Thailand – Big Doug & Barbie Drop Out of Society

Koh Lanta / Bangkok (Thailand)

Following our extended stay in Australia, we gravitated towards one of our favorite regions in the world: Southeast Asia. We kicked off this leg of

Koh Samui vs. Koh Phangan – I am sorry to say, the once heavenly tropical unspoiled setting of the old Koh Samui is effectively

After a few fun weeks mingling with the Dutch in the Netherlands, we then set off to more tropical climate and onto one of our

Our time is up in Amsterdam and we are heading off to Japan. We are real excited about our visit to Japan as both Barbie

We have elected to extend our break from constantly being “on the move” and base ourselves on one of our favorite islands in the world…Maui.

Ko Pha Ngan Island is renowned for its monthly full moon party. For a few days a month, the island sees some 30,000 people cramming

There are so many islands in the south of Thailand and deciding which ones to visit is a good problem to have. In addition to

So, why is Ko Lipe such a cool island to visit? In my book, any tropical island where you can go barefoot all day, even

We will be flying out of Thailand from Krabi airport. We needed to make our way to Ao Nang via a longtail boat for our

Railay is a real unique place. It is not an island, nor a beach town…..the Railay Peninsula is so different from any beach area I

The popular backpacker party island of Koh Phi Phi is a short boat ride from Phuket. This is where the movie, The Beach, was filmed

We arrived in Ko Yao Yai. As we hit the pier on arrival, Barbie had a huge smile on her face and was totally in

We have about 2 weeks left on our Thai visas and it was about time to get our beach loving butts planted on some of

I am happy to report I have uncovered the whereabouts of all the Deadheads since the passing of Jerry Garcia. A majority have apparently very

Big city life and over the top energy in Bangkok was a blast but getting off the plane and seeing green fields and such a

Arrived in Bangkok. I have been to this action packed Asian city about about a dozen times and each time is just as eye opening.