Amber Hotel Rayong

... here, they are seriously stronger than at home. On the same shelf they have little (maybe 3 or 4 ounce?) cans of beauty drink and one to build collagen. Lord knows, I'm tempted.



A lazy Sunday today. I walked the length of the town, bought a paper and some postcards , read, that's about it. Ji and I will meet for dinner soon.

I had a long Skype talk with Diane Dein which was nice. And Joe also, although we run out of things to talk ...

... paid on the 20th April. Two days ago I spoke to one of your staff (don't know who) while I was at the resort and she assured me that you had already refunded my payment in full the previous weekend and that it would be in my account in another 7 days (why so long? She also promised to send confirmation to the resort within 30 minutes and email the same to me. As yet nothing has been received. Because of your incompetence or maybe unscrupulous operating methods I ...

... auugh!

And we're the country whose intellectual and political Founder clearly stated "The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others."

Put simply, riding helmetless, just like smoking, will always be healthier than fascism. Even lovingly-protective fascism. It's nice to know there are places where this is still understood.

D'OH! Politics.

After a couple of backtracks - a wrong turn that needed ...

... young en's (not Bonnie, Simon, or his wife Linda) would meet back at Silver Sands for dinner. We went to our bungalow. I shared a room with Sarah and her boyfriend, Josh. We had a room with a bathroom, a king bed, and a double bed. It was nothing special, but it was $18 a night split between the three of us so couldn't complain too much! Another couple was staying at the same bungalows as us. Their room was a little cheaper since it had one bed, but was the same per person in the ...

... 1 year of training hard everyday my body and mind was in need of a break but i also knew if i pulled out i'd regret that too, so in the end i went along with it for the experience.. but i now know if my heads not focussed in it 100% then i won't fight cos it's not worth it! So when i got to the stadium on the night of the fight they had changed the girl i was supposed to be fighting, i'd also seen this girl fight before and i ...

... on the road (seeing just a few seconds of something will inevitably lead to a good story later, right?). Unlike home, however, these roadside attractions would initiate fierce water battles ending with both sides soaking wet and happy. As the water was being flung about people would jump out of their vehicles and run up to the inhabitants of other cars. After asking permission (which consisted of a quick nod and smile) they would spread their chalk or talcum ...

... is interested in doing something similar please let us know and we'll put you in contact with the DMCR. They don't have any set program for this, but they want to do more of the same. They very much want to take care of their area and promote the care of the sea environment. If they can get submissions / proposals, they can approach their boss and ask for the money and time. So particularly for diving groups that want to do some good for the environment whilst enjoying some ...

... head to make sure I was able to get it. They said I could I just had to fine an immigration office and tdo it there for 1000 baht before I leave for Bali. So on the train one of the a guys from Malaysia told me to go to a place where there was no line and it would only take 15 mins. I was excited about this and he tried to tell me where to go and gave me his number to call him if had trouble finding it. Midday morning , first thing I was ...

... of me. Since the recliner part included my legs to go up it really was like being in bed all day. I watched three movies and my first 6 episodes of House (thanks Mandy!). It really made the time fly by. Plus we got meals every 3-4hrs and all the snacks and drinks we wanted. They provide all the business class with these little gift bags that have an eye pillow, booties, toothbrush, toothpaste, Kleenex, lotion and ear plugs in them. So we had pretty much everything we could have ...

We left Pak Chong to set out for Ko Samet, an amazingly beautiful island south east of Bangkok. We left at 10pm on the night of our full day safari and trekking trip, which had exhausted us. We had hoped to sleep on the bus and wake up refreshed just before reaching the ferry to the island. Little did we know however, that the trip from Pak Chong to Ko Samet would turned out to be the ...