by Carlo | Jul 22, 2011 | Blog, Thailand
“The Full Moon Party is held on Haad Rin’s eastern beach and for those who haven’t been….the party is INSANE! During peak season up to 30,000 revelers descend on Koh Phangan from throughout Asia and further afield to party hard from dusk ‘till dawn in front of massive...Tags: backpacking, full moon, island, thailand
by Carlo | Jul 22, 2011 | Blog, Thailand
Before I forget, the Full Moon blog report is here. I wanted to give it its own blog update, rather than having this update too long. Also I’ve included a short video clip below from around Koh Phangan. After a long twelve hour bus/boat journey from Patong in Phuket...Tags: backpacking, elephants, scared, thailand
by Carlo | Jul 16, 2011 | Blog, Thailand
We landed in Phuket from Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday afternoon for three days which started and ended with some drama. We got a taxi from the airport into Phuket town and when we got out of the taxi Aileen discovered that she hadn’t her purse! Panic quickly set in as she...Tags: ladyboy, patong, phuket, thailand
by Carlo | Jul 12, 2011 | Blog, Malaysia
We arrived by overnight train from Kota Bharu into Kuala Lumpur Saturday morning after a very comfortable thirteen hour journey. The comfort was attributed to the personal 1 berth bed cabins we each had. We boarded the train at 7pm and I was out for the count by...Tags: chinatown, food, kuala lumpur
by Carlo | Jul 7, 2011 | Blog, Malaysia
We’ve been in Kota Bharu, since we got back from the Perhentian Islands on Monday. Its now Thursday and we are finally leaving tomorrow. The reason why we ended up staying all four days here was simply because I’d problems with my online banking with Bank of Ireland,...Tags: malaysia, muslim, perhentian, rats
