Grand Saowaluk Surat Thani

... Then i fell asleep on the bus on the way over and crocked up my neck. The additional back and neck pain was a wonderful treat.

Although each day is broken up into different sessions such as sitting meditation, walking meditation, chanting, Dharma talks, meals times etc, the entire day is essentially spent in meditation. One does not need to sit on the ground in lotus posture to meditate, it can be done in any situation, especially the method taught in this retreat, called ...

... in the morning (dont worry mothers, lots of english speakers, plenty of kosha taxis to take us back, we were fine!) Today was spent recuperating by the pool, and hopefully tomorrow we're going to get a taxi with some people we've met in the hotel up to one of the waterfalls in the center of the island, and have a bit of a swim! There are actually SO many Irish people here, its unbelievable, I'd say about 10 in our ...

... San Road and Remi decided to buy an I-Pod Touch (the shops didn't have any though so maybe next time we are around). Les parents were positively overwhelmed by it all - cats and dogs, traffic, pollution, kids sleeping under market stalls, smells and noises. There is no city in Europe that compares to BKK (in good and bad...). In the evening we hopped on a train that would take us comfortably to Surat Thani and then on to Ko Samui by boat, paradise ...

... I had sat with him and shared a little of his beer and felt a sense of the sorrow in his life. I think both of us were rather content in our hike and swim though and I wish him happiness. Deng and I saw some wonderfully-colored spiders and butterflies, chameleons, little birds, 4 black hornbills, 1 monitor lizard (it was huge!), and a long-tail macaque (a lot like a monkey). Only thing we didn't see that I ...

... A.D. walked into the shop and returned with 2 beers and with a smile told me that we were looking at another 3 hours... What a joke!! Gee, he's funny. It was a very hot 1.5 hours to get to Ko Samui. We arrived at the ferry terminal and followed 'our private' taxi driver up the road to jump into a maxi cab with 7 other people - hmmm. The cab driver asked which hotel we were each going to and one of our fellow ...

... bus arrive au depart pour Patong Beach, la plage la plus touristique de Phuket. On decide de le prendre avec deux filles francaises qui reviennet de Koh Pangan et Koh Tao. Thailande oblige, on doit payer 200 baht de plus. Pas question de rester la des heures meme si on a deja paye, je decide de payer. C'est parti pour 5 heures de route en plus. Arrivee sur Puket je descensd a Phuket Town. C'est moche avec rien a faire. Je decide d'aller ...

... you do not diss his majesty under any circumstances. (wasnt some english tourist sent to prison for like 10 years cos he got drunk and mooned a statue of the king or something?) 2. their queen. see number 1 - shes almost as important and as advertised as he is. 3. **** **** **** music. the music here is the worst music ive heard since leaving home. and they like it loud and cheesy and with lots of bass and its rubbish!\ 4. mobile phones. more than any country ive ...

... wading out to get to the boats chest deep in water, fully clothed with bags held above their heads. The majority of the boats couldnt dock due to the vast amounts of people clambouring to get on them and many looked as though they could capsize at any moment due to them being mobbed. People were screaming, crying for help, falling under the water, many with blood pouring from their feet due to cutting them on the rocks, fights were breaking out and I saw at least ...

Monday, November 12th, 2007- 9:39 am Hello my good Dhamma friends, Well, I have successfully made it through the twelve day long meditation retreat, have had some time to reflect on my time there and am now ready to share some of my experiences. This is a daunting task for me as there is just so much that happened to me, so many details I don't want to forget and I am not sure where to begin. Also, I feel as if the words I am going to try and use to describe simply will not give ...

... robes contribute the amazing color contrasts, along with the fact that most people favor yellow here as an honor to their King who was born on a Monday, the day corresponding with the color yellow. As I happened to be in the country on a Monday, I was almost blinded by the amount of yellow shirts I saw! Truly unbelievable. The first half of my journey to Thailand focuses on the southern half, popular for its numerous island and beach resorts, so I took the opportunity to indulge ...