Sihanoukville, Cambodia, may look close to Koh Chang, Thailand, on the map, but the journey’s quite a long one — I’ve been on the road for eleven hours, and I’ve only just arrived on the island. I’m sitting in the back of a sawngtaew on the way to the hippie enclave of Lonely Beach. To […]
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Following our New Year’s Eve in Bangkok, my plan had been to go from Bangkok to Koh Chang and chill out on the beach before heading south for the Full Moon Party on Koh Phangan. As usual, that totally didn’t happen. Chris and Jon had missed New Year’s in Vang Vieng, but they were still determined
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New Year’s Eve in Bangkok had been on my itinerary for quite a long time — I had long planned to bring in 2011 with two of my travel blogger friends! Mike of Art of Backpacking, Stephanie of Twenty-Something Travel and I decided to plan a wild Bangkok bash. Travel Blogger New Year’s, we called it.
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Railay is one of Krabi’s most beautiful beaches, only accessible by boat and packed with islands of limestone. Railay had been one of the destinations I had wanted to visit the most on my Asia Jaunt. In fact, I had wanted to visit Railay for four years! Right after I started my first post-college job,
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Koh Lanta National Park did not disappoint: it was just as beautiful and as inexplicably deserted as the rest of the island. I still don’t understand why Koh Lanta has so few visitors compared to the other islands and beaches on the Andaman Coast, but I don’t care. That’s one reason why I loved the
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Loy Krathong is a Thai holiday taking place during the full moon of the twelfth month of the year — usually November. On this day, Thais build krathongs, or floats and set them on the water. These krathongs bring good luck for the coming year. Matt and I weren’t planning to be in Koh Lanta
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Is there any place better to watch a sunset than Koh Lanta? If there is, I haven’t found it yet. The island is skinny and long, with nearly all of the beaches on the west coast. Because of that, Koh Lanta sunsets are glorious almost every night — even when it’s overcast! The first Lanta
“This is not a police island. This is a Mafia island.” The bartender’s eyes shift from side to side, sizing up the landscape. I try to match his intensity as I take a sip from the bucket of Sang Som, Red Bull and Coke. The bartender, an expat from another Southeast Asian country, has been
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I have fallen in madly in love with an island: Koh Lanta. After three party-heavy nights in Koh Phi Phi, I needed a place where I could chill out, relax, and enjoy the peace and quiet — but also get some work done. Koh Lanta seemed like a good choice. It was beyond perfect. Of
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Phi Phi Island, located off Thailand’s Andaman Coast, is most famous for being the setting of the Leonardo DiCaprio movie The Beach. Most people come to Koh Phi Phi the Phi Phi islands expecting one of the best places in Thailand — a pristine island paradise. Unfortunately, they’re often met with a rude awakening upon arrival.
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