Well, I understand if the title is confusing. Looking over my article drafts, I noticed one about Thailand. It didn’t have any text or hints as to what it should have been about. Considering the Thailand trip was 6 years ago, it’s unlikely I’ll find out. It only had the following photos. I guess they were left over after I wrote all the other articles on this trip. The thing Continue…
You may think you know Thai food after eating at a Thai restaurant. No, you don’t. You may think you know Thai food after eating at a Thai restaurant in Thailand’s touristic areas. No, you don’t. Restaurants in Thailand are not made for locals. They’re made for tourists. They have menus, AC, waiters. They have seats and tables. They have touristy versions of local food, along with pizza, pasta and Continue…
Let’s pick up the story from where we left off. We were in the (in)famous Patong resort, in Southern Thailand. We’ve already been on a day trip to Khao Lak and a self organized trip to Phi Phi Don and Phi Phi Lee. For Khao Lak, we bought the trip from one of the many booths strategically places every 20 meters or so all around Patong. We even managed to Continue…
We were on the island of Phi Phi Don. Just a couple of km away lies the island of Phi Phi Lee, major tourist attraction after the movie The Beach got filmed there. In the movie, it was presented as a hidden paradise, a lagoon encircled by vertical cliffs, with a beach where you could live and forget about outside society. Obviously, Thai travel agents have continued to present Phi Continue…
When people think of Thailand, photos of tropical beaches surrounded by lush vegetation are probably the first things that pop in their heads. That sort of image is not something you find in Phuket. So we set off to the islands of Koh Phi Phi. We booked the ferry ticket online, along with pick-up service from our guesthouse. Sure enough, around 7am, a van came and took us to the Continue…