After a wonderful Australia-American Thanksgiving I was on my way back to the tropics of northeast Australia: Cairns (pronounced easiest as “cans”) I hopped a flight and was to be picked up by Chantal’s friend, Bill, but he was running late so I decided to head downtown to walk the Esplanade. It’s a touristy town, being […]
I wanted to stop through the small country/city of Singapore on my way south, and was fortunate enough to have a friend from Seattle that was moving there! So she was able to lend me her newfound accommodation – which was quite helpful for such an expensive country. Thanks Sonja! Singapore doesn’t even seem like […]
I left the hustle and bustle of Kuala Lumpur to head back up north to a Malaysian island called Langkawi. I was really looking forward to doing something specific here on this getaway of an island: nothing. 🙂 At some point in my travels things just get so go-go-go that you need a “vacation from […]
Last stop in Thailand – Ao Nang, a beach town – more touristy, but a good launching point for tours and nearby attractions. Melissa, who I had met on my Phi Phi tour, was a day or so ahead of me on a similar route, and so when I got to Ao Nang, we met […]
What to do after being on an island? Another island of course! 45 Minute ferry from Ko Phi Phi to Ko Lanta (if you haven’t figured out by now, “Ko” means island.) I went with a hotel that Alec’s friends recommended/worked for, and after cross-checking the prices online, confirmed they gave me a good deal. Ko […]
Ko Phi Phi Don is an island shaped like this in the center: )( There is basically a mountain range on each side of the island, and in-between them is where all the hotels/bars are, in between the two bays. The island is a walking-only island – no cars are allowed except for one or two garbage […]
It’s been a while! Time to play catch up on the blog… so… what happened after Ko Pha-ngan? I decided I wouldn’t hit any more of the gulf islands, and make my way to the islands on the west side of Thailand, in the Andaman Sea. Ko Phi Phi was recommended to me by many […]
On to the party island of Ko Phangan, situated in the Thailand Gulf. I took the slow boat (ferry) to the island, which takes about 2 1/2 hours, but we were on Thai time, so obviously longer. It was a full day of traveling all the way from Chiang Mai, so I ended up […]
Pai is a town located about 3 1/2 hours from Chiang Mai, via some very windy roads, and could be classified as a small hippie town situated in a lush valley of green. It’s a very small town, with only one or two main streets – you can easily walk the entirety of “downtown”. The […]
After being up for a good 27 hours I arrived in Bangkok and caught a taxi to my hotel. It’s interesting crossing the International Date Line – instead of a simple 2 or 3 hour time change, you go 17 hours ahead (14 if you’d come from Seattle) – which sure can mess with your […]
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