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Ubertramp.com Budget Traveller’s Community: Update
2008-09-17 08:28:33
A little while ago, I put an obscene amount of time into creating a community aspect to the site. Being my first venture into such things, I didn’t know if it would take off or not but wanted to launch it nonetheless as I truly believed there was still a place for it. If I was [...]...
 
REALLY at the Beach, Ko Phi Phi Style
2008-06-30 06:18:27
  If you can remember as far back as my last post (bad blogger! Bad!), you’d know I had got as far as Phuket on my round the houses trip south through Thailand to either Koh Phi Phi or Koh Lanta. That was a month ago, give or take a sunny day or two. After just a couple [...]...
 
Watch Out, Watch Out, there are Robbers About
2008-06-09 23:18:08
After the last round of travel roulette in Surat Thani, I end up in Phuket Town. A super journey tainted only by a cruel tale of deception and thievery....
 
Coffee, Sweat, and Travel Roulette
2008-05-30 08:34:22
Seldom in life do things run as smoothly as you‘d like. But hey, where would we be without the odd challenge casually tossed in our path? Probably where we'd initially to have ended up, thats where....
 
“ …Cheap Ticket to Krabi! VIP Bus! Good for You!”
2008-05-30 08:25:29
The Bangkok-Surat Thani train journey ends. Stepping from the train signifies the end of my current, concrete plan. Where do I go from here? What’s the best way to get there? And, more importantly, will this dude ever stop following me?...
 
Site Update: Time to Trim Away the Fat
2008-05-26 03:36:01
The words ‘streamlining’, ‘cutbacks’ and ‘reorganisation’ are all too common these days, and despite sitting here gaily tapping away - my workstation a laptop on a pair of sweaty legs, my suit and tie a pair of sunbleched pants with the ass hanging out – Ubertramp.com will also soon succumb to a vicious round of [...]...
 
Definitely the Southwestern Islands (possibly), and definitely by train (I think)
2008-05-25 02:55:24
Soon as I get a ticket, I’ll head out of Bangkok and down to the Thai islands in the southwest. If you picture Thailand as the shape of an elephant’s head, I’ll be travelling from the bit where the peanuts go in, to approximately 2/3 of the way down the bit that roots around your [...]...
 
Transport from Bangkok to the Southern Islands
2008-05-25 02:50:02
There are several transport options when it comes to hitting the Thai Islands from Bangkok – here are a few of them with some tips on how to get more for your money....
 
(Lack of) Travel Plan: Update
2008-05-25 02:47:34
With so many new travel destinations right on my doorstep, I feel like a kiddie in a sweet shop. Although getting to all these places shouldn’t be too difficult, it seems that making a firm travel plan is....
 
Beer, Fighting and Football…and it’s not even Saturday Night
2008-05-24 09:39:33
It’s remarkable just how quickly things can turn a bit ugly. Last night it did just that, and brought about the first moral dilemma of the trip....
 
 
 
 
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