April 03, 2005
Heading South
We left Pak Meng with no solid idea of where we were going, but determined to head south. With our Thai visas running out in 5 days we knew we couldn't stay anywhere for long and we also both felt...Read this update
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April 01, 2005
Underwater photos
As promised, here are the underwater photos that our snorkeling tour guide Amaru burned onto a CD for us. All of them except the dolphin were taken during other trips by another guide, Marcus. But anyway, here are some of...Read this update
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March 31, 2005
Beach Bah Hum Bug
The morning after the snorkel tour we got into a van to go to Krabi with 2 of the Swedes and the Canadians from our group. The Swedish couple went on to Ko Lanta, the Canadian women went by boat...Read this update
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March 29, 2005
A sad tail
I have a story that will be a nice change from beaches and travel etc. I would like to introduce you to a dog I named Sue (short for tsunami)....Read this update
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March 27, 2005
In search of Nemo
When we were planning this adventure one of the tours that I got excited about was a 3 day liveaboard snorkeling trip to the Similian Islands. Poseidon Bungalows out of Khao Lak is the only company running the liveaboards and...Read this update
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March 22, 2005
The other side of paradise
Phi Phi and the surrounding islands are famous for pristine waters and day trips from Phuket & Krabi go out regularly for snorkeling trips and diving. The tsunami did not affect the coral, only the number of tourists going to...Read this update
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March 21, 2005
A Touch of Paradise
Backpacking is hard work so we decided we needed a break. Thanks to the fact that Pearse travels a lot for work and is an expert at playing the frequent flyer/hotel points game, we were able to stay at the...Read this update
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March 16, 2005
Tsunami on my mind
We had planned to arrive in Phuket Airport at 10:30 pm, so we arranged to be picked up from the Poseidon Bungalows since we had booked a snorkeling tour with them a few days later. We called from the Bangkok...Read this update
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March 09, 2005
Confessions of a cheapskate
On the infamous bus ride from Luang Nam Tha to Huey Xai I was talking to Remi about distances in Thailand and how I felt that the book was off when it said it would take 3 hours to get...Read this update
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January 21, 2005
Photos
Sorry it’s taken us so long to upload photographs but it’s not as easy to do as everyone told us it would be. Here are a few photos from last week: All you have to do is click on the...Read this update
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January 16, 2005
Ko Chang
Hello from our first Thai beach. We're currently in Ko Chang, which is in the Gulf of Thailand near Cambodia. It's a lovely island, or so I hear. We can't actually see too much of it because it's too cloudy...Read this update
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January 12, 2005
Traveling in Style
My motto when it comes to travel is “just do it!” but after this 35 hour trip I might be willing to add – if you can, “just do it in style.” We left Portland at 5 pm on Sunday...Read this update
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