elderly women, with bright red teeth stained with betel nut. They each had a handbag with a plastic bag liner and were spitting their red as saliva into it every few…