Evergreen Laurel Hotel (Bangkok)

... 35 degrees, and many Beer Changs were needed to stay cool! Everyone is so friendly in Bangkok and I met so many cool people who were more than happy to share stories of where they had been or where they were going, among them a chap from Portugal and a handful of Dutch people - one of whom was a Muay Thai boxer!

However, two nights in this place was enough and we decided to head north to Laos via an overnight sleeper train.

... course from her.

Saturday I met up with Audrey, Sarah, Josh, and Josh's friend Pam from Canada at the night market. It was nice to get out of the house and hang out with some people. I do love my computer, but taking online courses is making me not want to be on one for awhile, when I can.

Sunday morning, Audrey, Jill, Gail and I were up SUPER early to go to the flower market in Chinatown. It wasn't quite what we were expecting, but it was ...

... month. There was a big, colourful street parade of rather attractive Uni students, dressed in traditional Thai outfits, dancing and performing. In the backround, hundreds of Kome Loy lanterns (mini hot air balloons), were being lit and 'set free' into the sky - it was really beautiful...lots of little fire lanterns floating into the night!! It was a great atmosphere, and we were really glad that we were in ...

... 8221; After walking through a number of Patpong Sois (streets), Lauren realized that we were right next to one of her favorite restaurants she always gets to deliver to our place. It is a Lebanese place and we decided to pop on in and grab a meal.

When we left the restaurant, the sun was beginning to set, and all of the festivities at Patpong were begin to get into full swing. One of the Sois had a market in it, so we did some shopping and Lauren bought some shirts on ...

... around the island, there was nothing else, our resort was the
only thing on this island. No shopping malls or shopping stalls. Just a few
bungalows and beach huts. What was even better was there was only one other
couple on the resort with us.
The water was crystal clear with white sand. With pretty much nobody around,
my wife and I just ...

... I wish him luck and hope that he enjoys his experience there as much as we did. Bangkok is a place worthy of a return visit and I feel that there are plenty of well hidden secrets waiting to be discovered in this city. We have but scratched the surface. Our time on Koh Pha-Ngan and trekking in the north were by far our favourite times here in Thailand. We will return one day in the hope of discovering the Thailand that has been mostly lost under the weight of ...

... br>Nursery Decoration
Nursing & Feeding
Pacifiers & Teethers ...

... Budda which is a huge statue of a Budda made of solid gold (absolutely gorgeous). While there, we sparked up conversation with a Thai guy who told us that we should book the rest of our trip in Southern Thailand with TAT (the national government tourist office) in order to get everything we needed. At TAT we had a travel agent who was obviously a ladyboy by night (we could tell by his long nails and leftover lipstick) who got things done in a fraction ...

... I'll probably live off that for as long as possible.

Day 2

Today I checked out of the "Sleep Withinn" and into the "Rambuttri Village Inn" I saw a rate online for 450 baht a night ($15) but I didn't want to use my credit card so I decided to walk there instead. When I got there they told me that room was taken and the only other single that was available was a deluxe single suite for $580 baht a night ($20 ...