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Catchup
Whoa, time flies. I left Phuket about a week ago. I went and stayed at Patong beach for a few days before I left. Patong beach sucks, don't go there. After Phuket, I went to Krabi (pronounced "Gra-bee", or "Craby" if you're American), where I sta... |
27/10/2001 |
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The Amazing Sea Canoes
Today I joined a "trek" called the Amazing Sea Canoe trek. The ultimate destination of this trip was the tidal mangrove rivers on the north-east coast of Phuket island, but along the way we stopped at Bang Pae waterfall, which was quite beautiful. ... |
9/10/2001 |
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Speak Thai can a little bit
When you learn a language at age 25, you approach it very differently to when you learn a language at age 2. You have different priorities at age 25, so instead of needing to say "Mum" and "Dad", you need to say, "Which way is the Baiyoke Hotel?". I... |
9/10/2001 |
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Phuket
I've exchanged one tourist mecca for another, taking a ferry and a bus from Koh Samui to Phuket on the opposite side of the peninsula. The ferry left from Na Thon at about 8 am, so I had to get up at about 5:30 am to get from Hat Chaweng to Na Thon... |
7/10/2001 |
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Ang Thong
Ang Thong National Marine Park is a two hour ferry ride from Koh Samui. I joined a day long tour through the park. We stopped at two islands, Koh Wua Tha Lap, and Koh Mae Koh. At each island, the ferry anchored a couple of hundred metres from the s... |
6/10/2001 |
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Koh Samui - The Ultimate Tourist Mecca
Koh Samui has innumerable combination currency exchange / laundry / motorcycle hire / Internet cafe / ticketing agencies. This is probably one of the best gauges of the status of this island as a serious tourist mecca. It's sad to see that the cultu... |
5/10/2001 |
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One Sheep.. Two Sheep..
Nope. I can't sleep. Between the bumpy motion of the train, the fluro light about 30 cm from my face, and the occasional snoring of the old Thai lady on the bottom bunk across the aisle, I can't sleep. Maybe the three coffee's and two coke's I had ... |
3/10/2001 |
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Chiang Rai
I've not done much in Chiang Rai. I think I'm getting tired of travelling the north - I'm looking forward to the beaches and islands in the south. There is quite a lot to do up in this part of Thailand, including trekking, visiting hill-tribe village... |
30/09/2001 |
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Bloody Tourist
It's been a while since I wrote in my travel log, but that's because I haven't done a whole lot in the last few days. I was pretty excited as my bus drove into Chiang Mai, because I've been there before, and I know the city reasonably well. After ... |
28/09/2001 |
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Mae Sot
I ended up staying three nights in Sukhothai. It was just that good. Today I made the trip from Sukhothai, through Tak to Mae Sot in the far North-West of Thailand, near the Thai / Myanmar (Burma) border. I took one of the government bus service'... |
24/09/2001 |
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Hey man, nice chilli hat!
English is not the national language in Thailand, but in the areas that are visited by tourists, many of the signs, menu's, leaflets, tuk-tuk decorations, etc, are in English, and the translations are sometimes pretty amusing. Tonight I went out fo... |
23/09/2001 |
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Old Sukhothai
I went to the old city, but I ended up taking a tuk-tuk rather than renting a bike. The old city was interesting - the buildings at Sukhothai are in a greater state of ruin than those in Aytuthaya. They gardens around the entire old city area, which... |
22/09/2001 |
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More from the Lotus Village
The Lotus Village is a pretty comfortable place to stay even though the rooms are very basic. The bungalows are built in the same style as the teak farmhouses that the farmers in the countryside live in. They're even on stilts with water underneath ... |
22/09/2001 |
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Spicy Yummy Flavour
I spent most of today travelling. First an 8:10 am train from Ayuthaya to Phitsanulok, then a bus from Phitsanulok to Sukhothai. The countryside between Ayuthaya and Phitsanulok was pretty. Outside of Phitsanulok it became quite densely wooded wi... |
21/09/2001 |
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Ruins
This afternoon I went to see the ruins of a large temple, but I can't remember it's name. It was built under King Naran who reigned in the late 1600's, I think. There was lots of works going on near the ruins on some newer temples, including one t... |
20/09/2001 |
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Wat Phya Chaya Mongkhol
This morning I visited Wat Phya Chaya Mongkhol, a temple in Ayuthaya. It was very hot this morning, so I was happy when I got there to find that the temples, chedi's and monk living areas are surrounded by acres of sculpted gardens, including plenty ... |
20/09/2001 |
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RAWN!!!!!
I was so hot when I got to Ayuthaya, as well as still being exhausted after my flight. All I wanted to do was find a shower and a bed. When I stepped of the train, I realised I hadn't read enough about this city, and actually didn't have a clue wh... |
19/09/2001 |
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Ord 209
Hualamphong is Bangkok's central train station. It's much like any other station really. There are ticket counters along one wall under an electronic display that shows the scheduled departures. Most of the interior of the station is a large cavern... |
19/09/2001 |
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Bpy Pratu Nam
I hailed a taxi outside the airport, and told the driver (in Thai!!) that I wanted to go to Hualamphong station. When he learned I was going to Ayuthaya, he offered to drive me there for 1000 baht, just a little more than the 15B my ticket was going ... |
19/09/2001 |
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Melbourne to Bangkok
My flight was packed. I slept, but not much, and not very well. By the time I got to Don Muang airport in Bangkok I was hot, tired, hungry and I smelt bad. Once I'd cleared customs, I decided to get something to eat, and take a break for a while.... |
19/09/2001 |
