Golden Beach Hotel Cha Am Cha-am

... Thai turned out to be a grooming strategy....as she suggested I should go and stay at the family home and meet her only daughter....politely declining I grabbed the remaining mango from her and settled back as a monsoon storm battered the side of the train.

As dark rolled in and we moved the final few miles eastwards into Greater Bangkok the Thai teens came to bid me farewell....what a nice bunch....although with somewhat oversized sunglasses....

... jalkeen. Siis on ihan kiva tavata muita lansimaalaisia, mutta en pida siita etta olen jossakin maassa matkaamassa ja joissakin paikoissa ja joillakin alueilla suurin osa ihmisista on valkonaamoja. Ei se ole mitaan matkailua. Mutta taalla on voitu olla tekemisissa paikallisten kanssa ja muutenkin taalla saa olla rauhassa. Junamatka Bangkokista Cha-Amiin oli kylla hulvaton. Otettiin mittaritaksi (1,5 e) Thonburin juna-asemalle ja sielta sitten kansallisen ...

... new people, so it was sometimes more stressful, less fun. One good thing: I have definitely washed my last food bowl! I actually do need to prepare the food and feed out in the afternoon because of a mix-up with the schedule, so that's frustrating--I really wanted the whole afternoon off--but a few hours will have to suffice. Regardless, tonight at 9 pm, I'll be on an overnight bus with Liz down to Krabi! The real holiday begins!

... they were watching it, and I decided I didn't want to walk any further to actually see it. I did, however, try to get the damn tourists away. They heard commotion and all gathered around to come and watch the carnage and they were just getting in the way, so I motioned and pushed for them to move away. It was just awful seeing Emma's face while this was happening and hearing all the screams, from both the people and the animals. One of the Thai staff ran with Sunday ...

... gross. -New facebook friends: 5, all British and Aussie girls from the sanctuary -Current mosquito bites: 26 -Thai words or phrases I've learned: one per day. That makes it 12 so far. -Excursions out of the center: 3 (2 nights out to socialize, 1 elephant safari) -Bouts of sickness: none so far!

... pictures and then I'll do a proper update on my life later. Take care, everyone! Try to stay clean so I can live vicariously through you :) kidding. Never mind- computer is being too spotty to upload photos, it's not working. Hopefully later. It's lunchtime back at the center, so I have to ride the bike back through the little village and then a part of the jungle (yes!) to get some food. Bye for now!

... on schedule with thailand pretty fast. So the next day we arrrive in Bangkok in the evening and take a 2 or 3 hour bus ride to Cha-am to VIP condo chain where i live now. i slept most the way to Cha-am so i dunno what Bangkok to Cha-am looks like. really different from what i saw. some people like tin huts on the side of the highway. kinda depressing since that was one of the first things i saw. but it is everywhere so i am ...

... and dark and the thunders are getting loud i am soaking wet from head to toe i pulled my 7-iron to the left greenside bunker 2-on and 2-putt for bogie the rain begins to come down in buckets also cats and dogs we run to the bar i ordered a kloster beer and made friends with an aussie couple from brisbane who live in dubai and who are here on a golf holiday. they are flying back to dubai tonight. the airport limo picks them ...

... he was two up and seemingly unsinkable and then unthinkably he was two down again. in the end we ended all square and sat in the clubhouse for a few singha beers and some relaxed conversation. it turns out we have a lot in common. we are both retired, for one thing. also, both of us have had some dealings in the world of finance ...

... Ve vlaku na me zbyla pouze 3trida. klasika. Uplne narvanej vlak, lidi spali na zemi na novinach. TAk nepohodlny sedacky st nevideli. bolel me zadek, nevedela sem jak si sednout.. 12hod. v 8h jsme byli v Trangu, motorkou jsem prejela na bus nadrazi chytla bus 1tridy do Krabi. Chvili sem cekala na lod a jela na Railay beach. cesta temer 24hod.