The past four weeks have literally flown by folks. The first month has actually morphed itself into a couple of days in my own head for some reason. Life in Thailand so far has been just awesome! It's been one hell of a journey so far in such a short space of time. A...
In recent years, Thailand has become one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. This is no surprise as it is home to some of the most beautiful and picturesque scenery that the world has to offer. From white sandy beaches to deep dense...
The Back Is Not Back - But I Am! For those of you that were following my blog back in 2011 when I was travelling around South East Asia and Australia - you would have remembered the abrupt end that came to our trip. This was due to me rupturing my L4S1 vertebrae while...
The longboat is one of Thailand's most photographed images. I took this photo during a day trip to Koh Phi Phi island which is made famous by the film "the beach" starring Leanardo DiCaprio. While we didn't actually get to visit the beach we still were able to see the...
Its been a rollercoaster of a week since we left Australia to say the least. At this stage I’m very grateful to be still travelling. To continue from where I ended the last blog entry, I managed(only just) to make my way from Brisbane to Bangkok without a wheelchair....
We left the East coast of Koh Phangan and went to the West coast for our final three days on the Island. We wanted to sample another part of Koh Phangan before we left. So Thongsala on the West coast was our choice. Thongsala is where all the boats to and from the...
“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...
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...
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...
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