Amornphant Villa Rayong

... samlor, all dressed up, suitcase in hand. It's like something you'd see on Looney Tunes.

Thai Airways feeds you even though it's a 55 minute flight. I passed on the seaweed sandwich, but the jellied Flor de lei candy was nice, as was the fruit juice.

The traffic in Bangkok was so bad that it took the shuttle bus 2 hours to go from the airport to Ekamai bus station - it has taken me as little as ...

... geckos, cockroaches and a spider we named 'Mungo'. This spider is the size of a Caribbean island. You could hear him walking around the roof and he had his own key to the room in case he wanted to go out. He is, without doubt, the largest spider I have ever seen and upon first noticing him Ben and I both screamed like little girls. I'm not ashamed to admit it. It was most unexpected as up until now I haven't seen a single Insect of Unusual Size but Mungo ...

... that scoffs with righteous contempt at women's silly insistence that we stop and (get this:) ask for directions. Ha!

Bottom line: If I don't have at least a vague knowledge of my location at any given time, starting with NSEW, I feel helpless to within a few steps of panic. So, gotta get a map, immediately if not sooner.

Happy Tourist Basics #2: If you're a light sleeper by nature, don't forget your industrial-strength earplugs.

I didn't ...

... like a ****** the next day. Fantastic lady! The other people I met were Tanju, Clara and Q. All of which I could write on and on about, but I'm guessing after this long blog you don't want to hear it (sorry you three. Another time). Till then, Assoulin M. Lee Next Issue: Our day long boat trip that ended up with rain (our ****ing luck) and our return to the kok of bang for a rememberable Halloween... only due to the amount of tranny hookers and buckets of booze.)

... as we started to go up, it was loose sand. I had the throttle pinned and we were trying to make it up. We hit a rock that turned the wheel on me and we started to turn left. I couldn't correct, so I was trying to hold the bike up with my throttle hand, but I couldn't let go of the throttle or the bike would have fallen over. Zoe fell off, but landed on her backpack scraping her hand up a bit and getting a few brusies. Hal and Carl ...

... ogni 6 mes. Le int thailandese, al conte al microfono di sgarfefurlans, e je simpri che e rit e une vore contente. Dal Friul, a Manuel i mancjn plui di dut le famee, i amiis e.. al frico! Al fat che no sedin stagjions achi in thailandie lu disoriente un poc, parvie che in Friul no furlans e son abituats a la daur de stagjons. Secont Manuel, al e biel confrontasi cuntune culture difarente come che thai. Vivint achi in Asie, si ...

... durant 25 minutes et on a pu la laver. Cetait vraiment super!!! Seul hic, JS a la peau des jambes irites par la peau de l elephant, mais ca valait tellement le coup. Jour 2, on a fait la toast sur la plage et on a relaxer. Ca la fait pas mal de bien. Chaque soir, on va manger sur un resto sur pilotis, bercer par la mer en dessous de nous et le magnifique coucher de soleil, cest assez sympa. Jour 3, reve absolu de JS (le tour delephant etant maintenant realise dans ...

... to a dead stop in the middle of the highway. It seemed like we were surrounded. Trucks full of soaked Thais were found on every side of our vehicle, and it wasn't long until they realized that we were all "trapped", and unarmed. Men jumped out of the truck beds carrying full buckets and dumped them on one person at a time. Within seconds I was soaked to the bone. After thirty minutes of this treatment the songtheow finally pulled into the stop point. I ...

... I suppose it really doesn't". I had already touched on a source of internal happiness that is independent of anything on the outside. It really doesn't matter anymore. I still have a lot of work to do to be able to say this with deep conviction and to strengthen my connection to that internal wellspring - but doing that work is a very satisfying way to spend one's time. Here is my promise to you. If you fully surrender and you put all of your effort ...

... Park. He invited us down to see and help on a project that they are running. Rayong is about 3 hours from Bangkok. Vava, Alif, Kanchana and I drove down on Friday night and slept in Rayong. In the morning we met up with Kanchana's friend and got the boat to the diving site. A group of Thai divers were already there and loading the two boats. The project is going out to sites the DMCR have reconnoitred and picking up rubbish there (underwater). We had breakfast on the boat ...