Khaolak Countryside Resort & Spa Khao Lak

at the third trip with manta queen 1 a fishing boat left quickly richelieu rock when we appeared. they had dropped their net when they saw us, and the net covered then the top of the rock. vic, tik, dan and mr.cru removed it successfully and we sent it together with some pictures to the similan island marine park office.

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... which was really nice until tons of mini vans showed up with all the resort peeps. Bamboo Tattoo- One of the really big things to do in Thailand is get a tattoo using a bamboo rod instead of the typical gun. I have seen many friends get tattoos using the usual gun so I was curious to see my friend get his with the bamboo rod. Basically it looks like a long bamboo rod the width of a pencil but about twice as long. At the tip there is a serrated ...

... Class and then you get a magic 'priority' sticker on your bag. We then found our taxi which we have pre-arranged and he whizzed us up to our home for the next few days called Amsterdam Resort in Khao Lak. We have a nice big (brick built since the tsunami) bungalow with Wifi in a lovely palm tree garden for 800baht a night. The resort is owned by a Dutch man called Kase who is extremely knowledgeable about the ...

Still recovering from the devastating 2004 tsunami Khoa Lak is one of the most beautiful villages on Thailand's Andaman coast. Khao Lak sits on a narrow strip of land between the primeval tropical mountainous Lak jungle and the warm waters of the Andaman Sea. Although only an hour's drive from Thailand's holiday Mecca of Phuket, this part of the Andaman coast remains relatively unknown and far less developed ...

... costs up the road. I'll check it to see about getting to the islands. Meanwhile it's actually good for my ankle to be here, resting mostly. this morning it didn't hurt, looked a little less swollen, and I could walk almost like normal. I can see the bruises faintly forming under the skin. I really think swimming in the sea is helping. It lets me and rewards me by letting me walk at a normal pace again. I hope I can hike and surf and cycle when I get back. For now ...

... 600 baht at Khao Lak Seafood (the rooms are behind the restaurant) almost brand new , huge, and on a beautiful setting overlooking the hill with flowers all around. The beach is not that good, but I spend a couple of nights since I was lucky to hook up with Joe Fox and his lovely family, We compare our trips, had a couple of great dinners and a fantastic time. By the way we still rather dive with Quiescence!!!!!!

... to give him a lift on motorcycle back to the previous night's campsite. At this point he was proposing that he would pick up his car, drive back to collect me from the jungle and drive me to a hospital. Quite why he couldn't have done that sooner (bearing in mind he'd apparently done the trek before and therefore should have known how to get to the road ...), I have no idea, but I guess at least he went ... Oonagh agreed to come with me to ...

... rule until 1238 when two Thai Chieftains declared independence and established a Thai ruled kingdom. Here is discovered a clever function with my camera that picks up one color and makes everything else black and white. I think I took a few pictures of Monks and flowers that turned out well, but you should be the judge. A few mosquito bites later we left for Phitsanulok and another Wat a few minutes ...

... hour to get to Sukhothai where we stayed at No 4 Guest house. The boardings were really nice - they had bamboo type huts with single beds & mozzie nets. Frogs came to visit in the bathroom sink, there was no A/C and the shower was ...

... death is just another part of life and the whole cycle of things. Like the everyday feeling at the burning ghats in Varanasi. Or maybe it's that people are just concentrating on getting through each day, on their lives, on their families, on the here and now. At any rate, as they say life certainly does go on, and to stop all the philosophising for a while (got on a rant there), if you were here in McLeod Ganj on New Year's Eve, you'd never have known a ...