I was up at 7am to catch an early bus up to Hellfire Pass. After saying hello to the small freshwater crocodile who was in the water at the upstream end of the raft I went to a local cafe for breakfast and had rice with spicy chicken. I’m not sure my stomach really appreciated…
Once I’d jammed the compartment door with a plastic bag to stop it booming like a drum I slept fairly well. There were some odd flapping noises during the night that confused me and I wondered if it was being generated by the drain pipe from the sink. However, I found out in the morning…
Having got the taxi at 8:30 I had over an hour to wait in Mae Haad before the ferry left. I spent just over half an hour in my favourite air conditioned internet cafe and uploaded a few more photos to the Xi’an album. The ferry left a few minutes late, but was much quieter…
The Chang led to a fairly restless night and to make matters worse when I got up to go to the loo I was bombarded by flying ants. When I got up later to get dressed I got covered in tiny little ants. To cap it all the power went off completely just as I…
After frying myself yesterday I decided on a day mostly out of the sun. I got the taxi at 9:30 back over the island to Mae Haad. I grabbed some breakfast there looking out over the hoards of ferries and tour boats. I the walked up the coast to see King … Rock and on…
There’s not much to report on today since it’s been a pretty lazy one. After breakfast I hired a snorkel and fins and gave it a go. The fins kept on getting gravel between them and my feet so I gave up on that. The snorkel was good though and I saw plenty of small…
20th March 2008 I was up at 6:30am, had a quick, cold shower and got some breakfast in the cafe next to the hotel. I was picked up by a Singserm minibus that was full and so perched on the end of a seat for the five minute ride to what was basically a transfer…
I got the minibus from the hostel to the airport at 7am arriving in plenty of time to check in for the One Two Go 8:40 flight to Bangkok Donmueng. I didn’t have to wait long to board either. The flight was only about forty minutes and, although the leg room was less than on…
After the drinks and massage fairly late yesterday I was up late this morning. I spent most of the morning online uploading the rest of the pictures from my old camera. Everything up to when I left Chungdu in China is now online. I also spent ages working out how to travel by train to…
Today has been a pretty lazy day. I got up fairly late and, after having breakfast at the hostel, walked into the city to Wat Chiang Man. This particular Wat is said to be the oldest in Chiang Mai, but still has much the same features as all the others. To get out of the…