Thailand is one of those places you can never get tired of. The people are some of the friendliest in the world, the beaches are just paradise, and you can travel on a pretty cheap budget. I have been to Thailand three times now, but my time there in February 06' was probably the most fun i've ever had. Traveling with two of my best mates and my amazing girlfriend, we spent a month cruising around the southern end of this awesome country.
Starting in the energetic Khao San road (in Bangkok), we took the overnight bus to phuket. In phuket we partied on Sang Som and the girls hit the beach for some parasailing. Phuket was a cool place but the crowd was a bit old and as far as Thailand goes accommodation was a little expensive. From here we headed to Phi Phi island, where we chilled on the beach for a week, visited beautiful Maya Bay, and got legless on buckets filled with half a bottle of Thai whiskey. We could have easily spent the whole month on Phi Phi but there was just so much more to see. Next stop was Krabi but although it was really cheap there, we were only stopping over on our way to Khao Sok national park where we swam in rainforest waterfalls, payed $5AUD for our accommodation, and trekked to see the biggest flower in the world. Spending some time away from the coast was a cool experience, and it was here that we went elephant trekking and had the best fruit shakes of the whole trip. After Khao sok, Me and the Girls headed to Koh tao for some snorkelling and some putt putt, while my best mate headed to Koh Samui to catch up with some friends from a previous trip. On Koh Tao we had a bungalow probably 10 metres from the waters edge, and the beach was for resort guests only. In Koh Tao we snorkelled with reef sharks, tucked into banana pancakes, and the girls went diving. Koh Tao was probably my favorite part of Thailand, and after spending a week relaxing here we headed to Koh Phangan for the full moon party. After meeting back up with our other mate we hit the beach in Koh Phangan (with about 10 000 other tourists) for the 3rd biggest party in the world. Food poisoning limited my drinking a bit but we all had an awesome time and we even stumbled on some mates from school amongst the massive crowd. Sadly, Koh Phangan meant the end of our trip so we headed back to Bangkok for a few final days of drinking, and some shopping...
Thailand 06' was an great trip with some great mates. It has to be done again.
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