Bangkok, Thailand-Our Second Home?
Poor, poor Bangkok I have neglected writing about you time and time again, and I agree it is unfair.
We headed to Bangkok immediately after Sukhothai and stayed for ten days, but have also used Bangkok as a “home base” or “jumping off point” between Angkor Wat, Hong Kong, and the Thai Islands. All in all [...]
Photographs from Koh Tao, Thailand
March 12, 2010 by Rylan
Filed under Koh Tao, Photographs, Thailand
The Thai Islands..Paradise is Paradise, even if it’s Scary.
Koh Phangnan (Haat Rin)
Six years ago we fell in love with a little island called Koh Phangnan. We stayed in a little house on stilts set into the mountains overlooking a beautiful inlet. The water was warm, the food was great, and we knew the perfect bar. Everything was perfect. Since that day, six years [...]
Bangkok Photographs
March 7, 2010 by Rylan
Filed under Bangkok, Photographs, Thailand
Top 10 things to do in Bangkok (Revisited)
10. Chatuchak Weekend Market: this is where you go for all your shopping needs, and I do mean all…hands down the biggest outdoor market I have ever seen.
9. Going to the “Rock Bar” to listen to some Thai people play American Heavy Metal : seemsonly Classic Rock and Reggae gets airplay in Thailand, so its a [...]
Top 5 things to do in Bangkok
Top 5 things to do in Bangkok
5. Buy a bottle of Samsung or Sheeva (Thai rum, that is distilled like whiskey-so it tastes like a sweet bourbon) at a bar and share it with new friends
4. Buy a fake ID on Khao Son road-you always wanted a press pas-poof a press pass
3. Go to the [...]
Top 5 Pieces of Logistical Advice for Bangkok
. Bring loads of sunscreen-the locals don’t need it, so they know they can charge almost anything and you will buy it
2. NO MORE MIDDLEMEN-if you want a boat ride-go to a pier and haggle with captain (not sure if this is legal but it works)-if you want to take a bus-go to the bus [...]
Sukhothai, Thailand-a Short Stay
After leaving Chiang Mai and still being in a sort of quiet state of mind-we decided to spend a few days in the country before heading to the great chaos that is Bangkok.
Sukhothai is the first capitol of Thailand and is located almost halfway between Chiang Mai and Bangkok. The city is divided into an [...]
10 days in Chiang Mai-Part II
February 15, 2010 by Susan
Filed under Chiang Mai, Countries, Thailand
Sweet, Sweet Chiang Mai you are a sinus nightmare and efforts to cross your streets are near suicidal-but your surrounding beauty (hilly jungles) get me everytime. After 10 days, Chiang Mai was starting to feel homey, maybe a bit too homey-so we decided to leave. If we didn’t leave soon, we could get sucked in [...]
10 days in Chiang Mai, Thailand/Holy Hell we have spent a lot of Money – Part 1
February 11, 2010 by Susan
Filed under Chiang Mai, Countries, Thailand
o start this entry off, I will tell you that we decided on the terribly horrendous idea of traveling from LA to Taipei to Bangkok to Chiang Mai-or rather car to plane to bus to bus to plane to taxi to bus.(more than 50 hours of straight traveling-this I do not reccomend). We left the [...]
