Chaweng Regent Beach Resort

... rennovated/built and they let some rooms out to people who wouldn't care - us! We did have a joke that we would put a chair under the handle and my doorstop in just in case ahahahahah!



We went out for a few bevvies after a meal in a proper ENGLISH pub place - footy on the, English papers about, imported English beers and quaint memorabilla on the walls such as Hendry's waistcoat and signed Fowler shirt. Good grub though and had a pool table upstairs. Got the ...

... unpack and go to sleep until the afternoon, in preparation for the Full Moon Party tonight. The trip to Koh Samui was only decided once we knew that the Full Moon Party had been put back a day because of a Bank Holiday. The Bourne Utimatum is a good film (although we both went to sleep through it).

After a long and stressful journey we arrived in Ban Phe too late for a ferry to Koh Samet so we found a hotel and had our first hot showers in a while... luxury! The journey was not all smiles though. I had a bit of a cold and didn't feel my best but wanted to keep moving which would have been fine if all had gone to plan. We checked out of our bungalow at 11am and a songthaew took us to the pier at 11.30 for a boat at 12 ...

... get back on it. It is in fact RIGHT next to our hotel but I do not know the what it is called. And THERE it happened: REAL Thai food. To our shame, we forgot the camera, cannot show you how we waited for our dinner, with our feet in the sea (remember, Broekske?) Never mind, we will be back, soon. Plans for the day: none. We try to book diving for tomorrow: the side we want to go to is fully booked, so it will be for the day after. Happy greetings from at the bar.

... will take you only 10 minutes and is worth it to stretch your legs and to see what some of the facilities are on offer. The first beach we reached was Hat Sai Kaew. It is about 800 metres long and is the most popular. The top of the beach has white powdery sand that was so bright that you had to wear sunglasses to protect your eyes. It was already hot by the time we arrived so that the only people in the water were ...

Koh Sahmet Island: It is a very touristy and polluted island. The water near the conservation park is somewhat clear, very warm and spits out once in a while, massive, plate sized purple and green jelly fish. Cats come out at night on the beach and two males decided to fight under our very low table and bit our youngest. It left him with four bleeding holes on his leg. Let's re-evaluate; it is 9:00 pm, on a small island in the Gulf ...

... As for now I can relax! I am now staying in south of Pattaya away from all the go go bars and the selling of sex. I am going to spend the next week on the beach reading books, writing and drinking some singha's(local thai beer) I will be heading to Malaysia this weekend to get a visa. Thank you to everyone for all your support. I am so glad I was able to get a job! I feel blessed to me here.Happy early valentines day. I love you all very much. sending Big hugs from Thailand!

Hi! This will be my last updatefrom the jungle for a while as on Thursday I am actually, finally, going to go to Banglamung, where there is a bear sanctuary that they have just gained access to! I'll probably be there for a couple of weeks. Stay tuned for some bear pictures soon! :) Friday 7 April Erm, actually I'll be goin to Banlamung (sorry, this pc has issues with the letter "g") (it also refuses point blank to ...