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for Thailand - Outside Bangkok

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  • Family Friendly
  • Nightlife
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  • Sightseeing
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  • 36 of 36 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    hebawom

    5 Stars Working in an orphanage in Buriram Review with images 27/06/2005
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Amazing people, lovely kids, making a difference

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Sad state of affairs, heart-breaking to leave

    -:::PLANNING OUR TRIP:::- Around April 2003, myself and my best friend Nathan decided that we hated our jobs and were both going to look for new ones. Then we had the great idea of working in our horrid jobs until the summer, saving as much money as we could and then going travelling for a while. While researching places that we thought we'd like to see, we came across this website: http://www.tree-of-life-orphanage-thaila​nd.com/ it was a Christian run orphanage North East of Bangkok. We exchanged several emails with the director of the orphanage, Roger (American) and his wife Pong (Thai), and ... more
  • 17 of 17 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Scott

    5 Stars Amazing Thailand 03/01/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Has it all.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Be aware of scams.

    Thailand for me has everything you could possible wish for. One day you could be partying until 7.30 in the morning then the next you could be wandering around a temple only hearing the occasional gong or wind chimes. With just a one and a half hours flight from BKK you can be on the Paradise Islands of Samui, Phuket etc. I would recommend leaving the usual tourist places for a while and traveling out to the more rural areas such as Chiang Mai, Isan etc. The people here are the kindest and most generous people I have ever known. Some people I have met have had nothing, but still managed to ... more
  • 15 of 15 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    lec299

    5 Stars In search of PARADISE 07/01/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Beautiful scenery, friendly people, uninterrupted sunshine.....I could go on, and on, and on.....

    Disadvantages Disadvantages The mosquitos - I have no advice - they either love you or hate you.

    I wanted to write a general opinion piece on Thailand and this was the only heading that it fitted under. So, here goes... I travelled to Thailand in the summer of 2000 for a hotel break in Pattaya (South East) for 3 weeks. Due to a number of totally unforeseeable circumstances (well, unforesseable according to the travel agents) we were totally devastated with the town that we were staying in. (see my opinion on 'Pattaya' for more details of our grissly fortune). We were thus forced to look elsewhere, travel around a bit. I felt that it was pointless to travel that far and be stuck in a ... more
  • 13 of 13 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    nicnak172004

    5 Stars Thai Me Up! 03/08/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Beautiful natural scenery, friendly locals, VERY cheap

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Parts becoming slowly more commercialised

    Thailand really is a country which will change the way you look at the world. I have personally visited this country twice to date and during my time there saw many different sides to the country and what it has to offer. The most important to thing to understand about Thailand is that, although the majority of the country still reflects the original natural beauty that the country has to offer, some parts are slowly becoming very commercial in terms of tourism. What I mean by this is reflected in a comparison between the first and second times that I visited the country. Koh Samui is one of ... more
  • 7 of 7 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Scottishlassie

    5 Stars Koh Chang.....watch out for the mosquito 09/03/2005
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Relaxing, friendly,beautiful

    Disadvantages Disadvantages mosquitos and malaria

    I went to Koh Chang a few years ago and it was such a beautiful island. Quiet from the tourist trap, the people are very welcoming and so friendly, and the beaches and sea is so clear and unpolluted. The accomadation is cheap and quite basic (dependant on what you want to spend, ranging from beach huts to basic room on the beach with toilet/shower room) but I thought it was fine being next to the beach with a hammock outside to lounge around in and the sea about ten metres away, bliss!!! There is one road around the island, the island is very small but there are a few waterfalls etc. if you ... more
  • 27 of 35 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    truey

    5 Stars a view of thailand after over 15 visits 07/02/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages sun,cheap,nice people etc etc

    Disadvantages Disadvantages in my opinion none

    15 years ago i had my first holiday in thailand yes its different! but thats all part and parcel of forein travel i must add that i go on my hols with my partner of 18 years in all my visits i have never felt intimidated or threatened the first time we went we arrived at our hotel in pattaya at what we thought was late,11 am !!!! but it was buzzing outside and even though we were tired we went out for a beer down what they call"walking street" now we sat at a bar outside a large place called simon revue bar there was a show going on inside you needed to pay to see the show but it appeared to ... more
  • 2 of 3 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    howaysali

    4 Stars Kanchanaburi 09/08/2000
    User recommends the product
    Backpackers - running out of money in Bangkok. Getting visas, money transfers or just dont have time to go too far? It's worthwhile getting out of the hot hellhole that Bankok can turn into and go stay in Kanchanaburi for a couple of days. Everything is cheaper and its a relaxing change from the city if you dont have time to make it too the beach. Its easy to reach by train from Bangkok Noi station (note not the bigger Hualamphong Station)which is across the river on the Thonburi side. Fare is around 10 Baht. Also minibuses leave from Khao San Road. See the Bridge over the river Kwai, eat some ... more
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