Bizfirst Mansion Kathu

... pass cars by crossing the center divider requiring oncoming traffic to move out of your way, what the heck you might even temporarily park or stop you car in the left lane…. Oh yes, I forgot to mention you must keep an eye out for cars, motor bikes, people and random stray dogs running across the roads. (its har to explain, you really must experience it for yourself) It is crazy, yet somehow the Thai people have a method to all this madness and seem to sort of ...

Tonight I will be arriving at LAX around 10:30pm so that I can catch my flight at 1am to Hong Kong China! From Hong Kong i will catch a flight to Phuket Thailand and arrive to my first destination after a ...

... into the bays and snorkel. We then visited Maya Bay, made famous as it is the beach shot from the film "The Beach". Here we went swimming where that water is hot and like being in a bath but still refreshing, and we even saw a 2 foot shark swimming amongst us! And the trip ended watching the sunset whilst having dinner, just beautiful!<br><br>Once again it was time to move on, this time to our last beach resort of Rai Lay near ...

... br><br>After a half hour of snorkeling, Whitney and I headed back to the boat and boarded a two person kayak. We used the kayak to explore the cove, swiftly paddling for quite some time before taking a break in the middle of the cove, lying back in the kayak, Whitney's head resting on the rear and my head resting on her legs. It was incredible to be surrounded by such pristine and untouched beauty. We kayaked for a while longer, making it all the way inside the inlet and then ...

... from our incredible day, and excited about what the next day had in store. <br><br>We woke up quite tired but got ourselves on the taxi minibus to the elephant trekking sight. We spent the first part of the morning trekking up a waterfall sight, which was great to see some water actually coming down it, although it was very humid. We then got to see a Gibbon Rehabilitation Project, which was interesting and quite an eye opener. After that we headed ...

... at a place called Niku Guesthouse. Around 17:30, we caught a share taxi back to Phuket town to avoid paying the extortionate rates charged by the tuk-tuk drivers after the bus stopped running. Since our Thailand visa expired in a few days, we were considering making another short trip to Myanmar so that we could stay in Thailand as long as we had originally planned, but were leaning towards heading to Cambodia earlier than planned. The Phuket travel agencies had ...

... and Colin from Boston. We all like beer, food, and, I'm sure, other things. Beer and food are two things sufficient, and have spent many a night in the common room discussing ******** and politics (or am I being redundant? Oh, joke!). I watched some of the debates today, by the way, and I'm here to say that both McCain and Obama are frustrating candidates...I'm completely withdrawn from this bullsh, and am waiting for even the slightest snifter of candor and ...

... resides in Ranong, teaching english, was heading to another island an hour further out, Koh Phayam. Given the boat doesn't stop at Koh Chang on Sundays. Okay change of plans. John showed us around town while we waited. There was nothing to see. Upon arrival on the island, we would head to the west side where John said it would be great. Keep in mind, it's now low season. After a 70 baht moto ride from the dock, we found ...

... beaches. Resorts with tennis clubs, fancy restaurants, traditional Thai-style bungalows. Tiny, plain bungalow huts around a beach for $40/night. Realizing how great home is for all the above, and better! So it's actually a little ho-hum and wondering what to do with one week left. It would be nice to have some time at home before going back to work, to heal the ankle and adjust. But should be enjoying it here of course! I was ...

... on the plane... so i have the clothes im wearing and thats kinda it but hopefully as i sit in this internet cafe thing its getting delivered to my room which i must admit sucks it dirty, dingy and just plain disgusting but we all keep telling ourselves that its only for one night and then back to the 5 star places ive become accustomed to... its chinese new year so for one night thats the only place we could find... so ...