Mangospa & Resort Hua Hin

... We found a little restaurant called "Uno", with an ambitious Italian menu, which of course we didn't try. Their Thai food was chopstick-licking good though. Still, I've not found any fried bananas and it's been 3 days, 3 days of pure hell...<br><br>Years ago, Pierre used to call me his tai-tai, which means Supreme Wife, a Chinese term to depict the boss of the household when Chinese men used to have concubines galore. Now he calls ...

... and to meet (=drink beer with) some Finnish friends of mine who happened to be there on their Thailand holiday at the same time. <br><br>The most action you could see in the rather boring Hua Hin were the preparations for the ASEAN summit (Association of Southeast Asian Nations, though for instance Australia, Japan, India and China were also present) which is held here, starting today actually. Roads are blocked and policemen with the military are everywhere along ...

... even<br>blink, whereas Hua Hin retains the sense of pride in it's country's<br>traditions. <br><br>My trip to Hua Hin started late Friday night,<br>because a student had given me a lovely present of an very contagious<br>eye infections, like pink eye. I have learned not to itch my eyes since<br>then. So the whole trip you will see me with my sunglasses on<br>preserving my looks and protecting you from a ...

... s a rule, I think. <br><br><br>Note to self - always go to the bathroom before travel, just in case.<br><br>I noticed a surprising phenomenon - absolutely everyone who gets on the minivan takes one look at me and sits in the back. Are they afraid of falangs? Do I look that bad? The bus driver doesn't even have to count the passengers, he knows that if the seat next to the falang is occupied, the bus must be full.<br><br><br><br><br><br>

... of the temple. The most attractive point other than the Buddha's face are the soles of the Buddha's feet, 45 meters (150 feet) away from the head, which have been inlaid with mother-of-pearl to display the 108 auspicious signs which distinguish a true Buddha. Moreover, Wat Pho is also Thailand's oldest learning center and a respected Thai massage school that operates ...

... quite young in terms of tourism, the discrepancy between cheap accomodations and kelly-standard accomodations is quite large. If we were to stay within my comfort zone - we would have to pay anywhere from $70-100 a night. So basically, we were camping...in wooden tents...called bungalows. Notice...I said "were". We are no longer on Kho Tao. And NOooooo...it is not just because of the accomodation situation. Kho Tao is a BEAUTIFUL island ...

... and slowly over the sand. almost cheech to cheech. If you move slow enaugh and dive using your breath without much movement you get close to most of the fish. And this is the fish am happiest to get close too. It swam and took us to the pit where the Clarks anemone fish lays in its anemone - on the sand between Twin one and two. I have promised my divers to find them and was happy to do so -especially the way it happended and also hat I ...

... I'm sure it's inevitable. Meanwhile I am enjoying all the delicious food. Yesterday I ate bamboo for the first time; I didn't like it that much. So back to the Temple, I don't quite know the name of it or where exactly it was located, but it was beautiful and TONS of steps!!! I couldn't believe how many steps we climbed! Our calves hurt today like none other. So the view from the temple was spectacular, it wasn't that clear of a day, but the lady from Webster who went ...

... wir schon wiel laenger warteten. Wir warteten und warteten. Dann ging ich ins Buero und wollte mich nach anderen Bussen erkundigen und wurde prompt in Thai beschimpft und angeschrieen. Jetzt ist mir leider der Kragen geplatzt, ich hab zurueckgeschrieen und habe Martha gesagt ich fahre nicht Bus mit solchen ARSC..L...ERN. Wir gingen in ein Caffee und der Bus nach Phuket (leer) fuhr an uns vorbei. Jetzt platze Martha ...

... joy joy :) The Local Gym: After 2 days relaxing by the sea, we were ready to keep moving. Onward to Ayutthaya. P.S. We would like give thanks to our bud Chad for letting us use his web site (www.peterboroughsucks.com) to host the cool images displayed as part of our travelogue. Go check it out, but please beware that even though we think it's funny and entertaining, it is sometimes crude and may not be for the faint of heart. Really.