Iyara Beach Hotel and Plaza Surat Thani

... you and nature. The monastery is crawling with wildlife. I would commonly find creatures in my room. Frogs, big spiders, geckos, toukays and millipedes to name a few. Scorpions and snakes are also in the area but i never encountered either. The coolest animal was a giant monitor lizard that I saw a few times. He came slothing by the meditation hall a few times on his way to the pond. On a different occasion i saw a smaller monitor lizard floating motionlessly in a stream, i suspect he was ...

... et les mals de dos de certains, on a pensé que le train serait préférable!!! Après la frustration du départ, on s'est en fait rendu compte que les sièges se dépliaient et devenaient des lits assez confortables. Après avoir commandé quelques bières au vendeur qui se balladait dans l'allée, les choses sont devenues plus folkloriques et nous étions tous content de voyager à la mode du pays...Ravi de voir la Thailande, la vraie! Une expérience que ...

The ferry, when it finally left, was a joy. All hanging your feet over the side and clear blue water. The blue of a carribean postcard, not an Eastbourne one. Another reminder the UK is filth surrounded by filth. They should never have stopped my grandad from cleaning the rivers. This journey has involved a surprisingly little amount of beach laziness. In S>America only Mollendo ...

Aamulla herattiin junasta joka oli menossa jonnekkin sellaiseen paikkaan jonka nimea ei millaa muista. Juna oli vaan tunnin myohassa maara ajastaan. Hirvee nalka. Tultiin asemalle ni hirvee joukko ihmisia alko kyselee et mihin ollaan matkalla. Kerrottiin... Sen jalkeen meijat revittiin bussiin. Oli kuulemma kiire ku lautta lahtee. HYVA! Ei mulla ois nalka ollukkaan. Luvattiin kyl et laivalt saa ruokaa. Karvisteltiin noin tunnin bussimatka nalissamme Kumpikin omalla ...

... l'office de l'immigration pour demander une deuxieme entree. Apres le nord, je ne me vois pas passer deux semaines dans le sud. Je tombe sur un volontaire de Tasmanie (Oceanie) qui m'aide a rassembler tous les papiers, et 1000 bahts plus tard, j'ai ma deuxieme entree sortie wouhou, c'est decide, je vais au Cambodge ou au Laos si j'ai le courage de faire un autre visa, sinon Malaisie ou Bali (Indonesie) sans Visa. A voir, direction Patong beach.

... it's perfect for a hot day. A gentle walk 10 minutes further up the mountain leads you to Samui's most beautiful waterfall, Na Muang 2. The waterfalls are the most scenic on the island. Elephant trekking is also available at the Nu Muang waterfalls. Na Muang waterfalls are easily accessible from the main ring road between Nathon and Lamai and are well signposted. Elephant Trek Traditional ...

... and began our trek through the rainforest. The guide spotted several black monkeys as we were walking and we got to watch them swing from tree to tree which was really neat. Unfortunately it was too hard to get a picture because we were so far away. I have to admit I was winded pretty quickly as we walked up hill through the rainforest but I keep chugging down water and moving along. It was just unreal to be in an actual rainforest and just listen ...

... started asking me where I was from, where I was going and why my husband had not come for cigarette etc etc. I thought he was just being friendly and explained that I was from Newcastle, going to Koh Samui, Andy was my boyfriend not my husband and he was a lazy fat git who was fast asleep and didnt smoke anyway. Next thing hes coming on to me in the guards van telling me I have beautful hair, asking me why I wasnt married and helpfully explaining ...

... its eyes moving ever so slowly, the hike is un-eventful, humid and trying. Then, Steve notices a widening area of blood on the back of Julie's leg and the leech adventure begins. Leeches are, according to Klaus..."wondrous." Their "bite" contains anesthesia, antiseptic and an ingredient to prevent blood from clotting. Thus, when one is dined upon, as we both were, they don't know it, they don't feel it and ...

... it had been rainiing so iti was quite a lot deeper! So we had to wade into the river, and then climb down some steep narrows bits where the river was rellay fast, adn then at the bottom let go adn swim through a tunnel - it must have been chest height on someone very tall cos i couldnt touch the bottom! All this was done with torch between my teeth to keep it dry! There were 3 sections like this, and then we came out of the cave and floated into the sunlight :o) iit ...