Following a gruelling 14hr journey from Phi Phi by ferry to Krabi, minibus to Surat Thani and another much delayed ferry, we have finally arrived in Koh Phan Ngan ahead of the masses to secure accom prior to the Full Moon Party on 6th December. To be honest we’re not entirely sure its a full Read More »
So we left Bangkok on Thursday and we couldn’t get out of there fast enough. One night was definetely enough with being bombarded by tuk tuk drivers who didn’t speak any english and just wanted to take you places that you didn’t want to go. Our favourite word there was no thank you but even Read More »
today jo and i travelled for around 23 hours to get to bangkok. MY first experience of asia: When we arrived we were incredibly tired. After the long flight i needed to go to the toilet so i found a toilet in the airport and went for my number two. Unfortunately i did not realise Read More »
Well last Sunday was the big day that I have been preparing the last two years for. I wrote the Grade 6 Thai test, which the Thai government has set as the standard of fluency. Passing this test is one of the requirements to be able to get a missionary visa. On Friday, my Thai Read More »
Hi all! Sorry for the lack of updates recently! We spent quite a few days in Haad Rin after arriving on the terrible boat. Seeing as it is a party town we quickly fell into the day of fun / day of recovering flow. We decided to have a look around some other parts of Read More »
I know its quite unlike me, but at 7am we left our hotel for Chiang Rai which is in the Golden Triangle (Thailand, Laos, Burma). Prior to and during the Vietnam war this was the center of opium production. Since then the King of Thailand has set up a project to switch local Thai farmers Read More »
Booked our longtail boat again for a mornings visit to Phi Phi Ley which was the location for the film ‘The Beach’. We had heard lots of negative press about the Hollywood bods coming to the island and basically trashing it. We have however heard that they actually cleaned the island up and removed 4 Read More »
We have been to so many places over the last couple of days and I have not been writing up this blog or keeping very good notes, so I may get the order of places we visited wrong and I may also misname some of the photos, particularly the garden shots. Its confusing folks, we Read More »
Have I attained enlightenment? No. But I did spend the past week walking around barefoot and open minded at a meditation retreat at the International Dharma Hermitage near Suan Makkh wat in the South of Thailand. I didn’t realize until I showed up, but this is a SILENT retreat, so no talking at all – Read More »
Coming home from school on Friday, I could not remember the last time I had a hot shower, did not reeeeak of mosquito repellant, was not in the constant state of sweating, slept on a bed that was not comparable to the concrete floor, or had a meal that did not consist of rice and Read More »
