Corto Maltese Resort Chaweng

... rubber tree need about 5 years to grow before it is ready to be harvested. The farmers around here made some good income last year when the commodities prices are going sky high. But this year, it is quite unstable, but they said they will live just like any other ressesion. <br><br>Life here is simple. People grow their own vegetables, fruits, and live stocks. So, the large part of money they got from selling the rubber can go into their saving for ...

... of our life when we walked to the right of our hotel when we were set upon by some leaflet droppers. Oh and they were 6' 4" trannies. No shame. Just big old Thai blokes with 6 inch heels and more slap than Essex. Scary stuff. We quickly doubled back, when Pete had a monkey thrown on him. Yes you heard right. A monkey. The poor little thing looked scared as he clung on for life. The git who threw him wanted us to pay to have a photo taken. The next guy had an iguna, and I'm ...

Slightly dazed and confused from the previous evening's revelry, I woke early to get myself to Koh Samet. The beach had become a bit of a priority, a bit of a holy grail when I was freezing up in the mountains of Zhongdian and today was the day when the dream became a reality! With a bit of help from Thailand's friendliest taxi driver (he even took me by the arm to the correct ticket office) I was on a bus towards Rayong. 5 or so hours and a songtheaw to Ban Phe ...

This is the worst place on the planet; a complete &amp; utter shithole crawling with the epitomy of Chavs from various nations! Admittedly I was a bit down because the weather's still ****, Bryonie's gone home &amp; worst of all, Wednesday were knocked out of the cup at the third round for the eighth year running, but all I was looking for was a quiet cheap room to chill until I could get the first available bus to ...

The morning of Day 5 was mostly spent asleep. Previously I had had only 3 hours sleep since we had been in Thailand, so you cant blame me for a cheeky 10 hour shut-eye. The Coconut Grove hotel we're staying in is on the beach in seperate little bungalows, and very inexpensive considering the location and how nice the place is. There's not a lot of people around, even though its coming to the end of low season. We chilled on the beach in the afternoon, and all went jet skiing ...

Day 97 - 29/05/08 Decided to visit a friend in Koh Samet as I didn't want to be in Bangkok for days waiting for my follow up appointment. Would of driven me completely mad! At least on this little island I can relax and recuperate on the beach rather than having to deal with crazy Bangkok for days on end. It was a 4 hour bus journey to the coast, then I had to wait 2 hours for a boat to the 5km long Island. The boat won't leave until 15 people ...

Hello, In my last blog, I'm afraid I must have sounded like a crazy woman. I felt crazy at the time. I have found that it comes and goes in stages. Just like I have been having hot flashes throughout the day from the heat. (No, it's not an early stage of menopause). I've been attending school at a Buddhist Monastery and staying by the beach at night. My feet continue to swell up (I've asked around and apparently no-one has heard of it). BUT I"m ...

... am very excited about that! I will be here until Saturday. Next Tuesday I leave for Bali. Here is my address Stella Medina Asian University c/o Ania Rowan 89 Moo 12. Highway 331 Banglamung Chonburi 20260 Thaliand I do not start work until March 12th so I will not be at this address until then. it takes about a week or so for mail to get here. I still do not have a cell phone. I will get one when I get back from Bali. Love you all and miss you much!

I just finished my first week of my TEFL course and this of a run down of how things are going so far. Sunday We had our information meeting , where I meet my classmates.There are a total of 20 of us in the class 5 girls and the rest boys(men). We range from the ages 22- 55 years old. I think, we have a good group of people. I really like everyone in the group and I am learning more about them each day. Dave Hopkins is our main teacher. He has been in the ...

... we have had to get used to cold ones! Lisa thought she'd like to go and see one of the waterfalls on the island today so off we set in a taxi thinking we could drive up to it, take a picture and drive back. We were wrong. The taxi dropped us off at the entrance to the waterfall - there is a safari park and croc zoo and some other stuff too - and we head up the hill on what we thought woul;d be a pleasent walk. We ...