Royal Crown Hotel Songkhla

... living in a Wonderful world.A view from Folklore Museum @ Ko Yo (Songkhla province) Getting There:DrivingFrom Songkhla, take Kanchanavanich Road to the intersection at 10-11km, turn right on Highway No 4146 for 2 km, and head to Ko Yo via Tinulanon BridgeFrom Hat Yai, take Highway No 407 (Hat Yai-Songkhla ...

... the Malay Peninsula if one cannot afford to fly. After our final breakfast at the hotel, Judy and one of the hotel staff and his cute son, affectionately and appropriately named Phuket, drove us to one of the main gas stations in town where the mini-bus picked us up. We decided to take this as opposed to a big passenger bus mainly because it was faster. Unfortunately, we had to take the last two seats available - the ones next to the driver. And, what a ...

Ahhhh sorry for never posting but I've been off the beaten for a little while and didn't have access to a computer. Anyway I'm finally back to an urban civilization and thought it would be nice to let you kind folks in on my life and doings. So yeah Becca and I went to Taman Negara National Park which was amazing although I was too anxious to stay for long. Basically it's primary jungle. The chalet we stayed in was a 10 minute walk through a rubber tree ...

Charmaine took me to a Thai Restaurant along Songkhla Samalia Beach....Good food! Very peaceful to eat in the open air with a very scenic view behind you...and very reasonably priced! They also had live entertainment....I prefer my buddies Uncle Larry and Little Tommy's stuff to this...but it was nice! Here is the ...

On Friday night and Saturday morning Charmaine took me down to the market.....this is a whole new experience. I dedicate today's blog to Johnny Mac....plenty of new items for your cooking! I will say the smell takes a bit of getting used to.....Tonight if there is time after going to church, Charmaine is going to take me to "feed the monkeys up on the hill....I should fit right in....:P

... else who can hitch a ride and throws in a few baht to cover their portion of the fare. Anyow, then we waited in the travel office of the bus company for an hour, and ordered the worst pad thai ever. We couldn't finish it, it was so bad. So we popped next door and bought Oreos and potato chips and water for sustenance along the way. Then we piled into a minivan driven by some long-haired rocker Thai who was very proud of his sound system ...

... grasshoppers. By contrast, the gem district that covers several blocks in the southeast quarter of Had Yai is all serious business from what I can gather and it is run by the Chinese who inhabit this area of the country. One of these gem brokers is a gregarious Chinese-Thai man, and he waves Mr. Qu over to his table before we even have a chance to dust off from our truck ride. At this moment, the dim, sweaty trading hall is packed with an eccentric international ...

... a taxi, and nearly dying. We didn't though (hurrah!) and got on a speedboat at four pm. After getting up at 5AM and taking two trains, three long walks, one border crossing, a deranged taxi cab and finally a speedboat, we got to our destination. Despite the twelve hours of sweat and nothing to eat but about fifteen bags of crisps, as the boat bounced up and down across the turquoise water, the spray battering our faces, I had to admit that I love my life. Vinny concurred.

... men vi kom jo tilbage til KL og fik hentet de ting vi havde staaende paa det guesthouse vi boede paa... Vi smuttede hen og koebte en busbillet som skulle koere os til Had Yai i Thailand fra kl. 23, var et smut paa nettet og pakkede saa vores tasker lidt om! Vi har koebt alverdens ting paa Borneo og har lige nu ALT for meget at slaebe paa! Saa det betyder en ekstra taske indtil vi rammer Bangkok og kan faa det smidt af paa Jysk! Jahr men hen mod halv elleve begav ...

... I didn't try 'em out, as I hate when the wings get stuck between your teeth. I headed back to town to catch the FA Cup Final (had to watch some footy). Ended up in an Expats Bar of some kind, as it was the only place where the game had English Commentary. It turns out there's lots of fat Western blokes who work in the petroleum industry in Songkhla. Overweight swearing rude Englishmen. Therefore I'm the only white guy in town who's not a pain in the **** fatso pommy ...