Sitting here in the sticky air in an internet cafe, looking at some photos of Tonsai and Ao Laoliang, makes me think of the great time we’ve had so far in Thailand. Now we’re spending the last days in Bangkok to do some last shopping (I finally found another tailor where I can get a suit with the fabric that I’d wanted back in Chiang Mai) and visit the Royal Palace. And in a couple of days I’ll be in Melbourne where Lindsay is organising a “welcome back” party – great idea, mate!

At 8.15 am the friendly American guy Mike and his Thai friend Yupi picked us up in Ao Nang to head to another pier where a speed boat would take us to Ao Laoliang. We didn’t quite know what to expect but Mike started talking about the resort and it all sounded better and better. Continue reading →

The flight down to Krabi went all well and in the afternoon we arrived at “Krabi International Airport” – well, in case you know the Airports Friedrichshafen in Germany or Avalon in Melbourne you know the scale. Continue reading →

Finally we found a webpage with a good weather forecast for the south so we decided to take the bus from Chiang Mai down to the ancient temple town Sukothai. A rough six hour drive later, after a broken clutch that got fixed by the driver himself we arrived in the vast town of New Sukothai. Continue reading →

After a few days in Bangkok we took the night train up north to the city of Chiang Mai from where we wanted to explore the surroundings with a hired 4 WD. Continue reading →

Hi everybody, just wanted to let you know that I arrived safely in Bangkok, actually I’ve already spent two nights here in the Sawasdee guest house near Khaosan Road. The Tuk-Tuk’s are slowly driving me nuts, and bargaining can be very exhausting …
Tonight I’m heading north towards Chiang Mai.