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The good life – A few days on Turtle Island
Monday, 16th of July, 2018 (2 days, 2 nights) They are all islands in the Gulf of Thailand, but couldn’t be more different from one another. While Koh Samui is the busiest (and largest) of the three, Koh Pha-Ngan is somewhat more layed back. Koh Tao is not only the smallest of the three, it…
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A weekend on Koh Phangan
Saturday, July 14th, 2017 (spent 2 days/nights) Compared to Koh Samui, the island of Koh Phangan is a somewhat less busy place. That is if you visit in between fullmoon or halfmoon parties. It is hard to believe that this serene island is buzzing with people seeking noisy nighttime thrills and boozy adventures at least…
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Jungle hike to tropical waterfalls
Tuesday, 10th of July, 2018 Yesterday we did a jungle hike to Koh Samui’s tropical waterfalls and natural freshwater pools. This wasn’t our initial plan for the day, but during monsoon season the weather can change quite quickly and is somewhat unpredictable, and we estimated that an island tour would be not feasible in the…
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Beach time on Koh Samui, Southern Thailand
Monday, the 9th of July, 2018 Thailand is quickly becoming one of my most well-known travel destinations I have been to so far. In late summer of 2017 Jelte & I took a roadtrip through Central Thailand, driving all the way from Kanchanaburi in the country’s west to Phanom Rung in the East. We even…
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Kanchanaburi Elephant Haven – A jungle walk with gentle giants
Kanchanaburi, 1st of October, 2017 Even though the vacation we spent in Central Thailand and Malaysia was already several weeks ago, the places we visited and new things we learned are easily brought back into memory when looking through the travel photos we took. We are making more frequent use of our video camera as…
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Ayutthaya – Bang Ian Night Market & the Wat Mahathat
Ayuthaya, Friday, the 3rd of October 2017 In Ayuthaya one of the most famous sights is a single severed buddha head that looks out from under the tangled roots of an ancient bodhi tree. It’s hard to imagine how it got there since the body of the statue is long gone, but there might have…