Banpu Resort Trat

... in Thai so it didnt get confused) and where we needed to go to catch the ferry to the island. We jumped in the taxi and we were heading to the eastern bus terminal in Bangkok. Of course the taxi driver must have thought that was too short, so he took us to the furthest bus teminal away. Our fare was supposed to be about 250 baht and he drove us around until he got 600 baht, dropping us at the wrong terminal in the process. We were so angry but you are ...

... before the rain came. About five minutes before docking it started to torrential downpour! Luckily there were some places with coverage where we waited our the rain- about six minutes. I hopped in a songtaw back to the bus station to head back to Bangkok. The weekend was perfect. I couldn't have asked for anything better or more relaxing. I got to hang out on the beach and do nothing one day and dive the other, exactly what I ...

... few places which have mats and cushions & candles on the beach with live bands, which is possibly one of the most relaxing ways to spend an evening. Although White Sand is a little touristy, the touts are all very polite and do not hassle you at all - the people seem very friendly & are definitely helping Thailand to live up to its reputation of being the Land of Smiles.

... early :) Cherdchai Bus Company took care of us with water, biscuits and coke every hour for those who wanted it. Hollywood movies (dubbed in Thai), and comfortable seats - a step up from the Cambodian karaoke we experienced last time we were in this neck of the woods. And all that for the princely sum of 281B each, not bad for a 5 1/2 hour bus ride. They've moved the bus station out of town, so we took a Song Thaew for 20B each from the ...

Koh Chang ist eine Insel suedlich von Bangkok...Sehr gemuetlich!Hier gehen halfmoonPartys(zumindest in unsere Gegend.Westkueste am Lonely Beach) die Bungalows sind 30sec vom Strand und alles zum vernuenftigen Preis. Da (wie es Lonely Planet beschreibt) der Staat aus der ...

... circles in our 2-person kayak), drinking fruit shakes, walking along the beach. It's a tough life!!! But we know this is our easing in period as we acclimatise to this extremely hot and humid weather before we hit Cambodia! It does get nice in the afternoons around 4pm where it suddenly cools off to very pleasant temperatures.



Tomorrow we head back to Trat where Debbie has organised a small guest house. I don't believe there will ...

Upon first meeting him, it had taken Wayne less than 5 minutes to do one of those lift-one-bum-cheek-off-the-seat type *****, so I knew I was in good company. Wayne absolutely refuses to pay the going rate for ANYTHING out here, preferring to haggle the price down as far as it'll go. I like watching him at work, infact, I'm completely in awe of him. Last night we went out for a meal and a couple of beers meeting a retired drunk ...

... haette, aber wer weiss, wenn die laehmende Liegestuhl-Langeweile ueberhand nimmt.... Spass beiseite, natuerlich liege ich (zwischen unseren kleinen Moped-Touren) genauso fett und faul in meiner Haengematte wie alle hier, bewundere die ueberwucherten Berge von dort aus und habe zum ersten Mal in meinem Leben einen Entspanntheitsgrad erreicht, der es mir erlaubt, Hesses "Glasperlenspiel" zu verschlingen. (Darauf warte ich seit 20 Jahren). Doch bevor jetzt jemand ...

... which was where I was planning to stay. We ate and then a friend of Frank's arrived with his daughter Taang Mo so I went snorkeling with her while the old boys visited. The coral here is prime and there are thousands of fish. I felt like I was in Mindy's fish tank! There were parrot fish, finding Nemo fish and many more that I cannot name correctly! I was in my glory.Left aligned photo tag: Me and Taang Mo found an area where they are raising sea turtles so ...

... ago we’d been thinking “Oh well, we’ll just go somewhere else’ but now the situation had become less light-hearted. No rooms there and now, no rooms here either.

We had to take a moment to contemplate and itemize our misfortune

First: we were on an island.

Second: there appeared to be no rooms available here or in our ‘preferred’ location.

Third: the last ferry for the day had probably already left.

Fourth: I ...