Our 3-week holiday from work was approaching, and we’d originally planned to stay in Malaysia, perhaps to visit Borneo. In the end, however, we headed to Thailand. This decision was largely based on the desire to scuba dive, and finding a good first place for Miki to experience it. So it was that we landed …
What have I been doing while taking so long to tell you my Irish story? Well, it hasn’t all been plain sailing, there have been many ups and downs along the way, but here is a little run down of some highlights of the last seven months. Alongside striving to improve the website you are …
Not long after my arrival in Hanoi , Vietnam was celebrating Tet holiday (Lunar New Year). Everything was closing and many people were leaving town for a week. This resulted in two mini adventures I had not expected. The first, was spending just under a week in Thailand on Koh Chang island. A blissful retreat, …
Our last full day in Bangkok was a Sunday, so we took the opportunity to visit Chatuchak weekend market. The size was incredible, with a total of 26 sections and such a vast range of products it felt possible to buy anything we would want. As we wandered I found an interesting sweet I had …
So, during this week and a half we lost watches, sunglasses, sarongs and many, many pairs of flip flops. Plus ending up with paint splattered cameras and all kinds of cuts and grazes. This is what happens when Dan and Laura enter the party! I met my two friends from home in Bangkok and from …
I arrived early evening into Sukhothai and after a short challenge trying to find a reasonably priced bed for the night, I joined forces with another girl to share a two bed room. Following this I took a walk to find food, and was stopped in my tracks by an amazing view of Wat Tra …
It was early evening when I arrived in Pai, the journey into the centre took us through mountainous landscape and across a memorial bridge, with a man fishing in the river while the sun set behind him. It was a beautiful welcome into the town which was already buzzing with life. Market stalls lined the …
I arrived in Chiang Mai after a long 38 hours of travelling (a night bus to Bangkok, a day in Bangkok and then a night train to Chiang Mai). Thankfully the night train provided a bed, and it seems the opportunity to be horizontal was all I needed to get a good nights sleep. After …
So the majority of my first week in Thailand has been a wild week by the water. Firstly i headed to Krabi to catch up with Sue (the girl I met in the Philippines) and attend her birthday bash, and then I went a little further North to Phuket to complete my PADI Advanced Diving …
My time in Bangkok was brief but enjoyable, I definitely look forward to returning later in the month to explore more of the many places I left untouched. Arriving at 6am I managed, with a little help from locals, to successfully travel via local bus to my hostel. However, as my bed would not be …
