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* Scuba * Koh Samui * Update Soon * Pictures!!! * Ko Samet * Waiting for the Rain to Stop * Oh, the Train!! * Same Same but Different * Trekking about!! * Pipers!!!! * Off Trekking * It's nice to get out of the city... * hehehe, Tuk Tuk * I'm Here...
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October 30, 2004Full Moon RisingI;ve never actually seen the movie Run Lola Run, but I have seen the Simpsons parody of it and the movie Go. Last night was the famous Full Moon Party on the Island of Koh Pha Ngan, which has about...Read this update October 28, 2004ScubaIf you ever get a chance to scuba dive I highly recommend doing it. Erik and I, and the 3 girls I met on the the way to Koh Samui decided to go do a scuba course over on an...Read this update Posted by Drew on October 28, 2004 01:25 AM
Category: Koh SamuiAlright it's update time. I've been spending the last week and a half on 3 islands off the Eastern Coast of Thailand in the Gulf of Siam. I left Bangkok on a bus late on the Friday night and decided...Read this update October 24, 2004Update SoonHey all, Sorry I haven't been too up to date with my blog in the past week. Erik and I are on a small island called Koh Tao that has very slow and expensive internet connections. Will update soon though......Read this update Posted by Drew on October 24, 2004 04:31 AM
Category: October 15, 2004Pictures!!!Ok, so I'm still in BKK, and am leaving in about an hour for Ko Samui (an island to the south, more beach and sun :) ) I've had a couple requests for more photos, so since I can actually...Read this update October 13, 2004Ko SametThis is the view from my breakfast table in the morning. I had to put at least a couple of pics up to make you jealous :P...Read this update October 12, 2004Waiting for the Rain to StopWhen I got back from Chiang Mai, it was 2 in the afternoon, and I was dead tired. Pretty much no sleep at all that night. I was about to check into a hotel when I decided to see if...Read this update October 09, 2004Oh, the Train!!I arrive at the train station at 5:30 hoping to squeek on the 5:50 train and get a sleeper room. Two of the people I met on my trek did the exact same thing the night before. If worse came...Read this update October 08, 2004Same Same but DifferentKaren Village Karen Village 2 These pictures were so adorable that I couldn't help but take them. The kid in the photos is a small boy from the village we were at. He was so curious, wanting to look at...Read this update Trekking about!!My tour group: Jeannette, Jane, Mike, P (our guide), Christian, Mirjam, and PJ....Read this update Pipers!!!!heehee, this is one of the Whiskey's here in Thailand, haven't tried it yet, but it is everywhere, so I will soon...for those who are wondering what in the world is he doing posting this picture, 100 Piper Crescent...Read this update October 07, 2004Off TrekkingAfter looking at about 3 different places I finally decided I was gonna do an organized Trek in one of the areas around Chiang Mai. I picked up a Rough Guide for Thailand so I have some semblance of where...Read this update October 04, 2004It's nice to get out of the city...Last night we took the bus from Bangkok up to the second largest city in Thailand called Chaing Mai. It used to be the capital back in the 1700's so it's got lots of ancient structures all around and there...Read this update October 03, 2004hehehe, Tuk TukSo yesterday I followed Erik suggestion and got a Tuk-Tuk ride. Boy did I feel a little sketched doing it. These are tiny taxis that drive you around to different sites for about 80 cents. The one thing I did...Read this update October 01, 2004I'm Here...I managed to get in around 10:45 pm local time last night into the Bangkok international airport. For the second time in as many flights, I was "randomly" selected to go through a secondary screening while boarding the plane. In...Read this update |
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