Rawai Bay Shore Hotel

today we went on a elephant ride in the very steep forest, elephant rides dont normally sound scary but we were scared, we walked through a forest up some really steep hills, and all you can think is what if he falls, we all go down there!!!!!
but ...

... of a good audience of about 150 people; I have to say it was bloody tiring and we both got a food few punches on each other; and by the end the thought of a bucket of booze was very unappealing! I gave Alex a nose bleed and he gave me a fat lip and by the time we had finished, we were both worn out and went straight to sleep! The following day, we hired a boat to take us across to Maya beach and to go snorkelling around the ...

... to support and nurture their crippled boy. I don't need to tell you how good it is to have family around at a time like this, especially as my lifestyle involves not being around them for years on end. Unfortunately for them, my having a lapse means locking myself in a room and riding out the horror on auto-pilot for the whole duration. Alone. As the sensitivity in my nerve endings multiplies ...

... mattresses strive to make a persistent, and perhaps permenant, ailment; ten all-nighters in a row might see me less haggard than my current disposition, but nevertheless I have a mind to compose something - for it has been awhile since our last post (and my fingers begin to itch when a pen is not laced between them), and there is a substantial amount to relate! - and thus I shall fight my way, with swinging fists and a face set stony with ...

We decided to make the best of our location and head out for some snorkeling. Most of us hadn't done this before so we pretty much knew there was going to be some accidents. In Thailand if you pick a tour with a time from start to end you must know right now that its pretty much worthless. They never pick you up on time and the tour always ends earlier than advertised. Anyways they picked us up ...

... instead hunt out for a waterfall in a national park that seemed interesting. I paid 200 baht to get into the national park - if I was thai, it would have cost only 20 baht. My big waterfall that I drove 30 minutes to get to turned out to be about 15 feet high, and had a flow slightly higher than that of my bathroom shower. I took a nature trail into the jungle rainforest, realized I didn't like sweating that much, and turned around. I retired that night beat and confused. Bangkok's ...

... don't pressure you into something that you can't do, but work you way up there. Obviously you are expected to be pushed to your limits. Danny the co-manager who liason's with the foreigners is a champ. Before I arrived, I had checked the forums every day and he would be there replying to every question with a positive attitude. He is the same in the real-life - champ. I live next door to two other shared rooms and there's been a number of people coming and going in the month ...

... there are, and the more we have to walk back if it becomes impossible and the tide comes in. Oh you have no idea. Or maybe you do but this is about me. Concentrate. Another thing was our old battered thongs (thought mine were due to expire two days ago but they kept on truckin') and the masses of crabs that kept crisscrossing us - just keeping us on our toes, THANKS. I was freaking out quite a bit, if you couldn't tell already, and really was wondering how deep in water ...

... lah estava, dormindo dentro da geladeira, e ainda não estava todo encolhido. Na manha seguinte presenciei uma diáspora de mochileiros. Centenas deles (me incluo nesta centena) tomavam rumo a Ko Phangan, ilha-sede da Full Moon Party. Como não sou baladeiro, obviamente fui direto pra lah, com muita sede ao pote (literalmente). Chegar lah não foi nada simples. Uma epopéia que envolveu ônibus, barco, ferry, caçamba de caminhonete num dia q devia estar uns 39o a sombra sem vento. Ateh mais!

... compatriots just shrugged it off as more delusional mumblings from someone who was no longer in touch with reality. Which, to be truthful, was at least partially correct. I had indeed parted company with reality a few hours back and was now on a blind date with my subconscious. It's good to step out every once in awhile and date other people or personalities in this case. My friend's lack of comprehension forced me to consider whether I had ...