Munnork Island Resort Rayong

... amazing curry!

At night we generally hang out at the bars close to our bungalow, they are right on the beach, so we sit right on the sand and have some drinks. A Chang beer, which is quite popular, generally costs 60 - 80 baht for a 650 ML bottle.

I hate to skimp on the details, but I want to get some pictures up! Tomorrow we leave for a new island, which is quite tropical, called Koh Chang. Hope to write more soon!

... The songthaew journey made Nick feel unwell, he think it was all the fumes from the other vehicles. Anyway he thought he was going to be sick so I carried all the bags along the pier (in two lots of course, I don't possess super human powers). I was worried how he would cope with the boat journey but once he got some fresh cool sea air he perked up a bit. When we got to the pier we were harassed by touts (very common in ...

... I think of that?"

Within minutes and with no detectable summons from anyone in the group, a food vendor rolled a cart up the street and set up shop selling...an array of Zimmern-esque insectoid delicacies.

There were roasted (or roastable, since they were raw,) crickets, worms, grasshoppers, beetles and other creepy-crawlies, all waiting for the cook's little stir-fry kettle. I went for a mix of the worms and hoppers, which the vendor cooked up with salts ...

... to make my own way from Bangkok to Ko Samet, via a combination of taxi, 3 hour coach ride from the main bus station in Ekimai and 40 minute ferry journey. I'm living in a wooden hut built into the side of a hill. Only been here an hour and started writing this, so I'm going to make a move now as I've got exploring to do... Oh, and you'll all be pleased to know that it's dull and overcast. Looks like the weather has followed me from Bangkok. Ho hum.

... that we would only require one extra stabbing on the arm within 24 hours... but where to get it? Pattaya We left the next day to meet my cousin in Pattaya. A saving grace as he knew exactly what to do and where to send us. We ended up at the Bangkok hospital which is as beautiful as a five star hotel. As we arrived in the foyer, we were greeted by a smiling and gracious hostess who took our coordinates, registered our son in ...

... She took quite a liking to me and refused to let anyone else hold my hand during ring-around-the-rosy... The biggest ...

... the air, and everyone has on their biggest smiles. This is the traditional Thai New Year, and I wanted to be in the middle of it. A week before the end of our Cambridge summer school course Assumption announced that the scheduled four-day weekend (in celebration of Songkran) would be extended to five-days. The national government had just passed a law forbidding businesses to force their employees to ...

... choice. I grabbed the gun from the injured man and pulled him to his feet. I pointed it to his head and stared at the other men who seemed shocked and confused. Before I had a chance to react, the man I was holding spun around and knocked the gun out of my hand as a shot rang off into the empty field. I found myself staring at 7 armed men. Before I could scream, Sue, The Mayor, Ot, and Tia all jumped out of the tree that was ...