"P(h)uke(t)" There is only so much to say about Phuket... Of all the places I have been so far on this trip, Patong Beach was the place I have liked the least. I am not going to spend much time elaborating about why, but the general feeling of discomfort when walking down the tourist ridden streets, looking at old white men with 20 year old Thai girls in hand, and the hundreds of massage places, packed with massage girls who waves and yells to anyone...

"In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the vagabonds sleep tonight..." The Khao Sok National Park is the largest condensed rainforest in Southern Thailand, and it is older and is more diverse than the Amazon. It is home to many interesting species, and we were hoping to see some of them. Arriving at the park, we went to a resort where they sold guided tours. We knew that all tours started early in the morning, and that we needed to get out that same day....

"Surat Thani" Surat Thani is a middle sized city, not really a tourist spot, but there are backpackers' hostels and hotels to serve the vagabonds coming through. We walked around in the city center, looking for a way to get out of there that same night. But since it was already 9 PM, we could not find anyone who would take us to the Khao Sok National Park, about three hours away. We had to spend the night, and ended up crashing in a relatively expens...

"Back to Scandinavia?" Koh Samui is the biggest of the three islands we visited on the eastern coast of Thailand. There is really not much to say about it, except that it is like any overpopulated tourist island. Expensive, full of tourists, and way too many bars. To get to our guest house, Among Guest House, we had to walk more or less through a cabaret, which at night was packed with LadyBoys. The beach was very nice, and we bought a miniature am...

"The next island" Koh Pan Ngang is a two hour boat ride south of Koh Tao. The island is bigger, and by tourists it is mostly known for it's monthly "Full Moon Party". This is a tradition that started in the late 70's, no one knows exactly, but it was allegedly a gigantic birthday party that was so good that the people there decided to gather there the next month to do it over again, and since then it has been on every year. As I came to...