Krathom Khao-Lak Phangnga

... walks into the guest house with a bag. He turns the bag over and out falls a massive yellow snake....<br> <br>The guy started telling a story about how someone was bitten by a snake...we were thinking that at some stage someone was bitten by a snake here but how we were mistaken. We were talking about the snake five minutes later back at our table and saying how scary it would be to be bitten by a snake but what a great story it would ...

... sommes bien tombe car aujourd'hui etait un jour sacre : Buddha Day. Tout le monde est aller prier aux differents temples de la ville sans que nous puissions assister aux ceremonies malheuresement !<br><br>Puis c'etait le trajet en train 3eme classe (13 Baht = 0.30 euros) jusqu'a Ayutthaya.<br><br ...

... agar there, to eat. I didn't buy it. We also tried this delicious dessert, candy floss wrapped in green crepe-like food. Awesome. They wanted to buy shredded pork, so Ajarn Somchai led us through a maze of markets to find it. That was an adventure. We went up and down, crossed streets, jumped over puddles. It sort of went underground a bit after we walked through this sketchy-looking place with tarps strung up everywhere. It smelled worse the further we got. There was ...

... through the city streets.<br><br>Our final day.......We booked a Tuk Tuk driver to take us to the further outlying Wats. Some of them were hundreds of years old but still in excellent condition, our favourite had a large (40ft or so) reclining Budha and a stupa surrounded by over 100 Budhas. Just amazing and we were very pleased we took the tour.<br><br>The afternoon was spent packing up, reading etc and generally getting ready to come home.

... br><br>Dinner was fantastic. We at a Thai place with a view of the ruins. Pote hooked us up and ordered some amazing stuff we had never tried before, like chicken stuffed with herbs and wrapped in banana leaves. Jac stuck to her fried rice, but I think everyone enjoyed the experience.<br>

... of mine. Some of my more favorable experiences include exploring Angkor Wat and Sukhothai :) Thailand is great because it offers such an array of experiences from jungle trekking to beach lounging to historical site exploring. There are still so many places i have yet to visit and many things i have yet to do, i will do my best to get as much done as i can. To not experience everything that Thailand has to offer would be lamentable.

... for a city but is shortened to Krungthep. Remember that one for the pub quizzes. Check it on Wikipedia if you don't beleive me!!<br> <br>The ruins are awesome and so picturesque. It was really touristy though and the guy who was showing us around was an annoying little sh*t who wouldn't stop talking! I had had a few the night before and was hoping to get some kip on ...

... 5 pm, so we had a quick swim in the pool and went to dinner in the hotel restaurant. We were so hungry, and the prices were much lower than we expected, so each of us ordered 3-4 different dishes. Everything was very tasty but it was much more than we could eat. There was one disadvantage though, as the restaurant was on an open terrace on the riverbank, we got swarmed by mosquitos, and all the repellents could not send them away.

... our pavillion" we spot Krisda the Hotel Manager, who is inspecting some work in progress in the gardens. Rob asks me to introduce him to the Krisda (given that I have been chatting with him each morning at breakfast - he speaks perfect English). I do as my husband asks and then Rob starts asking Krisda about the Hotel's water to which Krisda looks alarmed. I think he thought a complaint was imminent. I ...

... about calling it a night when suddenly the place came to life. It started with a couple of Thai guys performing flame swallowing and juggling on the beach, and I was soon surrounded by a mass of people who seemed to appear from nowhere. Envigorated by the people and the hedonistic vibe, I found myself randomly hurling my body through a ring of flames on my way back from the toilet; other people were jumping a burning skipping rope ...