Thailand

  • A Lanta at the End of the Tunnel

    Island Number 3: Koh Lanta   Word on the street is that Koh Lanta dances to a different tune, that things are more quiet and laid back there. Personally I feel I’ve heard…

  • INFO: VISA RUN Thailand – Malaysia

    Nothing to it! To avoid the hassle of arrangingĀ transport ourselves and changing at various waypoints, we paid the extra (total 1200THB/pp return) for a travel agent in Koh Lanta (Otto’s was pretty professional)…

  • Paradise Lost?

    Island Number 2: Koh Phi Phi   We get off the Koh Tao – Surat Thani night ferry and get tuk-tuk-ed away to a travel agency where we wait for a minivan to…

  • A Bit of a Dive!

    Island number 1: Koh Tao It’s straight off the overnight train from Bangkok to Chumpon, on to a bus that takes us to the 7AM ferry leaving for Koh Tao island. We’ve been…

  • Bangkok

    A good sleep on the comfi overnight train from Chiang Mai and we wake up in Bangkok. Just in case anyone out there is thinking of taking this route, here’s a word of…

  • Chiang Mai

    Chiang Mai is not at all what I expected: it’s a large town, all built up, with traffic jams and all that comes with it. Despite that, it’s a nice place to be.…