Cha-am Perfect House

... the Khao Luang caves 5km out of town dripping in sweat we were quietly impressed by what we found...a large cave with sunlight shining through a hole in the chamber ceiling lighting the many Buddhas and stalactites.

Back at the guesthouse I made arrangements with young Geoff to meet later for food...then promptly fell into a deep sleep. Waking decidely groggy, I opened the door to see Geoff waiting all fresh and clean and ready to go ...

... enrichment to keep them physically and mentally active. For enrichment we gave a whole coconut, still with the husk on, to Oompoom, the solitary bear. It's true that the most simple enrichments are often the best! He started off by ripping off the husk with his long, strong claws, but he had trouble getting into the coconut after that. He tried repeatedly lifting it up high and dropping it on the ground, to no avail. Then he moved to a different area of his ...

... He has a lot of work to do but he is committed to her and is desperate for us to meet. Arranged to meet up tonight for a few drinks and eats. Lazy swimming afternoon again and off to get ready for 6.30pm meet. Phil, Mam and her son Copter were in the bar. Intros all round and for about an hour or so things are difficult ...

... with her. The attitude was just all upset. Not so much at the staff who left the cage open, because everyone makes mistakes and really it doesn't do any good to blame her, but more in general, that we're here to help and protect these animals that have mostly been severely abused and hurt before. That sort of pain and suffering isn't meant to happen here at all. It's what we're working against. Here, the goal is to take excellent care of the animals--keeping them ...

... into their main enclosures) is sometimes easy, like with the silly babies, and is sometimes really hard, with the stubborn adults. We try to bribe with bananas, threaten with a water hose, and sometimes need to get help from the Thai staff who yell words at them in Thai like BAI! which means go on, get. I yell it too, but the bears don't respect me the same way! Lugging around the cart of all the food is heavier, but a ...

... well it was quite hot and i hadn't had much sleep so i may not have finished it. I had a rest and an hour later both spades were in two pieces so i gave it up as a lost cause. I had been suffering from an ear ache for a few days so on the second morning i took myself off before breakfast (Dada was still having trouble with the timing) to see if i could find a doctor. I borrowed the push bike (a great looking machine but one where the connection between the ...

SUAN MOKKH Like - the location Dislike - the breakfast! Though food is not for intoxication. J Do Differently - I don't know you don't have to do much except meditate, walk, yoga, listen, and then meditate again. Transportation - took an over night bus to Surat Thani and the bus dropped me off at 430 in the morning outside the gates. Though I had to ask which was the gates. Then to go to Koh Phangan I took a bus to Surat Thani ...

... streets in Petchaburi. They wander the streets, clamber about on shopfronts and telephone wires, cross at the pedestrian crossings, and, when they're in need of a little more excitement, they lunge menacingly at tourists. Admittedly, tourists who were unthinkingly walking out of a 7-eleven with a whole toblerone in hand. The quick-thinking Belinda threw a packet of chips at the monkey and he was ...

... Ve vlaku na me zbyla pouze 3trida. klasika. Uplne narvanej vlak, lidi spali na zemi na novinach. TAk nepohodlny sedacky st nevideli. bolel me zadek, nevedela sem jak si sednout.. 12hod. v 8h jsme byli v Trangu, motorkou jsem prejela na bus nadrazi chytla bus 1tridy do Krabi. Chvili sem cekala na lod a jela na Railay beach. cesta temer 24hod.

... that I really am in Asia. The food in the souvenir stores was totally new to me (but I'm sure it's very normal here) -- lots of Japanese stuff that looked like seaweed and every kind of what I think was dried fish (but who knows???), cans of dried, shredded pork 'For age 1-6', packages of all sizes and colors and shapes of 'dried been curd', and a sign that assured me, 'Please! Feel easy to buy!'. Uh huh. A kitschy(sp?) souvenir store (across from the Bonjour ...