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I don't know the name of the place I stayed in Phitsanulok, but if I did I'd recommend it. There was no English sign. I thought it was a place listed in the LP, until I found that place later, further down the same street. There was a huge, dimly-lit first-floor landing that lead onto my room. Cracked sink, old wood and peeling paint, like a fifty-year old railway carriage. There was a fan, a tiny bed and a table with wooden chairs that could have been nicked from a park in Victorian England....

We arrived in Phitsanulok yesterday evening, in a small and simple hotel that could in no way compete with the ones we stayed at before. But the place is clean and that is basically all I need. In the evening we took a tuk tuk through the city, with a stop to eat insects and drink whisky. I stayed with the whisky as I hate insects, either dead or alive. I'm sure they taste fine but the looks are a little to horrid for me. I picked one up to try but just holding it gave me goosebumps, so I hav...

27/07 - 15/09 - 2004 Bangkok, Ayuthaya, Sukkothai, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Chiang Soen, The Golden Triangle, a bit of Laos, Phuket, Ko Samui, Ko Pang Han, Ko Tao, Rayong, Ko Samet, Bangkok. Me, Nida, Giamma, Dario, Nadia: and we met Stephane

My AWESOME trip to Thailand!

What a lovely country. I went with a group of people I have never met before! Most of them were couples in their mid 40th - 50th .... very interesting! OKAY got the pictures - text will follow.....

A recent campaign by the State Railway of Thailand to rid their older sleeper trains of bed bugs has resulted in quite a few trains being temporarily taken out of service. When we went to book our train tickets down to Phitsanulok the aircon special express we were hoping for was no longer running and 2nd class non aircon seat was the best we could get. So we ended up being woken at 5.40am by the evil sound of our alarm. 20 minutes later and while still dark outside we were in a san...

The beginning, TEFL in Thailand Krabi province.... and then up through Thailand into Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia, ending up back in Thailand

Bangkok (Grand Palace, Wat Pho, Klongs, China Town, Calypso & Patpong), Damnoen Saduak, River Kwae, River Kwae Floatel, Ayuttaya, National Park Khao Yai & Loy Krathong, Phimai & Khon Kaen, Khao Kho, Phitsanuloke, Sukothai Historical Park, Chiang Mai (Maesa Elephant Camp, Doi Sutep,Bo Sang, Longnecks), Koh Chang, Bangkok. Full (Dutch) Travel Journal & pictures at: http://www.edsander.com/travel/thailand/

Certainly not as extensive as I would have had it but the best I could do and still have a job when I got home. Four weeks in South-East Asia was once again with Eastern Michigan University, Cambodia was independant with most of the EMU group, then Colin and I split off and joined JenM in the UK.

We gingen weer met de boot en onze handbagage terug naar de bus en onze koffers. We moesten met de bus de berg op, maar de bus kon het niet houden, waarna wij een stukje achteruit reden (eng!) en de bus dus maar moest stoppen wij dus maar de berg op moesten lopen… We moeten een eindje rijden, dus we hebben een koffiestop gehouden (en een ijsje en chips gehaald…). Hier was weer dat Nederlandse gezinnetje, toevallig! We hebben ook een 2e koffiestop gehouden. Hier was een marktje/winkel ...