Ah here on koh Pha-ngan (pronounced Panyan) from Samui, its just beautiful too in a different way!!! The ferry trip across clear geen sea took half an hour, and met an English teacher who lives on Samui!! How lucky. She was off to Koh Tao, yet another linked island paradise I believe, to see her …
Author: jaycm6
I have a travel blog clearmindthinking.wordpress.com re my solo backpacking trip in 2015-16 and clear cards and made greeting cards I have been making since 2007 along with Gardens of Galastrial air dry models.
Koh Samui
On the 23rd Sept I took a trip round the island, at least the bottom half, to see Big Bhudda, lady Bhudda with many arms and the temples, the sea viewpoint at Lamai and a basic cliff waterfall where some rode on elephants. We saw the famous grandmother and grandfather rocks, naturally created that look …
Learning from local people…
Just arrived at my friend's (from UK) house here in Ubon, out in the countryside. Amazing views, lovely house and very hospitable family to share my next few days with. Living with a family will give me insights into Thai life as has Ubon already, with only 1% of tourists ever visiting this area. Little …
Ubon Isaan life
Had a lovely chilled day today at Kammah's sister's home - a real Isaan village home and food but chicken for us 'farang' (foreigner). I watched as her BIL cooked fresh fish over charcoal fire pots, herbs and pastes prepared with mortar and pestle, and then boiled or bbq on other small charcoal pots sitting …
What to pack to travel the world…
Clothes and Packing is a tricky topic for travellers. Too much, what ifs, when I get here or there, space, weight and usefulness... I have quite a few clothes for a backpacker, even for a year although I do now realise I can and will pick up clothes as I go. Something I wish I'd …
Local Thai village life
Yesterday we went for a walk around the village, met cousin Saw on her smallholding, and watched hers and a neighbours 'long seed cow' (how it sounds rather than how its written!) 'rice washing machine' which separates the rice from the kernels and stalks, running them into sacks to store and/or sell, with the brown …
Adventures Unexpected
5th Sep 2015 Booking a trip eventually to see the irrawaddy dolphins indigenous to the Mekong, and the waterfall on Don Khong we started our mini adventure. A bike tuk tuk across Don Det and the bridge to Don Khone for about 30 minutes, then a boat to the the main island. We saw several …
Creative Meal making…
Now being sonrelaxed and time to slow down, think, appreciate and savour life and living that travelling has brought me tomso far, I didn't feel too hungry last night after late lunch and breakast, so went out about 9 pm to find street food but almost all closed and gone! So I decided to get …
What’s today? Yes, wats today!!
This was my pland, and what I said to myself this mornin, which made me smile! I visited two very different and unique wats in Ubon Ratchathani today. One by the Mon River, what a lovely name, which I'd meant to visit, and surely Wat Supattanaram is the pretttiest gardens ever, and so peaceful! Huge …
Directions need direction!
This communication post is motivated by my experiences in Asia where little communication and therefore direction is given to me and other 'tourists' about what is goibg to happen and when/why whilst moving place to place i.e. travelling the continent. For some reason the local 'travel agents' and drivers don't appear to recognise a need …
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