J&J Gesthouse Sukhothai

... a vegetable soup (of all things!) yesterday lunchtime and so we're taking it easy until she's back to full strength. She did manage some toast and juice for breakfast this morning and is just having a lie down whilst I update this blog.<br><br>We have both been mercilessly attacked by mosquitoes despite applying DEET repellent, it seems they can sniff out the tiny spots that have been missed. Either ...

... a narrow road beside the river, off the main road in New Sukothai. It has a pleasant garden and a large shaded area with tables and chairs. There is a real family atmosphere with staff of all ages including the new baby, at the centre of lots of attention. The dogs are also part of the scene. Our accommodation is in a &#8216;bungalow&#8217; but I confess it looks more like an upmarket shed to me (although it still lacks hand-pulled Leeds Best; I can give them a few ...

... was the vision of this extraordinary young couple, Katherine, and her husband Anon. In 2005, Katherine founded BLES to provide a home for endangered, abused, and injured elephants. The genesis for BLES, the story of little Boon Lott, a two year old elephant that Katherine cared for until he sadly died up in Lampang, at TECC, is very moving. You can read about that on the new website, (www.blesele.org) so I won't retell it here. Katherine founded Boon Lott's Elephant ...

... to eat. We were not sure if we were supposed to eat the inside or the outside. The outside was papery and the inside was like a little rock. She sat there and happily crunched away while most of us tried to discreetly get rid of the thing in our mouths. I think one guy was able to eat his but his face was so disgusting looking I didn't take an offer for another rock nut. We made it back to town and started walking back to our hostel and stopped to try and buy some ...

... as for some reason they have become very stiff to use. Tomorrow we are off to Uttaradit and we think we've found a way around the 140km trek up and over a mountain, but we'll see. Laters Books: In my opinion * Not great ** OK *** Worth reading **** A favourite ***** Exceptional Reading: The Broker - (another) John Grisham To date: The Last Grain Race - Eric Newby ** Cancer Ward - Alexander Solzenhitsyn **** Utterly Monkey ...

... was 900B (my book is 4 years old) and they only had a double bed for one night or I could have had a room with twin beds. As I didn't want a small bed, especially above the price range that I was looking for, I decided to move on. At this point I should mention that I am on a budget and I was going to start watching my money from now on. I got a tuk-tuk and had him take me to a guesthouse that he recommended. It's called Rux-Thai Guest House ...

... them off and catch a bus back to Phitsanulok. <br><br>The bus we took back made our previous bus look like it had just rolled off the assembly line! <br><br>This thing was a relic, and there were about 100 people on it! <br><br>Not only that, but it stopped roughly every 5 minutes to drop someone off beside the road, for the entire way ...