Pines Beach Hotel Rayong

... surprising how quickly everyone became friends and by the end of the first day of class everyone knew everyone. The names and places went something like this The canadians Paul, Mark, and L. The europeans Liz, Selena, and Paul. The americans Ben, Emily,Morgan, Laura, Laura, Steve, Kelley, Allie, Glenna, Stephanie, Jamie, Autumn, and Miles. It was a group that spanned the continent from Washington to Florida.

... of my displeasure, we were offered one of two VIP rooms at a discount to the normal price of Thb3500 per night to Thb2500. At Thb2500 per night the room is way over priced. At Thb3500 it is, quite frankly ludicrous. The facilities were no different to the Standard room. However, it is nearer reception and restaurant so you only get drenched and not drowned. The décor is reasonable but not in keeping with a beach resort and the room was clean. One major negative is ...

... land" the new collectivists dream up - maybe a variant on "OurChildren'sFuture"-land or something... That self-sacrifice **** has always had such stellar results before, no?

Another peculiarity - perhaps owing to Thailand's balmy tropical temperatures - is the prevalence of tile floors rather than carpeting. In the case of Tohn's house that means everywhere - from the carport inside the front gate to the small backyard and everything in between. Tohn and ...

... I had to skin all the tomatoes. Taking the skin off a few large tomatoes would have been super quick; taking the skin off 100 cherry tomatoes- not so quick. By the time I was finished skinning it was getting late so we went to the restaurant downstairs and ate dinner. After dinner we came back upstairs and I actually made the sauce. It made the kitchen smell delicious for the next three days, but we weren't home for ...

... school invited me to go for a weekend with them as they had a group of about 16 going over and so i went... although it was after much debating as i fight this saturday and i shouldn't really have gone away 1 week before my fight but i felt i needed a break so i went and vowed that if i lost my fight the girls are getting the blame! haha Anyways Koh Samet is beautiful.. complete paradise!I had a fab time and kicked myself for ...

well Ive been off the grid for the last week due to work issues. i was tapped to go up near bangkok and "take some kids snorkeling" for a week. so me and another guy from my dive shop head up to bangkok (expenses paid) and then went on another 3 hour drive to the small resort that the kids were being based out of. what my "boss" failed to mention was that there were actually 170 kids on a sort of 1 week summer camp/adventure camp sort of outing. me and my ...

I awoke today to find Mike plagued by a horrible head cold. After getting up and about he still did not feel much better, which put a huge damper on our plans to go out and join the water fight. The two of us ran a couple of errands in the morning via songtheow (as the roads were too dangerous to drive on) and then returned back to our quarters. Even though our trip had not taken us into the heart of the festivities, I had seen enough to make me want to see ...

... under the name USSR used slaves at times, particularly during Stalin's rule. Mauritania supposedly still uses slaves as common practice. In all those countries listed above (and many more not listed) there are probably still people, particularly young women being used as slaves, particularly in the sex industry, but also many people in factories, or made to work as beggars etc. So I suppose actually slavery hasn't stopped at all ...

... gardens and had a really good day. I am getting good at seeing the site. I have really have not been that good socially. I know that is hard to believe cause back home I love to be a social butterfly. Really I am quit shy with people I do not know and traveling by myself i tend to keep to myself. I thought to myself that i need to be more social and meet new people cause that is one of the best part of traveling.. So on my train ride ...

... will bring you good luck and make merit for you in the afterlife. They also sell orange buckets full of necessities for the monks - toothpaste, pens, etc. You set them down in front of the monk and always YOU say thank you and this too will bring you merit in the afterlife. The stairway to the big Buddah is lined with a writhing gold dragon on both sides - so beautiful. This weekend we are going 3 hours away to Koh Chang which is a big beautiful mountainous island south of ...