Banpu Resort Trat

... one lady was Lao so I could tell her 'thank you very much' and 'bye bye' in proper Lao. <br><br>Crowded!<br>I was still a bit in shock by the big difference between Laos and Thailand: there are so many more buildings, people and cars and motorbikes in Thailand! Laos doesn't have so many inhabitants (I think it was between 6 and 7 million) and not that many tourists either. Thailand has many of both! <br><br>From Rayong I needed a few more minibuses ...

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so i made a resolution for my 29th year. i told myself i was gonna write more. maybe get around to writing a biography of my mom. or even an autobiography. it hasn't happened. yet. <br><br>after much deliberation, i decided to spend my 29th birthday in thailand, my birth country. i thought it would be fitting that i try to celebrate it on the same soil as when i was born. i even tried to have it as close to the original place as possible. but ...

... the rest of my life in shame. One of those lessons I've learned over time; don't question gracious hospitality freely given, its bad karma and can hurt feelings; I mean, how much damage can another couple fingers of Sangsom really do? Day Three went diving and Michael snorkelled in a wetsuit hoping to prevent further damage. Was pretty pleasant dives for me with a German, Swen, as my dive buddy. Wasn't so spectacular and didn't see a ...

... island. Any of the everyday necessities are here including a police force and a small medical facility. There are about six beaches on the island that boast white sand and clear blue water. <br><br ...

... rain. Music wafts up to us with each wind gust and it sounds quite eerie. We sleep like babies most of the time and are woken only by the cackling of Cockerels announcing the impending dawn. Soon, wild hoops and other bird noises join the chorus. A loud buzzing noise starts up and I imagine it is a Cicada in the dog foot tree next to our veranda as it is too early for workmen yet. The geckos are still yipping to each other and the effect is rather musical. I lay awake listening to ...

... whilst we lazed around he was off diving and motor crossing...although not without incident...Koh Chang is full of backpackers nursing broken limbs, a lot of people crash on the steep hairpin bends and the numerous steep hills..be warned! I go to the beach after breakfast...its a short stroll from the huts along a sandy track which winds through the mangroves, past the tree house a funky bar on stilts, across sandbags bridging a small creek and then ...

... fabulous time to say the least. We are off the Koh Samet for 1 maybe 2 nights and then back to Bangkok for a few nights ( we decided to spend more days in bangkok to actually do some touristy things). Found a nice new boutique hotel we want to try out. Keep you informed. Oh mother.... now it seems the wet season has started.... Days are more cloudy then not... but fear not we are still getting a fierce tan! Could you also send Lin's email address and restauarnt address.

... and by now was almost falling asleep, and by the time it was 21:30, we were able to call a nice big room at Pump's House our own for the coming three nights. Well-done Barnes (not rare or medium) Why I don't ever learn from former mistakes is anybody's guess. Any beachbumming now involves me slapping a layer of sun cream factor 30 on to the unchartered portions of my bod-day. My last calamitous experience of prolonged contact with the sun's harmful rays ...