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From Malaysia to Thailand
By Karel Kosman,
Freelance Translator,
Prague, Czech Republic
travel at kenax cz
www.islandhoppinginthephilippines.com
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Karel’s letters written during travelling
Yo, been a while I guess. A friend was asking for some recent pics when
I realized I forgot to put up the last chapter. Had left the Malaysian
rainforest but shortly before doing so received an invitation from a HelpX.net
host. Through this help exchange I can stay places for free and sometimes
get fed in exchange for a little help. Great way to meet the real locals.
Managed to get through the Bangkok flooding by bus (had to get off train
early and switch), and made it to the north east corner of Thailand, where
the sisters of my new host, Suki, picked me up. All the local bus drivers
were very jealous.
Stayed at Suki’s place with her parents in a small village of rice farmers.
Eventually made it to target destination to help village in remote mountains
with their solar panels. Next to big river across from Laos, off the grid
except for satellite internet and a payphone, which I’m not sure if even
worked.

That was fun but cut short due to visa issues. Rushed out of mountains
to cross border in time, and back to sleep in the office of the regional
school principal. Helped with the school’s internet cafe and, when I was
describing to them some basics of solar panels, the principal suddenly
took off his blazer, whipped off his shirt and handed it to me, exclaiming:
"This is so cool, you must simply come back! Here is a special shirt
for you as a present!" Suki was a bit shocked and it may be the first
time she saw him bare-chested.

That was all fun and would like to come back for a longer visit, but
Christmas was approaching and a friend invited me to stay with him on
full moon party island Koh Phangan. Been here ever since and thinking
of staying an extra year, to give me time to get some work done and get
ready for chapter two, which is to buy a motorbike with roofed side car
so I can convert it into an expandable mini caravan. Broke my smart phone
so must get a new one to have internet while I’m on the move again.

In the meantime my sister, who owns a publishing company in Canada, is
convinced that I can make good money writing about my travels. She is
currently reorganizing and rewriting it all and will then start approaching
publishers with a properly prepared package. We’ve got enough material
from over the past 5 years to write the "first book", as she
says, or enough to put online over a period of a year. If it works out
I’ll launch my caravan bike trip throughout SE Asia over the next few
years. Apparently not a problem with same bike, up to China and Burma,
and not sure about Australia, but will be fun to hit the road again! SE
Asia is a very large area and will need a few years fort that. If I can
get a decent income writing about it I’ll try to live as crazy and interestingly
as possible. Until then this island is pretty cool. Lot of hippy/bohemian/yoga
types, good live jam scene so have had ample opportunity to practice my
violin.

Have a good one mates, and happy vibes.
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Travel Tour Guide in Europe
Island Hopping in the Philippines
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Karel’s letters written
during travelling |
47. Making preparations for the big bike trip |
46. The ONLY Thai girl I am attracted to |
45. Miscellaneous letters |
44. I have always felt I will be a writer one day... |
43. About freelancing and travelling |
42. Thai girls are like demon possessed little witches |
41. Living on a mystical island of Koh Phangan in Thailand |
40. From Malaysia to Thailand |
39. From Laos back to Thailand |
38. How to publish a book |
37. Back in Thailand |
36. Feeling increasingly uncomfortable here on the island in Malaysia |
35. My belongings |
34. Staying in Malaysia |
33. About running a blog |
32. A short travel update |
31. Planning to publish a book about my travels |
30. In Thailand, God’s hand |
29. Getting ready to go to Asia. In the airport |
28. Escaping from Galia’s place |
27. About Bulgarians, earnings, plans |
26. Starting to earn more after approaching thousands of translation agencies |
25. About writing and publishing content online |
24. How to find really cheap plane tickets |
23. The girlfriend: would like to find THE ONE |
22. Still staying in Bulgaria but planning to go to Thailand |
21. Travel
outline |
20. About
translation industry |
19. About
female friends |
18. About
computer, online marketing, translation, CAT tool |
17. About
blabber - waste of time. About wanting to be a writer. |
16. About
God |
15. More
about software sales |
14. More
travel updates |
13. Staying
at a pension |
12. About
borders etc. |
11. Software
sales |
10. Travel
update |
09. Translation
job industry |
08. Partying
is a waste of time |
07. How
much they pay etc. |
06. Translator
charges, programming etc. |
05. Working
as a translator and travelling |
04. Travel
life |
03. Why
NOT to cheat Google... |
02. About
opportunities for working as a freelancer |
01. About
advantages of working as a freelancer |
Working While Travelling |
26. Gone
treeplanting (September 8, 2008) |
25. First
friends visiting me to Cyprus (February 29, 2008) |
24. Staying
in Cyprus (December 09, 2007) |
23. Escaping
the Cyprus heat (February 8, 2007) |
22. Escape
from boredom (February 8, 2007) |
21. Barelling
to Bodrum (November 20, 2006) |
20. Staying
in Stoliv, Montenegro (October 2, 2006) |
19. Arriving
to Montenegro (August 22, 2006) |
18. Traveling
through Croatia (August 9, 2006) |
17. The
trip begins - off to Croatia! (2006) |
16. How
to Live in a Caravan |
15. How
to Connect to Internet While Traveling |
14. How
to construct a caravan - Beautification |
13. How
to use solar panels to electrify your caravan |
12. How
to construct a caravan |
11. Designing
the caravan |
10. Back
to Czech - buying a travel van (April 10, 2004) |
9. Mexico
Trip - Off to Yosemite and Beyond (December, 2003) |
8. Mexico
Trip - Getting a Driver’s License (December, 2003) |
7. How
to Buy a Used Car (December, 2003) |
6. Mexico
Trip (December 14, 2003) |
5. Traveling
through Bulgaria (July 20 - Aug. 4, 2002) |
4. Czech
Republic: My Reflections |
3. My
life in Prague |
2. My
flat in Prague |
1. Dream
of working while travelling |
Published - March 2013
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