Narawan Hotel Hua Hin

... his Thai-tai because everyone, absolutely every single Thai person we meet tells me I look Thai. I don't think I look anything other than VNese but then again, what do I know.<br><br>After Pierre acquired his customary farmer's tan, we head back to Bangkok on the 4 pm train, which was filthy (it was 2nd class, there was no 1st class train to and from Hua Hin... makes you wonder what in Heaven's name 3rd class would be like ...

... 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 ...

Yesterday we negotiated Bangkok public transportation and found our way to Hua Hin via a 3.5 hour "air conditioned" bus ride. We're trying to meet up with our friend Dawn, but so far no luck. <br><br>Last night we went to the night market and went wild; I'm going to have a hard time not bringing all of Thailand home with me in my ...

... sight. at the end of<br>my trip I quickly recovered from the affects of the present, after of<br>course visiting the eye doctor on my vacation. <br><br>Geoffrey has<br>become my travel buddy. We plan on seeing all of Asia one weekend at a<br>time. While traveling with a buddy has it's advantages, it also has<br>it's disadvantages. I have been exploring and living in the world all<br>by myself with God at my ...

... t look over there. After about 10 min the light above them shut off. I was like what the hell, is something going down over at that table or what. I could just imagine me being followed by the gang members because I was too interested in what was giong on at their table, so I was just trying to lay low. About 2 min after the light turned off, half of them got up and went inside of the place. Then after another min. the ...

... is a bit rustic - certainly not your up-market resort experience, but I had booked it for this very reason. Ocean Breeze is located about 4km out of Hua Hin in an area known as Kao Takiab, named after the large rocky knoll that sits at the northern end of the beach. We were greeted warmly by the staff and gratefully sat down to a glass of refreshing orange juice. Our body clocks were completely out of whack by now. Although the ...

... Planet Thailand for 150bhat. We sold a book in Bangkok that we found in a hostel in Sydney for 100bhat, so it cost us less that a quid - result! We walked in front of the Hilton resort and visited the Chinese temple, which sits right on the water front and had beautifully colourful dragons and lanterns outside that sparkle in the bright sunshine. Following that around we found the beach and all the umbrellas we'd been warned about. The beach is packed full of thai massage places ...

... about 10km south of the cha-am beach traffic lights. three of us ate and drank like pigs for over an hour and the bill came to about ten dollars. pencil's neice som joined us for dinner. the food and service were just great. we got to sit in a salaa - a table with its own roof. the bright light at the top of the salaa attracted a lot of bugs but it was a truly great dining experience. the rice was perfect. soft and spongy and warm and fluffy and fragrant. just perfect. loved it.

Hey-o, everyone- I know I've said it before, but as I've added a few "CELTA-ites" to the list, I wanted to reiterate: If you don't want our email updates, let me know -- I promise we won't take you off the guest list. That said, it's time to get on w/the tale of our latest adventures.... As you may remember, when you last heard from us, we were in Phitsanlouk, about six hours North of Bangkok. We then returned home for our last few days in our delightful place in ...

... them, but suddenly, the trip to the toilet could wait until morning. The next morning we hired a tuk-tuk for a visit to some local caves that were stuffed full of buddhas - some of which were hundreds of years old. This was OK, but not unmissable. The area is swarming with monkeys, which after my experience in China, we were not too thrilled about. Later, we checked onto a Third Class train south. It was jammed full and so we sat in an area reserved for cripples and monks. The trip ...