Oct 14
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Oct 14
Planet View: N7°53.436′ E98°18.230′ Street View: N7°53.436′ E98°18.230′ A marathon 14 hour trek from Ko Tao took us via Ko Phangan, Ko Samui and Suratthani to the Adaman Coast and Thailand’s largest island of Phuket (I want to remember the modes of transport we used so I’m going to jot them down here: tuk-tuk, high-speed […]
Oct 04
Planet View: N10°06.196′ E99°49.678′ Street View: N10°06.196′ E99°49.678′ Temperature: 27-33°C (81-91°F) Water Temperature: 29°C (85°F) Departing the bustling big city of Bangkok we were excited to finally be on our way to a tropical island with some turquoise water and white sandy beaches. We left Bangkok around 9:00PM on an overnight bus to the […]
Sep 30
It’s interesting the first things we noticed driving the 40 kilometers from Bangkok’s international airport into the city center after a few weeks in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam: street gutters, orderly traffic flow, scooters and bicycles displaced by trucks and sedans, rubbish bins (US: trash cans), well-organized (and clean!) public transport, paved roads minus the […]