Nutchapol Mini Resort Tak

... br>Things weren't all so bad once we got to the bus station, it actually looked half like it did on the pictures ( A rarity in SE Asia) and the driver was a middle aged gentelmen, thing's were not looking so grim. <br><br>The first 4 hours kinda sucked, especially after the lights went out as we couldn't read anymore but we pulled up at a midnight bus stop not long after to grab some snacks. <br>

... too fat and heavy and was causing the odd Thai person to laugh at the site of me carrying him.  I had to wait three hours for my bus, and so waited in the busy waiting hall with about a thousand Thai&#8217;s. Half of the people wore facemasks, the swine flu buzz is in full swing here, and whenever you sneeze people look at you nervously. Travelling by bus in Thailand is pretty straight forward, I was the only farang on the bus, but when in Rome do as the Romans I just ...

... due to his terrible plague of sand flies in Jamaica, turning his body into a beautiful array of mosquito bites. Beau is known as Sun Diver, since he drunkenly dove into two feet of water after attempting to ******** a sea cucumber. This caused the bridge of his nose to spew forth arian blood and leave behind a memorable scar. Emma is Cake... If you know Em, you should know how much she loves chocolate, but that isn't a worthy name and while in Pai (pronounced pie) we dubbed her ...

... Well I'm not just here basking in the sun and enjoying the food, I'm here trying to set up a sustainable tourism venture. OK so what exactly does that mean? Well it means that I'm trying to set up a travel company that practices sustainable tourism principles such as: - Preserving the natural environment, culture of indigenous people, their heritage and way of life. - Ensuring the economic benefits of tourism go ...

... some Pad Thai noodles from and this ended up being up one of the best Pad Thai meals yet - and only for 40 baht (less than $2!!). At least we thought it was good until Debbie discovered the dried shrimps that were mixed into the noodles. I wish we hadn't seen them. We are now finding we can eat very cheaply with most meals being under $2. And we have decided that it pays to watch too hard as they cook your meal ...

... Western breakfast staples. Got on public bus, decided to go through Bangkok vs. catching 3 buses. Still, total journey 10 hours from Kanchanaburi. Left Bangkok Northern bus terminal, on upper outskirts of city, then 7 hour ride here to Sukothai. Stopped about 5 times at different towns and cities. Midway stop about half hour for 'toilet' and food at rest stop area, I think in Nakhon Sawan ...

The Ramkhamhaeng Museum proves a perfect introduction to the wealth of wats within the historical park. Sukhothai art shifted away from Khmer (Cambodian) and Hindu influences to create its own style. This is most evident in its portrayal of Buddha, as a walking figure, subtly tilted and slightly effete. The slender, bronze, 14th-century, Hindu deities, with rich costume jewellery are sublime. The locally crafted Sangkalok pottery was the ...

... any political history), very bad things could happen to them. Each time we go to Myawaddy, the morning feels like a very long day. Strange thing; several times since we've been here, too often to be coincidence, a Burmese guy will follow me home from town. He'll stop me politely and, speaking decent English, ask me if I can get him in touch with his lost European girlfriend. Of course I don't know your Belgian/Swedish/Canadian girlfriend, I tell him. The ...

... and she could use the recordings for her radio broadcasts. But she and a friend tried to take a motorbike to the camp instead of paying for a secure military intelligence escort. She was stopped at a checkpoint, arrested, asked for "lunch money", and sent back to Mae Sot. "How many times have you been arrested this year?" I ask her (a little frustrated since I gave her enough money to buy safe transport, money which was now being spent on beer by some ...

... drapery to the disco-ish red seats. At least we were comfortable and clean. After our 1-hour bus ride from Phitsanoluk, we arrived at the bus station in Sukkhotai, where we caught another tuk-tuk to our guesthouse. After all the travel we were quite inclined to not do anything. We woke up early this morning to take in as many of the sights we could.....to find rain. This is the first time we have seen rain in Thailand. We thought that it was a bad thing, but it turned ...