Pavilion Hotel Songkhla

Floating fish farms @ Songkhla Lake (Ko Yo)Ko Yo is a small rustic charming island in Songkhla Lake linked with the mainland by the Tinsulanon Bridge (2.6km), the longest concrete bridge in Thailand built in 1984 by Premier Prime Minister Tinsulanon. Renowned for its richness in arts, culure and ancient ...

... gem and missed out on an incredible Thai experience. It was in fact in the bustling college town of Songkhla, that Christin enjoyed her first bag of coke (not the Colombian type) and I quenched my thirst with some delicious coconut milk. Moreover, it is also where, due to a language barrier and veering hands, I received my unitentional hawk. Soli Deo Gloria! erik and christin

... next phase of our trip. We swam and played as much as we could to take advantage of our lovely villa. As it came time to make travel arrangements to Malaysia, there was only one seat available on the flight to Penang. Since we have so much luggage we decided to let Kathryn and Julian take the plane while Jon-Jon, most of the luggage, and I hopped aboard a minibus back through the mainland and south to the border. Next stop, Penang Island Malaysia!

... Charmaine (My Darling Charmaine!) and we are more than just compatible..(she sometimes teasingly says something to me in Tagalog and having no clue as to the words...I still totally understand what she means!) ..we were always destined to be together and I thank God daily for giving me one of his Angels. Charmaine and I plan to wed in the US sometime late this year ...

... pics....the Monks at 6:45a on there way to Temple......a steer grazing at an intersection, the rooster that wakes me up most mornings....and a couple of pics of Charmaine, May (my bad on previous postings...it is May ..not Mae...) and Jovy getting a fridge moved over...we had to find a truck ...and of course a few strong ...

... does it justice) And speaking of food...here are a couple of the meals Chamaine has made for me! And here are some pictures of Charmaines place and my guest quarters... and one of Charmaines Braids...It takes her 35 minutes to braid her hair.... more post soon!

... by a base and about 8 guys holding it. Later on the same troop had a dancing dragon that climbed up on small platforms 7-9 feet high, jumping from one to the other, balancing on the hind guy's shoulders, running across them- all while acting as a dragon, winking the eyes and ears and opening the mouth. Very cool to see. Interesting note- although I felt safe, I did notice a lot of cops, as well as two guys ...

... over Thai Peanut Butter Pancakes, he told me he was going to go to the mainland to buy some rough gemstones. I had asked to join him less for my interest in gems than for the simple fact that it sounded like an adventure. "I'm going to explore some gem mines on the Malay border," I'd confidently told the Swiss later that morning, feeling a little bit like Indiana Jones..... yes I am! It's several hours into our journey and Mr. Qu is haggling over the price of the ...

... of Bangkok) seriously have a lack of tall buildings, compared to say, Malaysian cities. However, Hat Yai is quite the opposite story. The street side buildings are typical of Thailand with alleyways, fruit stalls, and bright lights, but all signs are written in Chinese and Thai, with lanterns and red and gold coloured things spread around the place amidst tall buildings! The prices of clothes there are ...

achja hab g**ade wied**mal so ein leck**es 1 Euro menue eingefahren : khao pad muu (gebraten** reis mit muuuuhh und ein bisschen ei, gemuese, gewu**ze und reichlich glutamat) dazu eine cola, obwohl ich wass** wollte, und ein vorsueppchen. so wollen wir das sehen. und das ganze obwohl kein** auf dem ganzen fressbasar ein wort englisch v**standen hat. mein thai wird langsam... hab die letzten tage damit v**bracht auf dem moped durch die provinz trang zu kurven, hund**te beweisfotos ...