exploring thailand with michael
In and around Thailand
michael just put some of the pics from our trip up so i wanted to give all of you a day by day, play by play of some of the wonderful places and adventures we experienced during our two weeks together. i am so glad that i was able to explore more of this beautiful country with him.
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler melissa yogasia
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day 1: showing michael around my 'hood' of haad salad
i got up early this morning to pretty myself up a bit (for the first time in a long time) and hitch into thong sala to greet michael at the first boat... Continue reading » -
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day 2: pack up and go to other side of island
it was so nice to wake up right on haad salad for a change and with someone to snuggle with no less. it was a beautiful day so we lazed around t... Continue reading » -
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day 3: koh phangan to koh tao
thong nai pan faces east so michael rolled out of bed early to grab that amazing shot of sunrise and then quickly fell back asleep. it was a tra... Continue reading » -
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day 4: doing the scuba thing
today was our day to go diving around koh tao which is what the little island has fast become famous for. the island is surrounded with awesome... Continue reading » -
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day 5: switching coasts
this was a pretty uneventful day of travel for us but enjoyable nevertheless because we were together. i made sure to get a bit of yoga in ... Continue reading » -
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day 6: koh phi phi don
we were able to stash our luggage at our guest house for our days on the islands (thank goodness!) and so we headed down to the pier in the morning fe... Continue reading » -
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day 7: koh phi phi leh
the next morning we climbed through the jungle back over to tong sai to book a tour around the island and over to the uninhabitated koh phi phi leh.&n... Continue reading » -
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day 8: rental car and railay beach
this morning we left the lovely phi phi islands to make our way back to krabi to be at the airport there by noon to pick up our rental car and begi... Continue reading »
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day 9: khao sok national park
well, we were very happy to leave the farang heavy beachside town of ao nang this morning and start our drive into the remote areas of thailand.&nb... Continue reading »
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day 10: upper andman coast
we had a nice leisurely morning enjoying the serenity of our tree house from within our mosquito net and had one last meal with our gracious host, vip... Continue reading » -
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day 11: elephant rides and bat caves
after our day of driving yesterday we were really finding ourselves in rural thailand where not many travellers get to go. it was really fun... Continue reading »
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day 12: monkeying around
well, we had such an exciting day yesterday that we figured we better stick to the main highways and make some distance back towards bangkok. lo... Continue reading » -
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day 13: going for a country drive
after staying overnight in our favorite place to say in a sing song way, kanchanaburi, we hit the road again. this time we stuck to country road... Continue reading » -
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day 14: ruined capital
well, we rolled into town the evening before and found a nice place to stay for two nights. we headed for a night market for our dinner and samp... Continue reading » -
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day 15: back to bangkok
well, michael did an excellent job driving us into the chaos on the freeways surrounding bangkok and we made our way safely to the airport where we we... Continue reading » -
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day 16: michael goes home (boo hoo!)
well, this was a very sad day for us. it was our last day together for another three months. i was so glad that he had come to visit thoug... Continue reading »
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