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  • JGM TRAVELS 2023Thailand 🇹🇭
    Day 1

    1. Landed

    June 13, 2023 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C

    At approx 10.40pm we landed in Thailands Don Mueang Airport. Once we had checked in and got our bags we got a taxi to our hotel. We have a booked a nice posh hotel for a few days to find our feet in Bangkok. Once checked in we went for a walk at about midnight to get some food. Once we had dinner and a quick look around Khoa San Road, one of Bangkok party street and it was defiantly a party. We headed back to bed as lots to do following day.Read more

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    Day 2

    2. Tuk Tuk Tour and Centre

    June 14, 2023 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C

    Day 2 bangkok

    We had a really late night , so we woke up at about 1030 this morning . Unfortunately , we had just missed breakfast , but we grabbed a coffee before heading off for the day .
    As we were heading into the city, we were greeted by a a tuc tuc driver , who offered to take us around the famous Buddha statues ( lucky buddha and the big buddha) and temples for a very cheap price . It was like a public holiday today in Thailand, all shops had special deals on and the tuc tuc drivers had their fuel paid for if they went to certain places . We were able to visit the famous Buddha statues for free too .
    The tuc drive was so much fun , they go quite quickly !
    At the lucky Buddha temple , we were encouraged to light incense and pray to bring us good luck and fortune. We spent a while there just admiring how beautiful and colourful the architecture is .
    On the way to the big Buddha temple , we stopped off at loads of random.places so that the tuc tuc driver could get his fuel points, two of the places were travel agencies, and the other was a clothes tailoring shop 🤣
    The big Buddha was 36 metres high - one of the tallest in Thailand. It was amazing how it glistened in the sun .
    After saying goodbye to our very happy tuc tuc driver , we caught a river bus into town so we could grab some food .
    There was a big food market outside a big shopping centre , selling lots of sea food and noodles . After our track record, we stayed clear of the seafood and went safe with some pad Thai noodles, which were very tasty .
    We had a quick look in the shopping centre and generally just had a big walk around the city for most of the evening. Everything really is alive at night over here and it's easy to lose track of time .
    We eventually caught a bus back to the hotel and had a coffee in the cafe before bed.    Read more

  • JGM TRAVELS 2023Thailand 🇹🇭
    Day 3

    3. Grand Palace & Central

    June 15, 2023 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C

    3. Grand Palace
    Today we got up and headed to The Grand Palace, although we are looking to do attractions which our free, this was a must do for Bangkok so we invested in the tickets and headed down. We walked approx 2 km past the royal side of Bangkok, very nice buildings, courts and palaces. They have a royal family in Thailand like we do in the UK but unlike the UK, if you are ever seen to bad mouth the king, it is seen as treason and an immediate way to get locked up by police. So basically just don't talk about royal family and you will be fine 🤣. Once arriving we visited the temples used as worship and ceremonies by the previous Kings, they had been built up since approx 18th century. The structures of the buildings were magnificent, with sparking and glistening gems catching the glare of the sun. The palace is massive and very grande, it hasn't been in residence since the 1950s but still used regurally for big events and ceremonies.

    Afterwards we were going around the night markets and to Bangkok's lively streets of ping pong shows, casinos and nightlife. Since being in Bangkok we have noticed that the city really comes alive at night, it almost seems not much happens until about 8 due to heat, you rarely go to bed before 2/3 in the morning. We have wondered if this is due to the humidity, it's approx 40' real feel and about 80% humidity even at 10 at night, it gets even warmer in the day. Thank god r air conditioning! Bangkok lively streets was as expected, I was greeted by people shouting ping pong show and girls offering their services.    Read more

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    Day 4

    4. Central Park & Chatuchak Market

    June 16, 2023 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 33 °C

    We had breakfast before we headed back into Town to have a look around central to see the enormous shopping centres and then go to a famous park called Lumphini, where there are 400 huge Monitor Lizards roaming within the park. We had a free paddle around the lake with the lizards in a big swan peddalow which was great fun, James got soaked when we thought it would be a good idea to head under the water fountain shooting up into the air. We enjoyed a few hours here and then got on the overhead train to Chatuchak supposedly one of Asia's biggest night market, with over 15000 stalls and food galour. Unfortunately it wasn't that busy with probably about 200 stores which was abit of an anti climxax. Grace got some clothes and a few bits and we then headed back to the hotel.Read more

  • JGM TRAVELS 2023Thailand 🇹🇭
    Day 5

    5. Museum & Chinatown

    June 17, 2023 in Thailand ⋅ 🌧 33 °C

    This morning we headed to the Museum which contains centuries old siamese treasures , weapons and antiques within 18th century palace walls . The museum also displays extensive collections of buddhist arts .
    There was a lot to absorb at the museum, and had only just managed to see everything before it shut for the evening, but was very interesting learning abit more about the History of Thailand.

    After the museum we walked alongside the large river Bangkok sits on, we had heard about getting a Catarmaran down into town as it was a cheap and scenic way to view Bangkok. Passing some famous sites on the way. It didn't disappoint and was great fun, we got down to Chinatown and jumped off here. Unfortunately after speaking to a Tuk Tuk driver he said that actually all businesses would be shut today, however the street markets are open. Once we hit the central strip of China Town, Bangkok was alive, people shouting, offering foods. We stopped for a some noodles at a very busy (with locals) street vendor and had Thai Noodles with Chicken, we are able to eat meat here and haven't been poorly so far eating mainly street food. We haven't tried insects yet but many places in Thailand to get them. After an hour or so at Chinatown the locals were frantically putting up shelters and within about 10 mins, we experienced probably the heaviest rain I've ever been in. It was almost as if the flood gates opened, we stood in China Town for about 25 mins hoping it would end but ended up getting a taxi back to our old hotel to have a coffee there before walking back to our new cheaper hotel.

    On the way back we walked around Khoa San Road and the night markets, we would of liked to have a night here but have been very tired after being out in the city all day. We hope to have a day or so longer in Bangkok so maybe we could attempt to get us oldies out on the town then.    Read more

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    Day 6

    6. Day 1. Koh Chang

    June 18, 2023 in Thailand ⋅ 🌧 27 °C

    Day 1. Koh Chang
    We woke up at 0345 to catch the bus to the ferry in Trat. The bus journey only lasted 6 hours and was so comfy compared to the bus journeys we experienced in Nepal! It was so strange going on smooth roads and being able to go over 30 miles an hour!
    Once we arrived at the ferry port , we had a 20 minute wait before catching the ferry to Koh Chang. Everyone went to sit at the top outside, but then we were hit by a heavy rain storm, which ended up lasting most of the day .
    When we reached Koh Chang, we ran over to the taxis taking us to our hotel, we were sat with about 5 other people in the back of a pick up truck and we had to drive through floods in the road on the way . Fortunately the drive to our little bungalow wasn't very far, once we arrived we sorted out our bags and waited for the weather to improve a little before heading to Kai Bae beach- a beach about a 20 min walk away from our bungalow .
    The beach was beautiful with white sands and coconut trees dotted all the way down. We walked the length of beach and chilled for a bit before walking to town to find somewhere to eat.
    We found a nice little restaurant and both ordered a beer and a Thai Panang curry - which was seriously good. Our favourite flavoured curry yet.
    We then walked back to our little bungalow and it had started to rain quite heavily again !
    We relaxed for a while before having a relatively early night . Hopefully the weather improves tomorrow.    Read more

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    Day 7

    7. Day 2. Koh Chang

    June 19, 2023 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C

    Day 2 Koh Chang

    We have learnt that we have arrived in the middle off their off season. There are disadvantages to this due to many restaurants, bars and resorts shut, and the potential for sudden downfalls of torrential rain. But the massive upside is we have these beautiful beaches practically to ourselves. The island is also so green due to the rain, so many tropical smells and humidity as 80% of this island is covered in tropical jungle.

    Today we had a much needed lie in.
    We headed out to rent a Scooter so we can explore. We have a cool Honda 150cc to use. We headed back to the lovely beach we visited yesterday first, Kai Bae Beach and got straight in the sea as the sun was shining. The water is about 30' currently so we spent quite alot of time paddling about. When we got out of the sea an 3 elephants with their owners came onto the beach and started to have a bath in the sea, not many places you will see elephants on the beach! We watched them bathing for a while and then head off to Lonely Beach for some lunch, we had local calamari and it was delicious. We went down onto lonely Beach and we certainly felt lonely! No one about on the beach when we first arrived. We love being here in off season.
    We had another swim and chilled on the beach for a while and then headed back to the scooter. Which wouldn't start! We rang the hire company and struggled to understand us but eventually came down to assist. Flat battery, I had left the lights on... After about 30 mins the moped was running again.
    We rode south as we were exploring this part of the island towards Bang Bae and saw some monkeys swinging by the road, we drive onto a few more beaches which were super nice ready for sunset. Opps we were on the wrong side of the island! We walked along the deserted beach and came across a restaurant where we had a Thai curry about 3 mtrs from the waves rolling in, which was lovely. We went to book our ferry after food and they infromed us that we will have to go back to mainland to go to Koh Kood, so annoying as we can literally see it from Bang Boa, in high season they run 3 times a day, it will take us about 8 hours to do and alot of organisation. So we are thinking our next move as if weather holds out a visit to Koh Kood would be lovely. We have an idea for a snorkleing trip around the island which is exciting but would need a solid sunny day for that. We drove home in the dark slowly on the moped and went to bed.    Read more

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    Day 8

    8. Day 3. Koh Chang

    June 20, 2023 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C

    Day 3
    Today we woke up and heading up north of the island, we had a quite a few places to see so headed off early. We stopped at our closest beach which we hadn't found yet called Krong Proa beach and had some breakfast at a sea front restaurant, apart from the Moldy toast (which they replaced), it was delicious.

    We headed all the way then to the north of the island and found a peninsula where the sea was to our left and right with a big jetty going out. We walked along the jetty and saw coral and many different fish swimming about, so grabbed our googles and went to jump in, sadly once in the water was rather cloudy, but we did still manage to see many crabs and fish. We walked along the coast and found a lovely beach which again was deserted and chilled here for a while.

    We headed back south towards another famous beach called White Sands Beach, after a really steep descent it sadly really wasn't worth it. Too much litter and no jungle, felt very commercial.
    After a short stay we left to go back Krong Proa Beach, we stopped and grabbed a couple of wood fired pizzas, a couple of Chang beers-which are the best beers btw! And headed to the beach to see the sunset and eat our food, it was very dramatic and beautiful as a storm was rolling in across the bay. We headed back and booked an extra night at jungle resort. Now watching a film, covered in some after sun enjoying another Chang!    Read more

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    9. Day 4. Koh Chang

    June 21, 2023 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C

    Day 4

    We headed out after the roads had dried from a quick rainfall, today we were heading on a 3hr scooter trip to the south of the island. We headed off slowly zipping along the coastal roads, the south of the island isn't touristy at all and very little there. We first stopped at Than Mayom Falls, these were very pretty waterfalls but sadly we weren't allowed to swim, you had to cross bare foot over the water holding a rope which was pretty exciting. These are protected falls and they even had a guard there stopping you do anything.

    We carried on scootering through jungles and the smells were overwhelming whilst being splatted in the face with bugs-blugh! We eventually got to the furthest south on the island, greeted with lovely beach with coral glistening from the shore. The water was so calm and inviting, we did some snorkling looking at all the fish, crabs and saw many sea cucumbers. We attempted to record on go pro underwater for the first time and got some pretty cool videos!

    We left the beach after an hour or so of swimming and chilling. Next stop was the next jungle waterfalls. We eventually arrived at the next waterful and had to trek through the jungle for 10 mins, we headed off after being warned to watch for snakes. You could tell why, the path was basically non existent with thick jungle infront, we managed to find a little path which lead to the bottom of the falls. It was really pretty with a little pool to go into. The only downside is we were destroyed by mosquitoes, I have counted almost 30 bites on one leg, we used loads bug spray before entering aswell.

    We left the waterfalls running from the bugs to go to our final stop which was the jungle mangroves.
    I had seen these online and was very intrigued to check them out as the lead all the way to the sea. We arrived and had to walk along this broken bridge path, it felt a little risky in sections as you were unsure if the wood would hold. Walking through the mangroves was super cool with trees and roots winding and twisting and then suddenly was the sea a deep blue colour leaving the thick mangroves. Was a perfect spot to see the salt water crocodiles but we didn't see any unfortunately.

    We headed back to the moped as had a long trip home and stopped for the sunset which was lovely.
    We have also decided the we are staying in Koh Chang a couple more days. To get to Koh Kood would be atleast a 10hr traveling day and will cost us about £60, as it's a smaller island we are worried how many restaurants etc will be open as many are shut here. So we are going to enjoy Koh Chang a little longer, let's hope the weather holds.    Read more

  • JGM TRAVELS 2023Thailand 🇹🇭
    Day 10

    10. Day 5. Koh Chang

    June 22, 2023 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C

    Day 5.

    Had a super relaxing day on lonely beach . We initially wanted to take a kayak out to one of the islands so we drove 15 mins down to lonely beach to try and rent one . Unfortunately the rental place was closed, and wasn't going to be open for a few days.
    Lonely beach is one of our favourite beaches, so we decided to stay here for the day. The temperature was super hot and sunny today, so beach day commences. We practically had the whole beach to ourselves and it was really relaxing. We spent ages in the sea and sunbathing.

    Once it had started to cloud over much later in the afternoon, we went back to our little bungalow to shower . We then headed out to try and catch the sunset at our closest beach , but we just missed it, however it was still very pretty! We sat and admired the pink sky for a while before heading to a greek restaurant for some food.
    We stopped off at the garage and grabbed a coffee on the way home.
    It was a very relaxing day, apart from the odd patches of sunburn!    Read more

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