First Steps in Seoul

Posted on 2009-03-18 by Björn

Having traveled quiet a bit over the last few years – and mostly using Star Alliance flights, I had accumulated quiet some miles by now. In February however, I discovered, that I would have to spend some of precious miles until June to avoid them from expiring. I was therefore looking around and – by chance – came across a special Lufthansa offer for flights to Seoul … I made a quick decision and got booked.

Today I finally arrived at Incheon International Airport, around 50km outside of Seoul. By train and subway I got to my hotel near Dongdaemum Stadium. After settling in to my 12 m² Wohnklo, I started to explore the surroundings.

My first stop was the Namsangol Hanok village, a kind of open air museum showing different ancient Korean houses. From here I continued my walk and moved on to the cable car up Namsam Mountain to get to Seoul Tower to get a view of town.

To close my day I got down into the narrow shopping, restaurant and entertainment streets of the Myeong-Dong district; I also ended up, having dinner here.

More Bangkok …

Posted on 2008-12-14 by Björn

My last two days in Bangkok (extended by one day – thanks to Thai Airways) – finally on myself (again).

I used these days for more sightseeing (Chatuchak Weekend Market, Jim Thompson’s House), shopping and going to the movies.

Bangkok Landmarks

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Posted on 2008-12-12 by Björn

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We arrived back in Bangkok this morning. After a taxi ride to the hotel, a big breakfast and a quick shower, I had some things to organize – an important one being laundry and more important: getting re-booked on another … Continue reading →

Back to the Mainland …

Posted on 2008-12-11 by Björn

We left the island this morning.

The boat first took us back to Ko Sukorn, back to our luggage, showers and the internet. It was also here that I discovered that my flight back was cancelled and that I had to rebook my flight back…
After lunch we got back on the boat and to the mainland. Here we took a minibus to the town of Trang; later in the afternoon we boarded the nighttrain for Bangkok.

Ko Mah – Island Life

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Posted on 2008-12-10 by Björn

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After a simple breakfast (and simple does not equal good in this case) and some time to rest, we had the first option of the day – a boat trip to a nearby reef for snorkeling. In the afternoon another … Continue reading →

Heading for Ko Mah

Posted on 2008-12-09 by Björn

Today was the start of the final highlight of the tour – a Sea Safari.

We left Ko Sukorn in the morning to get to an island a further 15 kilometers out in the Andaman Sea; on this island we set up our camp and enjoyed some more quiet days.

We named the island Ko Mah (translates to ‘Dog Island’), due to the number of dogs on the island.

Options here included hammocking, swimming, snorkeling or simply relaxing.

Ko Sukorn

Posted on 2008-12-08 by Björn

The 7th was a rainy day; though this was of less importance, as I was sitting at the back of a minibus moving on to the deep South of Thailand – into Trang province, destination being a small dock to catch a boat to the island of Ko Sukorn – our home for the next days.

From the dock it was a 45 minute boat trip over to the island, with its black sand beach and resort.

Heading for THE BEACH

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Posted on 2008-12-06 by Björn

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We got back to Ao Nang in the morning after the homestay and were directly transferred to the docks to get on our speedboat (probably the slowest speedboat in Ao Nang) for an island cruise. Our first stop at was … Continue reading →

Glimpse into local Life – Krabi Homestay

Posted on 2008-12-05 by Björn

This evening we took a tuktuk out to the countryside to get to a small village for a homestay. After our Arrival we moved into our rooms and then got a guided tour of the community. At first our host introduced us to what is the main incomes of the village – rubber tapping.

When we got back from the tour, we moved on to what probably has been the best dinner of the whole trip. Dinner consisted of various dishes, mainly seafood and chicken stir-fries. After dinner we got some of the ingredients required for one of the breakfast dishes – thus leaving us to prepare part of our next day breakfast.