Chaweng Residence Ko Samui

... pedicure as you walk along it. Like other places in Thailand it does have a problem with stray dogs. On one occasion we counted 14 as we walked back to our hotel. Nestled near a hill the road wasn't lit at night and it was a definite experience walking back, we also saw two snakes.

That aside the hotel was a beautiful complex. Most of the time we were the only guests. Apart from the hotel ...

In the morning we spent a bit of time on the net, and doing laundry. We booked a couple of trips, one for this arvo, with a plethora of differing activities, and a trip for the whole day tomorrow.

So, after a morning on the beach, throwing frisbee in the hot shallow waters of the Gulf of Thailand, we headed back to our hostel and got into the flat bed of a pick-up ...

... of wildlife.

A lovely hand made four poster bed with a mozzy net was the only furniture,

The main building is something special, they have built the roof of off the sides of the large builder cliffs, the ceiling was quite high and it had some what of a church feel to it, decorated with buddist art and scattered bean bags ...

... their hyphens as if they had accidentally discovered a new erogenous zone: RSA-CELTA, TEFL-CELTA, TEFL-TESOL, TESOL-PELT, and so forth into infinity. Deeper prodding into the pungent folds of certification made my investigation even more confusing. There were hundreds – perhaps thousands – of franchises, sub-franchises, and licensed operators listed internationally. Even if I decided on a specific type of certificate, I would still need to narrow my choice down to a ...

... calms me) and his new beautiful girlfriend Sithia. What I found here was beyond expectations; a beach community of a different kind, with many aware people that have seemed to remind me of the abundant, safe, and equal nature of this life experience. The common goal here, it seems, is to reach for a better feeling space and see the joy in this existence as much as possible. I can definitely add these details to my dreams, yippee! . . . Or ...

... est vraiment top chez lui, il est super équipé car il mixe un peu. Il a donc l'ordi, les enceintes, les tables de mixages et tout le bazar... C'est super grand. En fait apparemment c'est une baraque qui appartient à un Anglais qui serait à priori en prison maintenant d'après ce que j'ai compris..du coup son patron le laisse dormir là ! C'est grand luxe... Il a joué un peu de la guitare et on a chanté quelques trucs (pas facile pour moi en anglais sur des chansons ...

... The day of the Full Moon Party flew by, doing exactly as we had done the day before, lounged by the pool, topping up the increasingly impressive tan (although not quite Calum and Lindsey, and their carrot oil). We went for a bite to eat in the Irish bar with a couple of Irish chicks staying at our hotel, then headed back to get ready for PEEERRTEEES!!! The hotel staff provided us with UV body paint, so we inked each other up, some Japanese girls wrote our ...

... up by a pick-up truck, somehow we managed to squeeze 10 people plus our luggage onto this truck to what we had hoped was taking us to the pier to board the boat to Ko Samui. Unfortunately it instead took us to a small dock about half an hour away, where we then waited a further half an hour to then get picked up by an overcrowded bus to the pier. This bus took about half an hour & a girl fallen asleep on my shoulder to reach the boat; finally. The boat was of ...

... to get to Koh Phangan. The normal service only runs during the day. So after finishing our drink we talked to a few people and payed extra for a boat to the island. We walked along a rickerty wooden peir to get on our boat. The trip usually takes an hour. Ours took 15 minutes. We may have payed a little extra - but what a way to start. This was the first time I've felt like I'm on my gap year - sat in the back of a speed boat, wind rushing through my non hair ...

... around 6pm. Our cries of objection at the orientation fell on deaf ears. We were on holidays for Christ sake, surely they didn't expect us up at 7.30 and then doing homework when we finally finished up in the evening. OH YES THEY DID. The course was physically and mentally exhausting but also so rewarding especially for Caroline. Caroline is a nervous swimmer i.e. she can swim but just not in the deep end. Well then what was a person who cant swim in the deep end ...