Showing posts with label Thailand. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thailand. Show all posts
8/25/2009
Bangkok, Thailand
After our short trip off the shores of Thailand we returned to the city of Bangkok. For the rest of the week we explored shopping malls and night markets, enjoying the food and life of the city. Our main mode of transportaion were taxis. On average a taxi ride came to around $1-$2. We didn't get to catch a muay-thai fight or see Khao San road, a place where many backpackers stay in the city. The city is definitely a place I wouldn't mind returning to. Check out the video at the bottom of the photos to get a glimpse of Bangkok.
8/18/2009
Ko Samet, Thailand
I'm about five entries behind from all that I like to share with you, but here is a post from my recent trip to Thailand. I traveled with my friend Lisa, who is the director of Tiny Toones. Our friends Epic and Barks from Japan, who I just met the day before the trip, also traveled with us to Bangkok for a time of exploration.
The day after we arrived the four of us took a bus from the eastern bus terminal to Ban Phe, the town where you dock onto a boat to get to Ko Samet. Ko Samet is the closest island retreat for residents of Bangkok. It's not yet as touristy as most of the southern off-shore islands of Thailand, so running into a mass crowd of tourists was not a problem for us.
Our bus ride to the town was over 3 hours and cost us $6/each and our boat ride to Ko Samet was another $6. On the island there are many beaches to visit, but for our short stay we went to the most popular and closest one called Hat Sai Kaew, also known as Diamond Beach because of it's silky white sand. I knew that last part to be true the second my feet touched the beach.
The odd thing about this beach was running into so many stray dogs. Someone had to bring the dogs to the island, but why bring them over if they're going to be homeless and taking over the town? The most intimidating moment during my trip was walking the shore at night and having a dog follow and search us for food. Thankfully, another group of people walked past us and having failed to find anything on us the dog followed the other group.
Enjoy these photos from the island. I'm currently working on the video from Ko Samet, so come back to check if it's up. Also, a future entry will feature the rest of my trip in Bangkok and another video from the city. :)
The day after we arrived the four of us took a bus from the eastern bus terminal to Ban Phe, the town where you dock onto a boat to get to Ko Samet. Ko Samet is the closest island retreat for residents of Bangkok. It's not yet as touristy as most of the southern off-shore islands of Thailand, so running into a mass crowd of tourists was not a problem for us.
Our bus ride to the town was over 3 hours and cost us $6/each and our boat ride to Ko Samet was another $6. On the island there are many beaches to visit, but for our short stay we went to the most popular and closest one called Hat Sai Kaew, also known as Diamond Beach because of it's silky white sand. I knew that last part to be true the second my feet touched the beach.
The odd thing about this beach was running into so many stray dogs. Someone had to bring the dogs to the island, but why bring them over if they're going to be homeless and taking over the town? The most intimidating moment during my trip was walking the shore at night and having a dog follow and search us for food. Thankfully, another group of people walked past us and having failed to find anything on us the dog followed the other group.
Enjoy these photos from the island. I'm currently working on the video from Ko Samet, so come back to check if it's up. Also, a future entry will feature the rest of my trip in Bangkok and another video from the city. :)
Loading onto our boat to get to Ko Samet. It's about a 30-minute ride.
During our boat ride we passed by other smaller islands.
On the boat we saw a lot of different huts on the water.
Probably, my most boring beach photo. Haha.
Some labors unloading at the dock. Doesn't the guy in the mask looks intimidating?
Two very different boats on the same dock.
These boys are athletic. Epic tried to teach me how to do a freeze,
but I need a lot of pratice before I can share with you.
but I need a lot of pratice before I can share with you.
These sellers have fruit and cold beverages for sale. When you sit down you'll have
about 6 of them making their way to you.
about 6 of them making their way to you.
My nickname for Ko Samet is dog island for all the stray dogs.
Surprisingly, none of them go into the stores.
Surprisingly, none of them go into the stores.
We tried the Roti pancakes that are sold all over the beach. A good $1 snack.
We also played with the light from the cart for dramatic photos.
We also played with the light from the cart for dramatic photos.
Notice these are all young men hoping to get some money from their performance
8/08/2009
I Owe You An Entry
Dear Internet,
I apologize for not blogging lately. I've been in Thailand this entire week with only an hour to spend online each night before I fall asleep from a long day out of the hostel. Within the hour that I am online my laptop demands that I restart at least 4 times during my session. You can imagine that this slows my progress of preparing my images for you. It never crossed my mind before to ask if anyone had a spare laptop to use before I left on my trip, and now the one I'm using is no longer reliable. Believe with me that I can still use it for my photography class that I start on Monday. I know that this is still no excuse to delay my updates. It's funny that somewhere in the back of my mind I've convinced myself that there are followers of this blog waiting to read a new entry, so to all of you who happen to be one of those people know that I am mindful of you and have been trying daily to share stories, photos and videos with you. Tomorrow I return to Cambodia where I will not be as distracted with the country to get to know them in a few days, so there will be more time for me to happily blog. :)
Until then "kop koon ka",
Jen May
I apologize for not blogging lately. I've been in Thailand this entire week with only an hour to spend online each night before I fall asleep from a long day out of the hostel. Within the hour that I am online my laptop demands that I restart at least 4 times during my session. You can imagine that this slows my progress of preparing my images for you. It never crossed my mind before to ask if anyone had a spare laptop to use before I left on my trip, and now the one I'm using is no longer reliable. Believe with me that I can still use it for my photography class that I start on Monday. I know that this is still no excuse to delay my updates. It's funny that somewhere in the back of my mind I've convinced myself that there are followers of this blog waiting to read a new entry, so to all of you who happen to be one of those people know that I am mindful of you and have been trying daily to share stories, photos and videos with you. Tomorrow I return to Cambodia where I will not be as distracted with the country to get to know them in a few days, so there will be more time for me to happily blog. :)
Until then "kop koon ka",
Jen May
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