Lee Gardens Plaza Hotel Songkhla

... floating fish farm to watch fishermen trawling for net profits. These floating fish farms reminded me about the Kelong built for fishing off the coastline in Singapore in the eary years. I used to go fishing with my friends on the offshore wooden platform built from Nibong (Oncosperma tigillarium), a ...

... for the giant bugs lounging on us and the table. The local guys would catch them, rip their wings off and throw them into the water. Very nice. Becca and I saw some crazy insect in our room. It was pretty small and looked like a spider but its front legs were red and went up like a crabs. I had forgotten about the crazy different species in the jungles. The ants were the size of the first joint on my pointer finger. Anyway we went for a 2 hour walk because ...

Not much to say here...the pictures tell it all...It's an afternoon at the Samila beach in Songkhla, Thailand. The wood 'statues' were unique...it was nice just to hear the waves from the Gulf of Thailand crash in onto the beach....yes, much like those silly peaceful beer commercials! Oh..and in answer to JM's inquiry to me on another email....I did say Charmaine 's mother (Mama Evangeline) had given me the blessing on having ...

... noticed,....the Ronald figure is in the postion of the Thai greeting....they don't shake hands..(although the younger generation is more westernized and do shake) the traditional greeting is a wai they fold hands in front of them and bow...the position of authority rank means the dept of bowing, youth always wai lower to elders . Ok...some pics! We went back ...

... and a roomful of guest including Jove, and Mae Charmaines room mates, Delia Charmaines sister and Analy and Joana ....a nice supper with guest ! We had fish, rice a casserole and a vegstable dish all served traditionally (fish came with it's heads stil on....) It was wonderful!...Charmaine is a fantastic cook...ah...Good looking and a good cook. Mother I found a keeper. :)

... four hours it was blaring karaoke music, including a video monitor to follow along. I think it was Thai country music because every story was sad, losing a love, losing a fight, losing their life, blah blah. Carrie utilized her ear plugs for the first time, and they weren't quite sufficient. Ugh. We arrived in town and the guy didn't know where the guest house was that we wanted, so he offered to drop us at Cathay guest house, I guess ...

... of gem-buyers and gem-brokers, all of them clustered around the worn wooden tables. Turbaned Indians rub elbows with mustachioed Malaysians and khaki-shirted Brits. Gem-runners -- mostly locals who work on commission for wholesalers and lapidary operations -- move from table to table, flashing their supply of rubies or sapphires at buyers and scribbling down offers. The white walls of the trading hall are marbled brown with accumulated grime, and the energetic frenzy ...

... years, fabio from san marino (never knew that san marino was a country) and an older couple who were are surrogate parents for the 20 hour train ride!!! Spent most of the train ride sitting on the floor talking with the train doors open...slightly scary but vvvvv fun!!!! When we hit the border, our train was searched! Since entering asia weve developed a fear that somebody has planted drugs on us and were going to end up rotting in jail soooo paranoid, but all ...

... men vi kom jo tilbage til KL og fik hentet de ting vi havde staaende paa det guesthouse vi boede paa... Vi smuttede hen og koebte en busbillet som skulle koere os til Had Yai i Thailand fra kl. 23, var et smut paa nettet og pakkede saa vores tasker lidt om! Vi har koebt alverdens ting paa Borneo og har lige nu ALT for meget at slaebe paa! Saa det betyder en ekstra taske indtil vi rammer Bangkok og kan faa det smidt af paa Jysk! Jahr men hen mod halv elleve begav ...