-
Worldwide with Wee-Cheng #72: Bangkok Notes: Home Nearer Than Ever Before – Bangkok, Thailand
#71: Bangkok Notes:
Home Nearer Than Ever Before
18 DEC 2002
Here I am in Bangkok, City of Angels, after a ten-year absence. This was not meant to be a discovery of sorts, but a mere stopover on my way home. Yet, the city amazes me with the drastic changes that have taken place, and with the g
-
What Do Travellers Do All Day?: #2 – Sit & Smile – Koh Tao and Koh Pha Ngan, Thailand
2: Sit & Smile
1 Mar 2002
I just had to start this story off by lowering the tone just a tad.
“Sit & Smile” is what they call their bog roll over here. It’s the brand name. You have just got to laugh… for one thing, what Thai toilet enables you to sit in the f
-
What Do Travellers Do All Day?: #3 – So ‘Wat’ About Monks and Massages Then? – Ayutthaya, Chiang Mai and Pai, Thailand
3: So ‘Wat’ About Monks and Massages Then?
8 Mar 2002
Since I last made contact with the BootsnAll mothership – I have to admit to having seriously let the side down. The side being travellers and their prerogative to “loll around” all day long. I’ve been far
-
What Do Travellers Do All Day?: #10 – Caught in the Koh Pha Ngan Triangle – Thailand
10: Caught in the Koh Pha Ngan Triangle
5 May 2002
A short boat ride up-river took Ben and me to what must be the smelliest town I’ve ever put foot in. After a few hours hanging off the side of a packed speedboat, we found ourselves offloaded onto a stilted platform and from there transf
-
China. Maybe One Day #15: Smiley Happy People – Thailand
Smiley Happy People
Welcome to Thailand. Every day is a holiday. Or at least that’s what it feels like to me anyway. Since arriving in this country I haven’t felt like a backpacker, I have felt like a tourist.
After a short stopover in the southern town of Hat Yai I headed up to t
-
China. Maybe One Day #16: Hill Tribes in Thailand – Thailand
Hill Tribes in Thailand
On the 27th of April I was supposed to meet Debs as she came out of the arrivals hall of Bangkok airport. Because of the traffic I didn’t make it to the airport until an hour after the flight had landed. I found Debs and her friend Becs milling around outside the
-
Searching for Something #10: Home Sweet Home – Thailand
10: Home Sweet Home
15 Apr 2002
Since we were getting a little tired from travelling, we quickly cut short our stay in Egypt to come home to wonderful Thailand. We’ve spent the last week being pampered by my parents, eating and relaxing to our hearts content. Each day, I’m eating e
-
RTW Honeymoon #10: Motos, Temples and Some Guy at the Airport – Thailand and Cambodia
Motos, Temples and Some Guy at the Airport
August 9th, 2002
Karl is his name. He’s the local consulate warden for the British Embassy in Siem Riep as well as owner and proprietor of the place we’re staying in town, The Ivy Guesthouse. Karl is a great guy and Sean is about to see so
-
RTW Honeymoon #12: Sickness, Singapore and the Land of Oz – Thailand, Singapore and Australia
Sickness, Singapore and the Land of Oz
September 1st, 2002
You know those travel posters, the ones with the perfect white sand beach on crystal blue waters, fringed by a line of towering coconut palm trees? You know, the ones you see in every travel agency’s window?
It really exists.
O
-
Adventures with the Local Tourist Trade – Bangkok, Thailand
Adventures with the Local Tourist Trade
Bangkok, Thailand
It’s normal for the first day in a new city to be disoriented as travelers strive to navigate their way through strange surroundings. Bangkok does not disappoint in this respect. It’s a kaleidoscope of activity, swarming with
-
Hat Yai Happy New Year – Thailand
Hat Yai Happy New Year
Thailand
With the imagery of Alex Garland’s The Beach projected onto the screen of our minds’ eye, I joined three old school friends, Big Mick, Crufton Clumpf and The Dustman for a month in Thailand. For me the most poignant moment of Garland’s story was
-
Bus to Chiang Mai – Bangkok, Thailand
Bus to Chiang Mai
Bangkok, Thailand
My boyfriend and I awoke early on our first official day in Bangkok with the sole purpose of getting out of it. We hailed a tuk-tuk on Khao San Road, Bangkok’s famous haven for backpackers on their way from one exotic location to another.
“To Hua
-
Seoul Man: 12 Months in Korea – #7: Pattaya, Thailand – Pattaya, Thailand
Pattaya, Thailand
January 2003
King Kong. Hollywood’s. Banana Bar. Fun Factory. Playschool. Easy Riders. These are just some of the hundreds of so called beer bars that litter the streets of downtown Pattaya. It is only here in the sex capital of Asia that bars need to be prefixed with t
-
New Years, Thai Style – Burilam, Nakhon Sawan, Thailand
New Years, Thai Style
Burilam, Nakhon Sawan, Thailand
“Be prepared to get wet,” my friend, Julia, warned me. This was true. But she didn’t warn me I’d have my best New Year’s celebration and one of my most memorable travel experiences. We were heading to the Burila
-
Me, My Girl, and a Frost Free February #10: Thailand – Thailand
Thailand: Bangkok, Kao Tao
February 7, 2003
One of the best bits of advice I got before starting this trip was to figure out a budget, and then add a third to it. Unfortunately, I didn’t follow that advice.
The duty free store in Bangkok was a glittering oasis after Bangladesh. Once we
-
From Congestion to Relaxation in Two Hours – Kanchanaburi, Thailand
From Congestion to Relaxation in Two Hours
Kanchanaburi, Thailand
One of Thailand’s premier tourist attractions, Kanchanaburi, lies a mere two hours from the capital, Bangkok. This proximity means it is well within the time constraints of most people’s itineraries and getting there
-
Teaching English in Thailand – Thailand
Teaching English in Thailand
Thailand
Originally from Cape Town, I had the fortune of receiving education from just about all the provinces in South Africa, except Transvaal – that was in the days before it was Gauteng. My mother, whom we lived with, was transferred from Cape Town to Kimb
-
Celebrating the Thai New Year – Ton Salat, Thailand
Celebrating the Thai New Year
Ton Salat, Thailand
I had been at Seaview Rainbow some three weeks, and it was now into April, and I
began to hear that the Thai New Year was imminent – and that it was quite a
blast. I hadn’t done any partying since Australia in January, so I was
looki
-
Searching for Gibbons – Mae Sariang, Thailand
Searching for Gibbons
Mae Sariang, Thailand
“Okay,” he said, “I will take you on a new trek to the animal place. Oh, many, many animals. Biiiiiggg area.”
As I sat across from this man and heard his pitch offering an adventure into an untapped animal kingdom, I remained
-
Pai In The Sky – Pai, Thailand
Pai In The Sky
Pai, Thailand
Pai is the kind of place I’d be inclined to despise if there wasn’t so much that I liked here. You run into similar situations all over Thailand and most of southeast Asia. Farang, Westerners, come through, stay awhile, find something about the place the
Total
907 -travel
FirstPage PreviousPage NextPage LastPage CurrentPage:
5/46 20-travel/Page GoTo Page:
