Archive for the 'Thailand' Category

Phuket, Thailand - Day 5

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The last day of my Thailand trip! Our flight was in the late afternoon so we spent the morning visiting another nearby resort that belonged to Millennium. Millennium Patong Resort is a laidback version of Millennium Patong Hotel. It [...]

Sunday, August 24th, 2008

Phuket, Thailand - Day 4

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We left Surat Thani in the morning and made our way to Phuket. It was about 3.5 hours journey in a car. During the drive, we stopped at a bridge to check out the scenery. The smaller bridge on the right was [...]

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Surat Thani, Thailand - Day 3 (Part Two)

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After Kiriwon village, we went to Wat Phra Mahathat Woromaha Vihan in Nakhon Si Thammarat town. Also known as the temple with no shadows, it is the most important temple in Southern Thailand. I borrowed a jacket from See Tho’s assistant because I thought I [...]

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

Surat Thani, Thailand - Day 3 (Part One)

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We checked out of Sheraton Krabi in the morning and headed towards Surat Thani. Not before we dropped by the Marine Fish Centre, a fish conservation project by HRH King Bhumipol. The project’s conceived to counter over-fishing in the country.

Bridge.

Looming storm.

Humphead fish.

Small sharks.

Another view of the centre.

KY scaring [...]

Monday, August 11th, 2008

Krabi, Thailand - Day 2 (Part Two)

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Now, the second part of my second day in Krabi. After our island hopping trip, See Tho brought us to Krabi La Playa Hotel for tea time.

Lovely local coffee and biscuits.
We also went on a short hotel tour to check out the place. It’s a very nice hotel and I [...]

Friday, August 8th, 2008

Krabi, Thailand - Day 2 (Part One)

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After a fun-filled first day in Krabi, we woke up to a scrumptious breakfast spread by Sheraton Krabi. Unfortunately I hadn’t taken any picture at breakfast because both my lenses decided to fog up after spending a very cold night stuck in my very cold Lowepro. I was worried sick about the lenses but [...]

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

Krabi, Thailand - Day 1

My trip to Thailand was a good one. I enjoyed myself immensely, courtesy of See Tho from See Tho Holidays. See Tho is one of the most progressive men (extremely knowledgeable & Internet savvy) I’ve ever met and with a wonderful down-to-earth disposition to boot. Despite being the owner of See Tho Holidays, which has [...]

Saturday, July 26th, 2008