Chaweng Inn

... many for 5 baht/ a bag or bunch - maybe 15-20 cents. In typical Thai fashion, she made a mountain of steamed rice and at least 6 different dishes - only one of which I recognized, a great vegetable curry. Other dishes were also vegetarian as Ji's boyfriend doesn't eat hardly anything but. But all were delicious, though very spicey.<br><br>I have an interview at ECC in Rayong tomorrow, well actually today now. It's a language school. They ...

... the island on motorbikes which is very off road style, mum would yell out on the back of Abheer&#8217;s bike as she was sent flying yet again. We also ate amazing meals, had massages and enjoyed the island life. Was so lovely to be there with mum and also to have her here when I was feeling rough.<br><br>The day we left Ko Samet mum almost got arrested!! Ok ok it is a funny story. She had by accident broken a coffee plunger from the hotel, first our Scottish landlady said it was fine ...

... but mum laughed her head off when I told her. We decided to book a snorkel trip as mum had never tried it..we got taken to a bit of coral reef just off Koh Samui, mum was amazing (as a self declared weak swimmer) and even (after encouragement) jumped from the side of the boat into the water! A very proud moment of boat jumping! We saw butterfly fish and were followed around by blue stripey fish who seemed to think we were food as we were completely surrounded..it was like swimming ...

... had a great time in the jungle. First day climbed and swam near a waterfall and swung on vines. Second day went to caves- impressive, but big jumping spiders-gabby not impressed. Third day climbed a mountain-hard work but rewarding! Also lots of other stuff such as meeting hill tribe people. We are now on Koh Samet- a beautiful but quite busy ...

... to stop at some really funky bars/restaurants we spotted on the way back. LISA - This was on the road between between Lamai Beach and Baan Chaweng Noi. The road is not at sea level. The bars/resorts have huge windows overlooking the ocean and they look really beautiful. I'm so jealous I'm not going with you... That night we enjoyed ourselves in a bar called 'the Loft' where we sat overlooking the street below on some very comfortable Thai seats. Mind ...

... it was that good. Other than the beaches, the bars and the restaurants (which aren't that great to be honest) there's very little to do here. Perfect for chilling out, yes, but activity wise there's next to nowt, so I'm doing one more night and then getting my **** over to Ko Chang where hopefully there'll be more to keep me entertained and off the booze. Oh, and I ate a coconut straight off the tree today and it was lovely. The simple things appear to be keeping me amused.

... the other men and they put it away. I thought the idea was not to touch or take away? hmmmm... Finally got a snorkel that worked and we did get to see a range of Thai marine life - probably about up to ten tropical different kids of fish. A few beautiful clams and other things I wouldn't know how to describe. I did enjoy this aspect and would love to try it again in another scenario. That's one for the future.... So after that journey, we all boarded the boat ...

... along the beach to get some lunch. The place had the cutest little puppy I have ever seen bouncing around the place. This was was one redeeming factor as the food was bad. They also had a big fluffy white cat which had just recently had kittens and the owner let us hold the 12 day old little white fur ball- sooooo cute! In the evening we ventured out along the beach to have food. The others had a seafood BBQ which included a rather dodgy looking ...

... to myself things are looking up. I checked my email and I had a message from Tony. On Saturday Katie and I met with him about teaching jobs. He said the Katie had the job no problem but he was unsure if my because of my dark skin. The Thai schools want to be able to show off there native speaking teacher . The lighter your skin color the more money they think you have, plus you look more like westerner. After the meeting with him I pretty much out ruled ...

Right. As we already said in our previous entry we spent a few days in Pattaya. The place is very touristy, but it was perfect for a bit of relaxation before starting the real travelling. We had a couple of great nights (including a very boozy dinner party with Ian's friends on the last night) and hence we caught ...