Our Holiday in Asia / Unser Urlaub in Asien 

...and more photos!

These computers are soooooo slow!!!!! Which makes it less enjoyable to put photos online as we have to wait about 10 minutes per photo! Anyway, here are a few more, although we won't catch up completely today.


The start of our jeep tour, the Mae Hong Son Loop - 1647 curves in all!

Queen Sririkit Botanic Gardens in Mae Rim, just outside Chiang Mai - beautiful flowers, amazing orchids and lovely landscaping.






The Jeep and driver - Thank you for your services!!!


Beautiful views








Sharing the road with buffalos


Many hot springs - this one is 70 degrees at the source, but lovely for bathing in the stream further down


Check those curves!


Beautiful stalactitic & stalagmitic caves...


...with great rafting opportunities!


Many hilltribes with fascinating lifestyles and brightly coloured clothes

... more photos ...

... here are some more photos - somehow couldn't add them to the last article...

Foot massage in Phitsanulok - just sit back and enjoy!



On the way to Chiang Mai - 3rd class carriages are squashed but an experience - especially the bit where we didn't get over the hill and had to wait for a second locomotive!

The train stations here are beautiful!


The city wall of old Chiang Mai - a town of ancient temples and mountain people


Wat Chedi Luang, Chiang Mai


Dinner on the river - the view was good and the food even better!



Have to go for our train now - the rest will follow in the next few days!

Leaving the North with the night train

Hello again!

Leaving the North of Thailand tonight with the sleeper train - sad but looking forward to the next part of our big adventure - Bangkok, Koh Chang island and then Cambodia and Vietnam. We have had a great time here, it is amazingly beautiful, wonderful landscapes, ... so here are a few photos at last (better late than never - but we have been soooooo busy!!!)

Japanese in Hua Hin ... seems like a lifetime ago! The food was wonderful though, and he made a great show of cooking on the street.



High tide in Samui - we had never seen the beach that narrow before - apparently even less sand at Christmas!


The big beach clean-up!


... tropical rain in Samui - and that for 3 whole days!!! I have never seen so much rain in Thailand before!


Chaweng river - actually it's the main road usually!


The lady (or is it a man?) of your dreams!


Valentine's cocktail - pure romance!


The giant grasshopper - before frying...mmmh!



Leaving Samui on the sleeper train - beautiful views!
[img=http://www.blogeasy.com/document.download?documentID=21015]Sleeper train Suratthani -> Bangkok[/img]


Taxi in Phitsanulok... on the way up North. (Der TUeV laesst gruessen!!!)


Now that's what I call a car!


Dancing at the temple - a star is born!


Hot, hot, hot! (Not just the temperature) - Brennt nicht nur einmal


Bridge at night - no need for a disco here!

Arrived in Chiang Mai (North Thailand)

Hi people!

After several days of tropical rainstorms followed by a couple of beautiful sunny ones we have moved on to Chiang Mai - stopped off in Bangkok on the way to drop off our suitcases for storage and to pick up some provisions. We were in Phitsanulok and Sukhothai (ancient capital of Thailand) for a day each - quiet but interesting and cheap!

Chiang Mai has a huge amount of temples - some nice photos coming up soon. On to do a tour of the North tomorrow with a hired jeep. Will report again soon!!!

Hope to hear news (and weather reports - ha ha!) from home soon and that all is well with you.

Arrived in Samui!

Hi people!

Arrived in Samui at the end of last week and it's been raining pretty much ever since!!! I have never seen so much water in Thailand before, apart from in the sea of course!!! Photos of that coming up when we get our next CD done - however, here are some from last week, from our time in Hua Hin...




View of Hua Hin bay from Ao Takiap:




Pala-U Waterfall - beautiful, and lots of butterflies in the early hours:





Buffalo crossing...



Rickshaw tour round Hua Hin:


...in the old style:



Dinner Thai / Japanese style - Sukiyaki (a chef always cooks his own soup!!!)



Border to Burma ... only a couple of metres to dictatorship!:


Prachuap Khiri Khan - Kamunwan (Thai friend living in Dornbirn) gives us a tour of her home town - THANK YOU!!!


DAY TRIP TO PETCHABURI:
Beam me up Scotty! (Khao Luang Cave in Phetchaburi - beautiful!!! Lots of Buddha figures, stalactites & stalagmites)


An ancient Khmer temple in Petchaburi:


The sun set and the party started - Diamond festival in Phetchaburi:


Technobike - 100 dB - a nightclub on wheels:

Arrived in Hua Hin

Hi people!

Have arrived in Hua Hin at last - the peace here is a lovely change after the exciting time in Bangkok's Chinatown - experiencing Chinese New Year there was amazing!!!! As pictures say more than a thousand words, here are some more photos! (The 30 degrees heat here makes writing exhausting anyway...)

Chinatown all lit up...


Leaving Bangkok from Hualamphong train station


That's what I call good views...


The new king of the stalls is born!


The last cocktail of the evening (80 Baht each - that is EUR 1.60 or 1 pound!!!)


Snack to go with the drinks, lads?


A wonderful boat trip on the "Mae Nam" (River) Pranburi




Here's one for the car lover's - we spotted car paint with an X1/9 on the can!!!!

Photos from Thailand

Here a few photos from our time here in Thailand so far.

Bangkok from Wednesday until Friday:


Trip to Koh Kret on Friday:


Then to Sri Racha and Koh Sichang (small island) from Friday until Saturday:








Arrived Pattaya on Saturday - still here and enjoying life.

Arrived in Bangkok

Hi people!

Arrived in Bangkok today after a long day in and between airports, and have settled in well already. Visited Hard Rock Cafe in London on the way and also managed to pick up a new bank card at Picadilly Circus without too many problems. Had a nice meal and a few drinks in the Khao San Road area and are getting ready for our first excursion on the river tomorrow. So good night to all!

PS We got a Thai pay-as-you-go card for our mobiles today, so if anyone wants to keep in touch by telephone we can send you the number per e-mail.


Hallo Leute!

Sind heute in Bangkok gut angekommen, nach einem langen Tag im und zwischen Flughaefen, und fuehlen uns schon wieder wie zu Hause hier. Wir haben in London noch das Hard Rock Cafe und Picadilly Circus besucht - alles ohne grosse Probleme. Wir haben heute Abend im Khao San Viertel gut gegessen und ein paar Cocktails zu uns genommen - jetzt bereiten wir uns auf den ersten Ausflug am Fluss morgen vor. Also gute Nacht!!! Ach ausserdem, ich weiss ja nicht wie es euch geht, aber wir schwitzen so richtig bei 34 Grad am Tag

p.s. Wir sind jetzt nur noch ueber eine Thailaendische Telefonnummer erreichbar, wird bei einer emailanfrage zugesendet.

Our Plan / Unser Plan

Hi Everybody!

For those who are interested, here is our plan for our trip to Asia:

18.-20.01.2006: Bangkok
20.-27.01.2006: Pattaya with Irmi & Walter
27.01.-17.02.2006: South Thailand (East Coast) - Hua Hin, Koh Samui, Koh Phangan
17.-18.02.2006: approx. 1 Night in Bangkok
18.02.-08.03.2006: North Thailand (Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, ...)
08.-09.03.2006: Bangkok
09.-17.03.2006: East Thailand (Pattaya, Ko Samet, Ko Chang,...)
17.03.-08.04.2006: Cambodia & Vietnam
08.-09.04.2006: Bangkok
09.-30.04.2006: South Thailand (West Coast) - Phuket, Krabi, Rayong,...
30.04.-01.05.2006: Bangkok
01.-20.05.2006: Central Thailand - Kanchanaburi, Erawan National Park, ...
20.05.-04.06.2006: Koh Samui
04.-07.06.2006: Bangkok
07.-17.06.2006: Laos (via Chiang Rai - Mekong River boat trip) - Luang Prabang, Vientiane,...
17.-31.06.2006: Northeast Thailand - Nongkhai, Khorat, ...
01.-17.07.2006: RELAXXXXXX!!!!!!!!!

Who knows what we'll do after the 17th .... will we get on that plane?!?!?

Photos! / Fotos!

Here are a couple of photos of our Scotland trip so far - unfortunately didn't get the camera out until Wednesday, so if anybody can send us photos from "the time before" or even "in betwen" we'll update this bit!

Hier ein paar Fotos von unserem bisherigen Schottland-Trip - wir haben das Fotoapparat leider erst am Mittwoch herausgeholt, aber falls wir von anderen welche Fotos bekommen werden diese hinzugefuegt!

Welcome to Scotland!


Highlands - going over the Cairngorms




Rebecca & Sarah in Dundee


Tay Bridge, Dundee


The Discovery, Dundee


Building in the centre of Dundee


Sarah, Rebecca & Alexander 'on ice'




In Aberdeen on Friday, 13.01.2006 - Sarah, Vicki & Paul in La Fenice


Blurred memories of a piper in the Boat (pub)


Amanda, Sarah & Claire on the way home from the pub


Lunch at Boghead on Sunday, 15.01.06 - Vicki, Ian, Paul, Eleanor, Clara, Colin, Sarah & Alexander




Goodbye, Boghead!