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    • Thailand 2023, again...
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      Day 7

      Koh Phayam

      March 7, 2023 in Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

      Nach 35 Minuten Überfahrt auf Ko Phayam. Insel der großen Nashornvögel. Mal sehen ob sich diesesmal einer blicken läßt, bisher immer nur an der Nase rumgegführt worden. Trotz Hauptsaison, sehr wenig los. Klasse zum relaxen...Read more

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    • MEINFOTOMANNThailand 2020
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      Day 9

      Inseltour

      February 10, 2020 in Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C

      Nach dem wir uns in das Inselleben eingelebt und ausreichend relaxt haben, haben wir uns heute zwei Scooter geliehen. Mit diesen werden wir die nächsten Tage die Insel erkunden.
      Feldwege, Sandpisten und asphaltierte Teilabschnitte wechseln sich ab. Mit Schneckentempo geht es über die grüne, von Dschungel umgebene Insel. Zwischendrin sind reichlich Cashew Plantagen deren reife Früchte auf den Wegen für weitere Herausforderungen sorgen. Einsame Buchten, blaues Meer, tolles Essen, es macht einfach Spass hier zu sein.Read more

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    • TravelerThailand 2024 3 month off🇹🇭❤
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      Day 22–27

      Koh Phayam 2.0 Blue Sky Resort

      January 23 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C

      So... Aus unserer Hippie Burg sind wir jetzt ausgezogen. Wir teilen das Bett nicht gerne mit Ameisen und Co. Und die Fahrt dorthin hat mir jedesmal Schallplatten unter den Armen bereitet. Wir haben hier mal 5 Nächte verlängert und im 5 Sterne Bunker eingecheckt. Man gönnt sich ja sonst nichts. Die Atmosphäre auf dieser Insel lässt sich gar nicht so richtig in Worte fassen. Es ist einfach unfassbar chillig und entspannt. Es gibt gar nix großes zu tun aber es ist einfach tolli hier.Read more

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    • TravelerThailand
      Day 14

      Kho Phayam - Ausflug in die 70-er Jahre

      January 31 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C

      Kleine Zeitreise auf der Hippie-Insel: Shops und Kneipen wie in den 70-ern auf Festivals - einfach herrlich. Als „normaler“ Arbeitnehmer mit einer 40-Stunden-Woche kommt man sich schon fast wie ein Idiot vor - viele Aussteiger und Alt-Hippies hier.Read more

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    • TravelerThailand
      Day 17

      Kho Phayam - die Tage sind gezählt

      February 3 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C

      Noch ein weiterer Tag in der schönen Anlage Sabai Sabai. Den Schlafplatz allerdings haben wir nochmal gewechselt, denn diese Hütte in der Größe eines Wohnwagens war etwas sehr beengend und die Treppe ins Bad echt gefährlich.Read more

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    • TravelerThailand 2023
      Day 20

      Tag 19

      December 9, 2023 in Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

      Unser letzter voller Tag auf KohPhayam startete mit dem Fund von Teko-Kot.  Daher kam also der Geruch. Als ich dann noch beim Duschen eine große Spinne entdeckte, wurde unser Haustier der Teko endgültig rausgeschmissen. Wir dachten er würde uns wenigsten vor Insekten schützen. Aber nicht die nötige Arbeit verrichten und dann noch in die Wohnung machen, war zuviel des Guten. Ciao! Nach dem aufregenden Morgen, starteten wir mit einem Kaffee und Früchten im TheGreen. Begrüßt wurden wir dort von vielen schönen Butterflys. Danach besuchten wir den Tempel und sinnierten ein wenig über unseren Urlaub. Die Rollerfahrten übernahm nun ich größtenteils. Zum Nachmittag besuchten wir nochmal Jay und probierten sein Frühstücksmenü, welches ganz neu ist. Er hat auf Anraten von Tom Porridge mit aufs Menü schreiben lassen, das musste natürlich probiert werden. Passend zum Frühstück, gab es erstmal Rum Cola für uns drei. HappyHoliday würde ich sagen! Zum Mittag waren wir dann mit Maria verabredet, um ihr das Rollerfahren beizubringen. Sie machte sich gut und lernte schnell. Tom war ein guter Lehrer. Wir drücken ihr die Daumen, dass sie es bald allein schafft. Nach "der Arbeit" das Vergnügen: Wir kühlten uns noch ein wenig im Meer ab, besuchten Mina und Pong für eine Runde UNO und später nochmal Supranee für ein 1A Abschiedsdinner ihrerseits. Wir machten danach noch einen Spaziergang am Meer entlang und gingen früh schlafen.Read more

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    • Weltreise
      Day 204

      Phayam - Unsere Trauminsel (Platz 1)

      April 24, 2019 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 35 °C

      Oh wie haben wir unsere Zeit auf Koh Pahyam genossen. Diese Insel ist für immer in unseren Herzen fest verankert. Feinstes Inselleben. Alles ein wenig begrenzt aber doch noch ausreichend vorhanden. So mögen wir das. Und natürlich: hier habe ich das surfen „gelernt“. Ein unglaubliches Gefühl. Wenn man mich fragen würde: Ralf, auf einer Skala von 1 bis 10. Wie gut kannst du surfen? Wäre meine Antwort ganz klar eine 1. Ich kann es noch nicht perfekt und auch noch nicht gut, aber ich habe eine Ahnung wie ich es schaffen kann. Und ich habe unglaublich Lust es immer wieder zu probieren. Denn surfen ist mehr als nur Surfen. Es ist eine Form von Kunst. Es ist die Ruhe und das Kribbeln wenn eine verheißungsvolle Welle auf einen zukommt. Und es ist ein echter Kraftakt sich wieder eben durch diese zu seinem Spot zu kämpfen. Um gleich wieder die nächste „perfekte“ Welle zu erwischen…
      Zurück zu Koh Pahyam.
      Die Insel war so klein und übersichtlich. Sie hat sich angefühlt wie eine große Wohnung. Nur mit Strand, einem Berg, Mangroven und vielen tollen Küchen und ohne Dach.
      Immer mal wieder wird uns bewusst, dass wir wirklich die ganze Zeit an der frischen Luft sind. Das ist für uns der wahre Luxus. Die feine Meeresluft, der Duft von nahenden Regen und die vielen Pflanzen.
      Und für mich das allerschönste war natürlich das mich meine Mama und Rainer besucht haben. Wir haben wunderschöne Tage miteinander verbracht und es hat mir unglaublich gut getan meine Mama wieder im Arm zu halten und mit ihr zu quatschen. Doch die Zeit ging natürlich viel zu schnell wieder vorbei und so kam es, dass sich zuerst meine Mama mit Rainer und wenig später Patrick sich von uns verabschiedet haben. Wir verbrachten noch schöne 7 Tage auf dieser tollen Insel (wirklich das ist ein absoluter Tipp – wer Zeit, Lust und Mut hat sollte hier wirklich mal vorbeischauen) und machten uns weiter auf nach Malaysia. Unser Weg sollte wie schon im November über Krabi nach Satun und dann mit der Fähre weiter nach Langkawi (Malaysia) führen.
      Danke Koh Pahyam – es gibt sie diese Orte – wirklich!      Read more

    • Simon and Jackie AnnalsNo SADness in Thailand

      Day 6 - A Thai-Dal Wave of Tourists

      December 15, 2021 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C

      We both slept for a minimum of 8 hours - hallelujah. Ironically the only thing that disturbed me was my doctors surgery ringing for me to make an appointment.

      I was on the verandah with a coffee, briefing myself on the current Covid situation in the news, when all hell let loose in a tree a couple of trees down. I grabbed my camera & raced down the path expecting to see a raucous troupe of monkeys, but no, two hornbills flew up & away before I could draw my camera. I chased after them & managed to spot them in a distant tree.

      At breakfast we discovered that 2 German lads were also at our hotel. They told us they were on the last day of their 2 week holiday & that they had been banished to a room down the road because they played their music too loud! We also booked a further 5 nights on the island at the next door resort.

      After breakfast, we settled down on sun beds at our private pool & listened to the excellent new James album on my bluetooth speaker. It was a perfect morning during which we walked up & down the beach a couple of times to keep our steps up.

      At lunchtime, we walked to the nearest store & purchased some cans of Leo beer for lunch. We had come to the conclusion that we didn’t have the willpower to order just a beer in the restaurants. As I walked back to the beach with my lunch, I espied a couple of hornbills fly into the tree above me. Luckily I had my camera to photo what turned out to be 5 hornbills in the tree. We definitely don’t need to go now to Ko Chang to see the hornbills.

      During the afternoon more and more Thai holidaymakers started to appear at our resort and on the beach in general. It looks like the solitude and tranquility is about to be shattered.

      We left the pool at 5.30pm with our bodies an array of different colours & shades from white, pink and red through to brown.

      That evening we went to a pre-planned fish restaurant for dinner, only for Jackie to decide she didn’t fancy fish. After a ‘discussion’, we moved on to our old favourite ‘36’, where I had a beef Massaman curry & Jackie had fried pork & basil. It didn’t disappoint.

      Song of the Day: All The Colours Of You by James.
      Recover by James.

      Both songs from the new James album & about Covid & lockdown, which seemed apt having read the recent spiralling figures in the UK. The first cases of Omicron were detected in Thailand three days ago.      Read more

    • Simon and Jackie AnnalsNo SADness in Thailand

      Day 12 - Last Day of Feral Living

      December 21, 2021 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C

      During the night we had a power cut & the fan stopped. At 4.30am Jackie & I were both awake scratching our backs from more bites during the night.

      At 9am the power had still not returned so I went off to investigate. I bumped into Jan & James who updated me that a fire in the kitchen had knocked out the entire electricity supply. I told them about our bites & Jan informed me that our oozing crispy bites were actually sandfly bites, particularly prevalent on Long Beach. Typical. There is no such thing as paradise!

      I then went to the breakfast area where I confirmed that there was no internet, but on the plus side I was able to sneak a couple of covert photos of Big Anne with my iPad. I was quite pleased with my efforts, because the last time I tried something like this I was chased down a Las Vegas sidewalk by Elvis in a mobility scooter screaming obscenities at me!

      We were just finishing up our coffee, when Big Anne reappeared in a new dress then incredibly donned a tiny motorcycle helmet & headed out with her friend, Emma. It took all my willpower not to follow them.

      We hit the road shortly after & took a detour downtown to try & spot Big Anne, but failed miserably, so we headed back to Long Beach & embarked on our longest walk yet to very end of Long Beach & back.

      Lunch consisted of satay chicken, french fries & Changs. We kept it deliberately light because we had decided to stop on the way home at a pizzeria we had spotted that had a 5 - 6pm happy hour of cocktails & pizza, which we felt we ought to take advantage of.

      We had a 2nd walk of the day after lunch & came across a monster from the deep washed up on the beach. It was a disgusting jellyfish like nothing I’d seen before.

      We later both fell asleep for the afternoon & awoke shortly before 5pm. We didn’t fancy cocktails and pizza, so we settled for a Chang on the beach & what promised to be a spectacular sunset. It wasn’t. We also had some entertainment in the form of a little man climbing up into the coconut trees & chopping off all the coconuts. Apparently, yesterday a coconut crashed through the table in the exact place where we had been sitting for lunch today.

      After the sunset petered out to nothing, we left the beach & rode slowly home along the now pitch black paths teeming with insects & the occasional bat. We arrived back at Sabai Sabai to find Big Anne still helmet clad having just dismounted her scooter. If only we had been seconds earlier!

      We got ready & went straight out to our ‘Authentic’ restaurant where we both had the crispy fried pork. It was then back home for our final nights sleep in the hayloft.

      Song of the Day: Born Feral by New Model Army.
      Sandfly by The Swinging Blue Jeans.      Read more

    • Simon and Jackie AnnalsNo SADness in Thailand
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      Day 9 - Deja Vu in Reverse

      December 18, 2021 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C

      If think that might be an oxymoron.

      I woke up having had the best sleep on this trip by a mile, but surprise surprise Jackie claimed she hadn’t slept at all. Mind you she did go to bed dressed as a coal miner, with her torch containing a dying battery strapped to her forehead, but wasn’t bright enough to read her book.

      Around 9.30am we hauled ourselves out of our comfy bed & went down to the breakfast area for coffee. I finished off by blog, whilst Jackie tried to sort out our onward transport to our next destination with James the owner. It resulted in us saving ourselves about £30, by getting the slightly slower bus back down to Khao Lak rather than a taxi that we were considering. This new plan was a win win, because he also made a few Baht commission for booking it.

      We also rented a scooter off James who tried to guilt trip us into having it for the remainder of our stay. Understandably, he is doing his best to make money because he hasn’t had the best of it in the last 2 years. He has had virtually no visitors, hence no income due to Covid & he had a baby with his wife, but they are now separated. Chin up!

      Just after 11am we hit the road on our new 125cc scooter to try & recreate the lost photos. Our first unscheduled stop was to Phayamas Private Beach Resort that we had nearly previously booked & had been recommended by Jan & James. It was down a very long path & after parking up, we took a wander through the resort. The accommodation huts looked luxurious, but despite there being in excess of 30, it was clear that only three were occupied. The resort was so remote & soulless that even Jackie agreed that she was glad we didn’t book to stay there.

      We then continued to Kwang Peeb Bay, which we now know to be known locally as Monkey Bay & the resort was abandoned by the owners when Covid hit struck Thailand. On our previous visit there was not a sole around, but now there was a row of scooters in the parking area & about 10 people down on the beach. We took our photos & left.

      Next stop was the ‘Beautiful Rock by the Beach - Ko Phayam’s Top Attraction’ or “just a hole” as Jackie described it. It had a Thai courting couple that kept getting in the way of our crime scene reconstruction. I am pleased to say that they took the hint & moved, but it annoyingly clouded over at the very same moment ruining our photos.

      We accidentally took the same couple of wrong turns ending at dead ends before we finally arrived at our intended destination - the northern end of Aow Yai Beach or Long Beach. It was after 1pm, we (I) were (was) starving so we plonked ourselves down at Long Beach Bar & Restaurant. We ordered a couple of Changs & I ordered a chicken & cashew nuts, whilst Jackie went off piste & ordered Pad Thai green curry with pork. Jackie’s was sensational, whilst mine lacked the wow factor.

      After lunch we sat on the complimentary sun beds & marvelled at how beautiful this beach at Long Beach truly was. We don’t normally like wide expanses of empty beaches, but the sand was firm & spotlessly clean & the water was crystal clear with a flat sandy bottom with no rocks to stub your toe on.

      At 5.00pm, the mosquito witching hour, we ordered more drinks & waited for the famous sunset. After an hour & now a couple of drinks the sun slipped below a cloud without even a whimper.

      We celebrated avoiding any mosquito bites, only for a lone little bastard to bite me three times on the foot & Jackie once in her armpit. We drank up & scootered home at dusk, but it had already got too dark to spot potholes on the path.

      We got home surprisingly in one piece & had a quick shower, which was unsurprisingly still cold. As soon as I was ready I had to go outside to leave to Jackie to moan endlessly to herself about the temperature of the water.

      We went to our ‘authentic’ restaurant for dinner. Embarrassingly the cook, cum waitress shouted “2 large Changs” the moment we stepped across her threshold. Jackie ordered pork & chilli with rice, but asked for it to be spicy. It seems I got tarred with the same brush, because my macaroni with chicken & green curry blew my socks off. In fact I could only eat half of it as my mouth was on fire.

      When I settled the bill, I managed to procure a couple of plastic glasses, then we visited the supermarket to purchase some essential provisions. We returned to our cottage & polished off half our bottle of Hong Thong, whilst listening to one of my favourite albums - Meccano Mind.

      Song of the Day: Deja Vu by Roger Waters.
      Pride by Syntax.
      Destiny by Syntax.      Read more

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