The Cornish Travellers Travel Blog

Koh Phayam – Ranong Thailand – no internet or computer

We are currently in Koh Phayam, Ranong in Thailand near southern Burma. We have no laptop as it is in Bangkok under repair. Very limited internet i.e we need to take a motor bike taxi a few miles to get access to expensive satellite internet. We should be back in communication by the 16th December [...]

25Nov2008 | onefix | 2 comments | Continued

Ranong – The Journey

After we said goodbye to Becca the previous evening we went out for a late supper with Tehya – we were all feeling pretty despondent. After a quick meal we went back to the room to encourage Tehya into bed…. it always takes a while to settle her now (the evening before we travel). She [...]

19Nov2008 | Hanna | 1 comment | Continued

Patong Beach – Phuket – Thailand

We had originally planned on getting to Phuket on the 14th of November. Oonagh’s flight to Bangkok was on the 16th and Becca’s was on the 18th. That would have given us two nights to sample Patongs notorious night life before the girls started to make their departures from Thailand to Australia.
As it was we [...]

18Nov2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued

Phi Phi town – Thailand!

Gavin and Becca got a long tail boat to the main part of Phi Phi town and did another quick search for accommodation. We had decided to split up – Oonagh and I stayed to complete packing and look after Tehya as the constant search for accommodation was starting to make Tehya unhappy and clingy. [...]

12Nov2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued

Long Beach – Koh Phi Phi

We walked to the bungalows that Gavin had found on Long Beach and were told they had the cheaper rooms available a few rows back from the beach. I can’t remember the name of the resort but it is towards the left hand end of the beach (not right at the end!!) if you have [...]

8Nov2008 | onefix | 0 comments | Continued

Koh Phi Phi Don – Thailand

How angry do you get with yourself when you repeat a mistake that you have made before and should have supposedly learnt your lesson from….? This is an important question and one I asked myself several times that day….! We arrived on Phi Phi at about 10.30 am after an easy journey that was tainted [...]

5Nov2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued

Bangkok to who knows where – Islands revisited!!!

The five of us spent our second day at the Villa Cha Cha trying to decide where to go next in Thailand – our initial idea had been to go to an Island off the west coast called Koh Phayam. We had little information about it and most of what we had read said that [...]

4Nov2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued

Robyn and Taylor – Thank you to our Australian friends!!

Around the same time as losing our laptop to the Mac service repair - we logged into our blog account to see that our good friends Robyn and Taylor had very kindly donated 50 Aussie dollars!! We were really surprised and touched by your kindness – thanks guys!!
For those of you that have not read [...]

1Nov2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued

Halloween on the Khao San Rd

Our first night at the new hotel proved to be pretty bizarre as it was October the 31st and Halloween night. Oonagh stayed at the hotel and slept as she was so exhausted after her journey to see us – a late night drinking beer and then no sleep as the other hotel was so [...]

31Oct2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued

Bangkok – staying near the Khao San Rd

We left the Howard Square Hotel in two taxi’s as between us we had so much luggage we almost needed a bus!! It took about 15 minutes to get two taxis organised that would agree to take us the 30 minute journey to the Khao San area. Taxi drivers in Bangkok seem to have a [...]

31Oct2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued

Bangkok Thailand – collecting Tehya’s aunties

Jon took us to the bus station in Hua Hin, we booked ourselves on to a 12 seater air-con mini bus for 200 Baht each (Tehya was free) – with the exchange rate it cost us about £3.30 – it is very handy as they run every half hour or so. It took two and a [...]

30Oct2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued

Visiting uncle Jon – Hua Hin Thailand

Tehya was really upset on the day we arrived – as we sat at the train station waiting for Jon to collect us all she kept saying was ‘where is he – when is Jon coming?’
{w:600;h:350} Hua Hin, train station
(map of Hua Hin train station, East coast of Thailand)
We gave up waiting and Gavin arranged [...]

27Oct2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued

2nd Class train to Thailand

When we first departed from our friend Jon’s house in Hua Hin Thailand heading to Sungai Kolok and the Malay boarder we travelled first class – which is not the first class you would get in the UK but it does at least mean that you have your own private space with a lockable door. [...]

24Oct2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued

Penang – Malaysia return journey!

Nothing about Star Lodge on Jl Lebuh Muntri had changed in the five months we have been away. The old Chinese men who work there at the front desk were as delightfully eccentric and as charmed by Tehya as they had been on our last visit. Always laughing and watching her with bright eyed amusement [...]

19Oct2008 | Hanna | 1 comment | Continued

Kuala Lumpur and buses to Penang!!

Today was a day of information gathering and ticket buying – first we went back to KL Sentral to find out about trains…. it was so easy to get there, it cost about 1.20 RM each for Gavin and I (free for Tehya), it was just six stops from our hotel and it takes literally [...]

18Oct2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued

Kuala Lumpur Day Two….

Day two….
We woke up to a bright and sunny morning, after a breakfast of muesli, yogurt and brown bread (such a great breakfast and not one you get often in Asia) we headed off to explore the KL Tower. It cost us a total of 50 MR which is about £8.00 to take two [...]

17Oct2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued

Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia

We slept, dreamt and woke feeling so totally refreshed…..from an amazing night at the Hotel Istana!!! So great to be in Kuala Lumpur!!!
Our first afternoon and evening in KL were spent checking into the hotel (which was a little dragged out by a lost internet booking) and eating a fantastic meal provided by room service. [...]

16Oct2008 | Hanna | 3 comments | Continued

Arrived in Malaysia

We didn’t manage too much sleep last night (well me and Hanna didn’t) we finally fell asleep about 2am, Tehya didn’t sleep much better as she stayed up until 11pm with the exciting prospect of flying. We woke at 3am had a quick cold shower then carried the bags downstairs to be greeted by two [...]

14Oct2008 | onefix | 2 comments | Continued

Leaving the wonderful shores of Bali 14-10-2008

We have had a wonderful time in Bali with many adventures, the local people are generally always friendly, even the police when you are handing over 50,000 to 100,000 Rp for some made up non illegal bike or car infraction. There is plenty to do and I think we managed to do a reasonable amount [...]

13Oct2008 | onefix | 2 comments | Continued

Gili Air – Lombok

They call Gili Air the small island but after studying it on Google earth and seeing it close up I would say that it is in fact larger than Meno.
All the islands have a distinct atmosphere and personality and Air was definitely the most traditional and appeared the most influenced by Islam. It was more [...]

13Oct2008 | Hanna | 1 comment | Continued