Thailand
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Planting Around the World – Mission 6 & 7 (Koh Lanta, Thailand)
In our Planting Around the World Mission our challenge is to plant at least one tree for every country we visit during our world backpacking trip. Why? With all the talk about carbon…
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A Lanta at the End of the Tunnel
Island Number 3: Koh Lanta Word on the street is that Koh Lanta dances to a different tune, that things are more quiet and laid back there. Personally I feel I’ve heard…
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INFO: VISA RUN Thailand – Malaysia
Nothing to it! To avoid the hassle of arranging transport ourselves and changing at various waypoints, we paid the extra (total 1200THB/pp return) for a travel agent in Koh Lanta (Otto’s was pretty professional)…
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Paradise Lost?
Island Number 2: Koh Phi Phi We get off the Koh Tao – Surat Thani night ferry and get tuk-tuk-ed away to a travel agency where we wait for a minivan to…
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A Bit of a Dive!
Island number 1: Koh Tao It’s straight off the overnight train from Bangkok to Chumpon, on to a bus that takes us to the 7AM ferry leaving for Koh Tao island. We’ve been…
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Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai is not at all what I expected: it’s a large town, all built up, with traffic jams and all that comes with it. Despite that, it’s a nice place to be.…
