Ko Samet is a relatively small island off the east coast off Thailand. It takes about 4-5 hours to get here from Bangkok. Large part of the island is a National Park with some of the accommodations are inside the national park. Everyone entering the National Park must pay a 200 Bath/person entry fee. This […]
When you are hunting for accommodation in Thailand there are a certain things you should check before settle for that room: Hot Water Some accommodations claim to have hot water but the reality is that they don’t. Security Ask if there is a security guard around during the night. Safe Box You should always keep […]
Quite confusing isn’t when you try to collect information on Ko Samet over the internet and you see an island with a similar name called Ko Samed. Well to tell you the truth this is the same island. The reason why it is written on two different ways is that the Thai alphabet doesn’t have […]
We did note down every spending we had in the past couple of days please see some of this below: Taxi from Bangkok Airport to Khao San Road: 420 Bath Accomodation: approx 500 Bath / night / room Thai Beer in a pub or restaurant: approx 60 Bath Thai Food in a restaurant in the […]
We plan to work and keep in touch with friends and family throughout our journey it is very important to have internet on our mobile phones. AIS has a pretty good Edge/Gprs system I was able to check my mails anytime while We were travelling from Bangkok to Ko Samet. The connection speed is also […]
We decided to take a minibus service to Ko Samet from Bangkok. We have spent about an hour to shop around and find the best deal. Every travel agency sells this trip and virtually every second place in the Khao San Road area also acts as a travel agency. The prices were greatly different from […]
Once We arrived to the Khao San Road area and started to hunt for accommodation. We have checked out a good few of them. Most of them were in a very bad condition, dirty dark rooms, filthy bathroom, etc. We finally got the Rambuttri Road which also has many hotels and guesthouses. We found the […]
Hi Everyone, We had a wee trip with Egyptair to Bangkok last nite. I would like to point out a couple of upsides and downsides… I am still very jetlagged so I apologize for the spelling mistakes, really 😀 Budapest-Cairo: The flight was smooth and the plane was in a very good shape it was […]
Hi Everyone, We are leaving today at 16:45. Most of the things are sorted, packed, etc. Will need to eat some Hungarian food before departure as We won’t be eating that for a long time… unless We cook. We will report from Bangkok as soon as We get there. All the best Z.
I am kinda sure that I have missed some stuff but the most important things are on this list. Me: 8 pair of socks ( hopefully we will not use them much ) 1 pair of flip-flops 1 pair of jeans 2 pair of shorts 2 hoodies 8 t-shirts 8 pair of boxers 1 pair […]