Lamai Wanta Surat Thani

The largest province of the South located 685 kilometers from Bangkok is Surat Thani the province with a name that literally means "City of the Good People". A former capital of the Srivijaya Empire, the province covers an area of approximately 12,891 square kilometers. Surat Thani Province borders the Gulf ...

... into the caves. Inside the caves, large buddha's were placed where thai people were praying and visiting the beautiful reclining and seated buddha statues. From Petchaburi our next stop was a very 'Thai' seaside resort called Cha-am. A bit like the Thai's version of scarborough! A very peaceful resort (not like scarborough at all in that respect) and plenty of thai's enjoying playing in inflatable rings in the sea.. thai style - they were all fully clothed in ...

... Hero (by Enrique)... "Let me be your hero baby...let me kiss away the pain, let me stand by you forever...", this song certainly reminds me of somebody again but I could not fight my own sleepiness. So I fell asleep so fast. I woke up with the heated body. The air condition in the bus went wrong and everybody was sweating terribly! It was 30 kilos to our destination so it did not matter than much. I felt like being in the ...

... WRONG. We board the train our seats are one cart away from the washrooms...gross...and for some reason the aircon isnt on..Weird we baught aircon, we even upgraded. HAahah. yupp you guessed it the aircon was broken, and for the icing on the top because we were in the aircon section our windows are bolted up! Oh wait the electrical is completly out, no lights, no fans, no windows, no food for almost 12 hours! Gotta love asia! :) Ok so we read with our flashlights ...

... my beer. He was mistaken. We then snickered at the Australians whose table he sat down at after we fled the scene, but were surprised to see some locals give him change. Giving change to beggars is much more common here than it is in America, probably due to the lack of adequate government safety nets for the mentally ill/crippled/disabled/unemployed to fall back on. Or something political like that. The spartan cargo ferry made for a surprisingly cozy and mosquito ...

... the Suvarnbhumi Airport from our hotel Baiyoke Suite located in Pratunam. After checking in the baggage we had to once again go out as the liquids were not allowed in the hand bags and due to oversight we packed them in handbags. I had to manage another carrybag to check in the deodrants and sprays. The flight by Air Asia was a pleasent one as the flight descended into Krabi International Airport, smoothly. We hopped into the waiting bus outside the terminal ...

... street corner where after some time a mini-bus picked me up and brought me to an empty storefront where I waiting nearly 2 hours to be shuttled to anther storefront for another hour of of waiting. Eventually, I was to head to the real bus to Bangkok, but my mini-bus ran out of gas along the way. A passing motorist on a mini bike was nice enough to take a plastic canister and get us a couple liters. I was dropped off, again, at a random ...

... feet. People were also letting off Chinese lanterns on the beack to which lit up the sky and looked pretty amazing! The romance ended there though as we then moved up into Bophut village to watch yet another football match (aaaaaarrrgggh!) in a bar called The Crows Nest. It was run by an English fella and his Thai wife and when Andy got talking to him, it turns out he supported Newcastle, was from Whitley Bay and used to live about 5 or ...

... unnamable type of leafy green, a peice of fruit (usually mini bananas or green oranges) and tea. Everyone would have to be seated in order for the food reflection to be said and for the entire group to eat together, in silence. Food Reflection: With wise reflection, I eat this food. Not for play, not for intoxication. Not for fattening, not for beautification. Only to maintain this body. To keep it alive and healthy. To support the spirital (way of) life. Thus, I let go of ...

... style coach with no more than 10 people onboard, air conditioning and we enjoyed the three hour journey in reclined comfort. We managed this by avoiding the touts at the ferry port and heading straight to the government bus terminal. Surat Thani is just a one night stopover before we head to Ko Samui. There isn't much here to write home about other than a Tesco's, oh and we ...