Songkhla
Travel Blogs from Songkhla, Thailand
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Arriving to Palangga Charmaines!
... or water....Charmaine and I had fried rice and Chicken with cashew nuts aloing with Coke's newest marketing (sometimes Thailand is their test market') Coke Light (diet coke and coke zero combined?) Lunch was good and a couple of Charmaines ...
Up Tang Kuan Hill ...and more funny monkeys...
... takes aproix. 3 minutes to get to the top. There is a 'Temple" of sort at the top and the most amazing views of Songkhla you will find. There are many 'whorship' ritual and shrines. You walk around and ring the many bells for good fortune. There ...
Songkhla, Southern Thailand, Thailand.
... schooling. Upon arrival min Hatyai, we checked in to the hotel and left our luggage in the room. Then we drove to Songkhla. Our first destination was Samila Beach and the Golden Mermaid. I was told then that touching the Golden Mermaid would bring us ...
One more time from Thailand.....
... floor and quite the view of Hat Yai!...to my colleagues and friends...I'm bringing back some snacks for you! :) A few pictures from Songkhla Samila Beach and of course...a pic or two of the monkeys on Tang Kuan Hill. ...the tears are already ...
Fish Heads, Fish Heads...Rolly Polly Fish Heads
... Mae had her lunch...Fish...of course she ate the eye..."So Tasty" as Mae said. Well it's back to work...I actually have something brewing and I'm 'quarterbacking' it here in Thailand....9000 away....Don't cha' just love the internet!" ...
School Days, School Days.....
... , like many of her fellow Filipino's , teach English (TEFL) to Thai youth here at the Woranari Chaolem School in Songkhla,Thailand...just a few blocks from her home. (Heck of a commute once we are married eh?).... Today Charmaine brought her ...
The Cat, Mouse Dog and the crystal....
Charmaine took me to a Thai Restaurant along Songkhla Samalia Beach....Good food! Very peaceful to eat in the open air with a very scenic view behind you...and very reasonably priced! They also had live entertainment....I prefer my buddies Uncle Larry and ...
Samila Beach, Songkla
Early morning at the beach. I was impressed how clean it was, considering this is in Thailand. Beautiful Beach. A perfect picnic location under the tall trees. Now i understand why Samila Beach in Songkla is so popular to the Southern Thai residents and ...
No trip is complete without some culture...
... bring you another blog where my words could not truly express the views we took in! Charmaine took me to the Southern Thailand Folklore Museum in Songkhla. On the way you cross one of Thailand's largest (if not the largest ) bridges! What a view! We also ...
A Visit to the "Nag"
Charmaine took me down to Seung Tale Beach. This is where the Salt Water meets the Fresh Water...aka "Brackish Water" There is a park which has a house of worship along with some interesting statues including the "Nag" The Thai's have keep ...
Happy Natal Day!
My Birthday, or as the Filipino's call it "Natal Day". I could not have been more surprised. See the video for my 6am (That's right Paul, Kathy, Lynnette and Terri...6am!!...the big ball of fire thingee wasn't even up in the sky yet!) wake up call! ...
Going to the market.....
On Friday night and Saturday morning Charmaine took me down to the market.....this is a whole new experience. I dedicate today's blog to Johnny Mac....plenty of new items for your cooking! I will say the smell takes a bit of getting used to.....Tonight ...
Real Thailand
... auch nur 40 Minuten und das Maedel neben mir, versucht sich mit mir zu unterhalten – ohne Englisch-Kenntnisse :) Songkhla ist mein echtes Thailand. Keine Farang (Touristen) – ok, ein paar hab ich erblickt. Alles guenstig, weil noch nicht so ...
Bed bugs and shopping
... yawner and didn't make eye contact. Despite it's obvious problems, the hotel was in prime location. Located a 2 minute walk from Songkhla's vast night market, we shopped till we dropped. New shorts, trousers and underwear for Tat and lots of food for ...
Meeting the Mermaid....
... a kite flying for a while... that was very serene and peaceful! (especially nice since I'm with my Charmaine!) Songkhla...if you google search it and go to images...most likely the mermaid comes up. It is the 'landmark' ...
Living My own Corona Commercial....
Not much to say here...the pictures tell it all...It's an afternoon at the Samila beach in Songkhla, Thailand. The wood 'statues' were unique...it was nice just to hear the waves from the Gulf of Thailand crash in onto the beach....yes, much like those ...
Moving Along
... of this room. A cardboard box just about, but thankfully with a bolted door - we thought we were going to be raided. Songkhla - our original destination - was a nice beach town, great seafood. I rented a motorcycle, and the area was great. The zoo we ...
Songkhla
... ;peach). Then once I was finished with the coconut she check me in. I am here till Sunday, then back to Hat Yai Sunday afternoon! Songkhla is a quiet place, not much going on, but lots of museums and things to look at. It's also a lot hotter than the ...
Australia?
... in Thailand until my money runs out and come back home when the time comes..... However, if i AM accepted, i'll be leaving Thailand mid October (just before my birthday) and will be flying straight to Australia where i'll work and live for a minimum of ...
A weekend in Songkhla
... mum and dad! Jay Jay said that dad has a very clear and kind voice and was very easy to understand! So, that's it for Thailand. I've had an amazing three weeks, from the night markets in Chaing Mai, to my week spent on the idyllic desert ...
Songkhla
... town with lots of people just passing through. From Surat Thani, we took a local bus down the coast to Songkhla which would be our last stop in Thailand. We spent a nice day there in what is an old town with a large beach and were surprised to find ...
Songkhla
And after 9 hours on the road (and on the sea) I am in Songkhla, a small city on the Gulf (again)! I will stay here for a couple days before heading up to Bangkok again with a couple more stops on the ...
Surrounded by water
... great city on two seas' as the lonely planet calls it just looked the same as any other coastline with the longest concrete bridge in Thailand dividing the Thale Sap and the Gulf of Thailand sea. If it weren't for the bridge I would not have been able to ...
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