The L Resort Krabi - The best Hotel in Krabi
The L Resort Krabi at the beautiful Ao Nang Beach is amazing. It is in the middle of the main beach promenade and the location could not be better, you have everything you need around: the beach right in front of the Hotel, opportunities to go shopping and buy souvenirs, go out to eat or have drinks or enjoy a traditional massage.
Jeremy and me stayed in the L Suite and we had such a great time. There is a large bedroom with the best bed I've ever slept in Thailand! The L Resort Krabi is a really cozy and lovely hotel, which we can highly recommend to everybody!
The L Resort Krabi - The Place To Be
In the living room was a sofa and a chair to relax and watch tv. A second flat screen was in the bed room.
The bathroom had a huge rainshower and a bathtube as well. Everything was perfectly clean and prepared very nice for us!
And the best: you have a perfect view of the ocean from the living and the bed room. We really love this place!
With love for detail The L Resort Krabi provides everything you could wish for in the room:
In the bathroom they have a comb, a nail file, a shaving kit, shower gel, shampoo and conditioner and body lotion and more ready for you. In the living room of The L Resort Krabi is a coffee maker, a mini bar with snacks and you get 2 bottles of water for free every day.
They also provide a docking station for your iPad to listen to your own music in your hotel room. Isn't that great?
You can also spend time in the outdoor pool with a refreshing waterfall or relaxing in the Jacuzzi.
At the moment The L Resort is doing some constructions to improve their bungalows to a modern style and eco-conscious rooms. * update: We just saw pictures of The L Resort after finishing the constructions and it looks awesome! We need to go back soon!!!
You can find further information on www.thelresort.com.
For requests or questions you can send an Email to grm@thelresort.com
If you are going to Krabi beach I highly recommend The L Resort, it is the place to be :)
Enjoy your time in Thailand!
Find and book your accommodation here!
18 Days After My Scooter Accident
On 22nd of September i had a Scooter accident 30km east of Chiang Mai on our way to the highest mountain in Thailand.I feel much better by now, but I still have to take care of my foot and knee because my wounds are still not really closed.
The first few days after the accident I had very bad dreams about what happened. I could be dead, I lost my helmet while I fall, but my head, face or backbone is fine.
I was so lucky and I guess a had a guardian angel.
I am so glad, that nothing really bad happened and nothing is broken.
But I am still afraid of riding on the back of a scooter. I did it twice now, but I didn't feel good.
The roads here in Thailand are not the best, but the Thai people drive their scooter with so much confidence and actually I know that I am pretty save.
After the accident we spent one Week in Chiang Mai, and i Could not Leave our Hostel often. I had a very hard Time to walk or bend my knee.
Jeremy took good care of me and cleaned my wounds a few times a day with h2o2 and betadine, which helped a lot because it is antispectic and also drys it out a little.
After one week in Chiang Mai I felt better and we drove to Pai by bus, because Pai is such a good place to recover.
It was an about 3 hours ride on a windy road, but absolutely worth it.
We had a nice little bungalow in a cute garden for only 5€ a night.
The location was perfect, because it was 1 minute away from one of the Main Streets by the night market.
We really loved to eat at the night market and it was a good training for my foot and knee to walk a little every day!
We went back to Chiang Mai and took a flight to the south of a Thailand.
Now we are on the beautiful island of Koh Tao, relaxing on the beach and enjoying the sound of the ocean.
Yesterday I thought it is a good idea to go in the ocean, because the salt water can help the wounds to heal. At first I went in the sea only with my feet and that felt so good and it did not burn on the wound at all.
So a few hours later we bought snorkeling equipment and I went in the sea completely.
My scab on my foot fell of and the new skin looks really good and I feel so much better.
My knee will take a few more days, it looks still a little deep, but I am happy that I am making progress so fast and I can walk almost normal already.
Thanks everybody for your support!
Things to Do in Thailand: I Love Night Markets
One of My favorite things to do in Thailand is going to the night markets.
I really love the amazing atmosphere, the friendly locals and the delicious food in the streets of Thailand.
Let my show you one of the best in Thailand: Pai night market
I love to walk through the streets and fill my tummy with the Thai food and yummy fruit shakes. And everything is so cheap!
Delicious BBQ beef, pork, chicken and fish skewers
These chicken skewers are soooo good
In Germany you pay more for one single passion fruit than here for the whole fresh made fruit shake.
My favorite shake: passion fruit mixed with mango!
One fruit shake a day, keeps the doctor away :)
Here are the prices you pay for food, Drinks, etc.:
Chicken/pork skewer: 5 baht (0,13€)
Plain rice: 5 baht (0,13€)
5 Dumplings: 20 baht (0,50€)
Seafood skewer: 40-80 baht (1-2€)
Thai Pancake with Nutella and banana: 30 baht (0,75€)
Fruit shake: 30 baht (0,75€)
T-Shirts: 100 baht (2,50€)
1h Thai Massage: 150 baht (3,75€)
I dont want to tell you to much, just go and enjoy!!!
To which Night markets have you been so far?
Let me know your favorite Night markets in the comments below!
Muay Thai Boxing in Chiang Mai
Muay Thai Boxing is very traditional in Thailand and you can see fights for example in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Phuket, etc.It is also called "the art of eight limbs", because the fighters can use their 2 hands, 2 arms, 2 knees and 2 legs to attack the enemy.
We saw a fight in Chiang Mai. The ticket price was 400 baht (10€) which includes a welcome drink, which was a little vodka+juice shot.
The event started at 9 pm and they had 7 fights this evening.
Sometimes they have international fights, where you can see German, Canadian, French, etc people fighting too.
Unfortunately not the evening we went.
Every fight can be up to 5 rounds and one round is 2 or 3 minutes, depending on the fighters weight.
At first very young boys were fighting and one kid has been knocked out in round number 1. That was very crazy to see and at the beginning I was so shocked that they have fun hitting and hurting their opponents. But they know how to do it and how to protect theirselves.
The next fights took a little longer but no one made it to round 5. But in one fight the guy felt down the barrier of the boxing ring and that was very scary to see, because we were not sure if he is ok or hurt. A few seconds later he could get up by his own and was able to walk!
Fight 5 was a girl fight, which was the best. The two girls were very concentrated and focused. It was a fight in which the opponents were quite equal strong, but at the end the taller girl got the other girl on the ground. She was very dizzy when she tried to stand up again. But 2 minutes after the fight I saw her typing on her phone, so I am sure she was fine again :)
After there was a funny fight with 4 people in the ring with covered eyes weaving around and trying to hit somebody.
The last fight was the main fight, which was definitely not the best, but it took 5 rounds.
Finally I can recommend to go and watch one Muay Thai boxing fight if you get the opportunity!
This is one of many things you can do in thailand!
Have you ever been to a Thai boxing fight? What experience did you make? What else can you recommend for Thailand?
Let me know in the commends below.
Renting A Scooter In Thailand- The Worst Day Of My Life
After one Day in the busy City Bangkok we had a Flight to Chiang Mai for 28€ per Person.There are buses and Trains too, which take about 12 to 16 Hours, and i thought the flight is much easier and not too expensive.
So After we arrived in Chiang Mai, we checked in at julies guesthouse, met a few People (many Germans), went out for a good Massage at friend Thai Massage and had a good evening at the Night market. That was an amazing day :)
We planed a Trip by scooters with 3 German Girls to the highest Mountain in Thailand for the Next Day.
So we woke up early to met the Girls for breakfast.
Jeremy knew a good Place to Rent scooters for only 100 Baht a Day and everybody got a Scooter for two days so we could camp in the Mountains for one night.
With our cool scooters we drove around the City of Chiang Mai to get used to it, but after 3 minutes the Police stoped us for a drivers licence control.
Of Course they could not understand the German Language and one of the girls showed her id card because she forgot the drivers licence in the Hostel. So we were fine and didn't have to pay...
After 15 minutes of Drive one of the Girls fell off the scooter, but fortunately she was fine.
We drove out of the City in direktion Mountains and the Street had a Little more curves.
Half way to the Mountains the scooter line was a gravel road and i guess i was on the break and the gas at the same time and then everything happened so quick: I lost controll and I fell off my scooter and woke up behind the guardrail.
I didn't know how bad it was, so i got up, asked one of the girls who were raiding behind me and stoped after my accident, to help me back over the guardrail.
Then I looked at me:
My knee looked very bad, there was a scary big hole in it and it started bleeding. There were a few other scratches on my foot, elbow, but nothing bad like my left knee. But I did not really feel the painting at this Moment.
Then I had to lay on the ground to not pass out.
Jeremy came and was shocked too. A few Thais were standing around me, one was pouring water over my knee to clean it and the the ambulance came to bring me to the hospital.
Jeremy was driving behind the ambulance and I came to San patong hospital, were the people were so nice and friendly.
They cleaned my wounds. Thanks for the local anesthesia :) and bandaged my elbow, foot and knee.
We went outside but I had to lay down again because otherwise I would passed out.
Jeremy brought me water and food and we were thinking what to do now.
We decided that I would wait for him to take his scooter back to Chiang Mai and he would get my scooter from the spot where the accident happened.
I needed to relax and fortunately I had no pains because of the anesthesia.
Jeremy planed to be back in 1 to 1,5 hours, but time went by and after waiting 2 hours I got so scared and texted him.
After a few more minutes I tried to call him but his phone was out of service.
I was so worried, It was almost dark outside and then sooo happy when I say him coming to the hospital after more than 2,5 hours.
It Took so Long because Jeremy had to find a ride to get My Scooter, after he gave his scooter back and that was very far. At First he had a tuktuk driver, who realized that it was really to far and then he got a truck, who Took him to the Spot where he left my scooter, but the scooter was not there anymore. He talked to a few people and found out that the Police Took My Scooter. So Jeremy had to get to the police station to get the scooter, we were lucky that they did not charge us. He had to put up with a lot this day.
The bandages were a little bloody so we went in the hospital again and the friendly nurses cleaned my wounds again and recommended a close guesthouse for the night.
That was one of the worst days in my life so far.
But at the end I am so happy that nothing really bad happened. My head is ok although i lost my helmet during the fall, nothing is broken and my spinal is fine too.
I just need to have patience now.
We are in Pai at the moment and I have time to recover.
Thank you so much Jeremy for everything you are doing for me!!!
And here are a few horrible photos:
Packing List - how to pack a backpack
We are leaving Germany in a few days and are flying to Kopenhagen and two days later to Thailand. We are going to stay in Asia till the end of December.
So I want to show you today how to pack a suitcase or backpack and give you useful packing tips for your vacation.
I hope my travellist will help you if you don´t know what to pack for your trip. You can also download a Travel Checklist and print it out.
Packing List
Important Dokuments
- Passport, Visa (if needed) and photocopies
- Flight Tickets / E-Tickets
- Hotel reservations
- Credit Cards
- Traveler´s checks
- cash
- drivers license
- Insurance informations
- contact for credit card companies
- medical and vaccinations records
- student card
- diving license
- membership cards (AAA, etc.)
- passport photos
Clothing
- underwear
- shirts
- pants
- shorts
- sweaters
- dresses
- pyjamas
- jacket
- scarf
- belt
- socks
- shoes (sandals, flip flops, sneakers)
- hat
- laundry bag
- watch
- juwelery
personal items
- tooth brush
- tooth paste
- mouthwash
- floss
- soap
- face wash
- shower gel
- hair brush
- hair care products (shampoo, conditioner, gel, etc.)
- deodorant
- lip balm
- nail clippers
- nail polish and remover
- Q-tips
- cosmetics
- parfum
- tampons
- tissues
- shaver
- hairdryer
- glasses
- contact lenses
- sunglasses
- towels
- sleep mask
Beach accessoires
- swim wear
- beach towel
- sunscreen
- after sun lotion
- sunglasses
- sunhat
- beach bag
- dry sack
electronics
- camera
- iPhone
- kindle fire
- kindle paperwhite
- Macbook
- USB drive
- headphones / earbuds
- GoPro
- Selfie stick
- adapters
- chargers
- batteries
- extra memory card
first aid kid / medications
- painkillers
- cold medicine
- allergy pills
- tiger balm
- vitamins
Miscellaneous
- pen
- drinks
- food
- notebook
- detergent
- small wallet
You can download our Open Mind Travelers Packing List now.
ENJOY YOUR HOLIDAY!
My 10 favorite books
I love reading and i am always looking for new books.
A lot of my friends ask me what book they would read next and so i decided to make a top 10 list of my favorite books.
Please let me know in the comments below which books you really enjoyed, I would be very happy to hear that.
3 years ago I bought myself a Kindle Paperwhite and i would not want to miss it anymore. It is so great to have all my books together. Especially on vacation i read more than one book and the kindle is lighter than 1 single book, that is so perfect!
It is really like a book, definitely not like a screen and your eyes don´t hurt at all. You can choose a font you like, change the font size and have a lot of options! Best investment ever 😀
Good Books To Read
Lori Nelson Spielman: The Life List
Brett had a charmed life until her beloved mother passed away. Her mum decided that Brett has to complete her life list, which Brett wrote when she was a teenager before she will get the inheritance. Some goals are easy, other seem to be impossible.
I think this is my absolute favorite book. I read it last summer in Bali and I was crying at the beach, because the book is so good, funny, sad and a wonderful touching story!
Jodi Picoult: Nineteen Minutes
Josie and Peter are going to a ordinary high school in New Hampshire. It was a normal day, when Peter went on a shooting spree in the school. Josie is the daughter of the judge, but is she involved too?
This is one of the most exciting books I ever read. I could not stop reading and finished it in a couple of days!
Jojo Moyes: One Plus One
Jess´s life is a chaos: Her husband left her with two kids and no money. Find out if her little daughter with the brittle-bone disease can solve all their problems!
I really like Jojo Moyes and her way to write. This book is one of her best books.
Gillian Flynn: Gone Girl
Nick´s beautiful and clever wife disappears at their fifth wedding anniversary. But where is she? The police suspects Nick to have something to do with that. Find out where she is and what happend 🙂
I think I will read the next book of Gillian Flynn soon!
Khaled Hosseini: A Thousand Splendid Suns
This is a very touching story about two women, Mariam and Laila, who were brought together by their similar fate. Read about what they experienced in their lifes in Kabul.
Nicholas Sparks: The Last Song
Ronnie´s world broke apart when her parents got divorced. Three years later Ronnie´s Mum decided that the teenager has to spend the summer with her Dad and her little brother in a small village at the beach, where her Dad lives now. But spending the summer in the middle of nowhere with her dad, who she didn´t like was not what a seventeen year old girl wanted.
Lori Nelson Spielman: Sweet Forgiveness
Send two little stones and a letter to the person, you express regret for something. If you get one stone back, the person forgave you!
Read about Hannah, a talk show host with a difficult childhood and her story about forgiveness!
Jojo Moyes: Me Before You
The ordinary girl Lou took a badly needed job working for Will, who sits in a wheel chair. Will had a gread life with exciting adventures and the perfect job before he had an accident. He is angry at the hole world because he has to sit in a wheel chair for the rest of his life. How can Lou work with this mean person?
Jodi Picoult: The Pact
The Golds family and their neighbors the Harts have been inseparable and their teenage kids Chris and Emily became a couple. One November day the phone rang and the police told them that their seventeen year old daughter Emily was dead. What had Chris to do with her death?
Chris Cleave: Little Bee
This book is about a 16 year old refugee from Nigeria.
I don´t want to spoil you, but i can say it is really a special story.
San Sebastian Spain - Europe Trip
Day 6: From Paris to San Sebastian
We enjoyed a small but delicious breakfast Buffet in our Hotel in Paris before heading out to San Sebastian Spain. We had the famous french baguette and croissants 🙂
Our long journey to San Sebastian started at 10.30 am and we got sandwiches and baguette with french sausages for the travel.
Jeremy drove the first 4,5 hours and then we switched. After 10 hours of driving we finally got to san Sebastian, where we have an airbnb for one night.
We were so excited for our first Pinchos, which we found after a 5-10 Minute walk close to our accommodation. So we enjoyed a Beer, a Coke and good Spanish Food before we fall asleep.
Day 7: San Sebastian Spain
We woke up at 9am and our plan for today is to explore the nice city of San Sebastian Spain. We heard so many amazing things about this city in the north of Spain.
We didn´t really like our Airbnb, so we wanted to find an accommodation for the night at first. So we drove about 15 minutes to a camping spot, which cost us about 5€ because of the toll roads in a neighbour city. Unfortunately there were only caravans so we kept driving back, but this time we avoided the toll roads. We got to take very amazing nature pictures. We drove along the beach. We found a nice little hotel on the hill, but it was full. She gave us the advise to camp in a park, where we could go after 8pm.
On our way back to the city, we had a coffee and checked on our phone for hotels or camping sites in and around San Sebastian Spain. We didn´t really find something affordable or which looked good and the price worth.
So we drove about 15 minutes to the old town center, where we had a lot of traffic.
San Sebastian Spain is a very popular destination and during the summer you are sure to run into traffic so plan accordingly.
To find parking was a very hard task. On the road we asked through our car window a taxi driver, which was waiting for the cars in front of him to move.
He told us it is very hard to find, but a little outside of the city center we could have luck. So we drove a few minutes through San Sebastian Spain and on a hill we found a good spot. It was about 20 minutes to walk back in the City, but that was ok for us. Jeremy asked an old man for the direction to the famous Beach La Plancha and the man told him to walk with him in the right direction. So we walked a little bit together and we found a nice little café for lunch.
We shared tortilla, calamares and bread.
After this nice break we went to the beach of La Plancha and we were so happy to be at the beach again. It was at the end of Mey, when we were in Croatia and the ocean felt so good.
The water temperature was perfect and we relaxed at the beach.
I am reading the book “Nur einen Horizont entfernt” von Lori Nelson Spielman. I loved the other book “Morgen kommt ein neuer Himmel” from the same author so much, which I was reading in Bali last summer.
The weather changed really quick and it started to rain a little bit. So we went back in the city center, talked to a nice lady and left a few of our Open Mind Travelers stickers there.
We had dinner at a little restaurant, which served the best food. Jeremy talked to the bar tenders. I think they were the owners too. They were impressed of Jeremys Spanish and called him one of them =)
Because we didn´t book a Hotel or Apartment, we drove back the windy roads along the coast to find a camping spot. It started to get dark and we set up our tend on a field with a view of the ocean.
We didn´t know what a crazy night this would be.
At midnight the storm came over us, we saw so much lightnings and heart the thunder. At 1.30 it was hailing and because the lightning was direct over us, we run in the car till it got a little better and we felt saver. Jeremy was hiten by hail at his head.
Read more about Spain on our destination Guide here: Spain Destination Guide
Paris France
After we had a good but cold Camping Night about 1 Hour North of Paris France we drove at 10.30 o´clock to Paris and arrived there at noon. We checked in, enjoyed a shower and rested for a couple of minutes before we left to see Paris France.
We really like the noodle/Pizza restaurant Vapiano, which is in a lot of big citys. Our ibis Hotel was located about 2 km from the Business Area La Defense, where Vapiano is. There are also a few landmarks like the grand arch and you have also a good view of the Arch de Triumphe.
So we had a good lunch and got new Energie for checking out the City of Love.
At the Metro Station we got a three Zone Day pass for the Metro, which was about 18€ for two.
We jumped in the Metro and drove to Hôtel de ville.
After watching the Beach Volleyball Players and a Basketball game Right in Front of the Hôtel de ville we walked to Notre Dame.
The queue is always very long so i asked at the Exit to go in for a few minutes to take a few photos. The Security man was very friendly ans nice and let me in.
The Windows of Notre Dame are very colorful and beautiful.
After our short stop there we walked across the bridge to get a few more photos and we walked along the other side of the river where people sell the old Books all the time.
On our way to the Louvre we crossed the Pont Neuf.
We arrived at the Louvre and made nice photos of the Grand Palace, the Pyramide in Front of the Louvre and the nice Park with view of the Eiffel Tower.
Now before the sun goes down it is time to see the Eiffel Tower as our highlight of the day.
We enjoyed an hour in the park behind the Eiffel Tower, took photos and watched friends and families having picknicks and photo shootings.
Camping France
After three great days in Germany, Holland and Belgium and a lot of driving we slept long and packed our things to leave Belgium in order go get to France.
We left Martin´s place at noon and had a four hour drive to Paris in front of us. It took a little longer because we want to see more of the nature and so we didn´t take the tall roads. But I think this is the best decision when you are traveling in Europe.
Because the nature looked so cool, Jeremy had the idea to camp one Night before we spend one or two nights in Paris.
On our way we found a camping spot which looked very good. Nobody was there, when we looked around and after a while somebody was coming who we could ask.
He said the door is open, we should just drive in and pick our favorite spot for the night, because it is not packed at all.
That was a great plan! So we drove to the little village two minutes away, bought a delicious french baguette and got food at McDonald, because the Restaurants were closed or didn´t look good :-/
Back at the camping spot we set up our tent and the mattress. At about 9.30 pm the owner of the Camp came and so we had to pay 14€ for the Night. We aktually thought it is for free, but 14€ was a very good price compared to the superexpensive Hotels in Paris.
The Night was ok, but really cold. Good thing that we had one sleeping bag, which we could use as a blanket. We are happy for the perfect spain weather, which is waiting for us 🙂