Sakol Hotel Hat Yai

... Thailand. In all the process took the best part of an hour - but it was interesting and very different to travelling through Europe.<br>Eventually we arrived in Hat Yai, a large city in Songkla province, Southern Thailand. Immediately it felt like being in Thailand again and we finished the evening with Chicken Fried Rice and a Singha beer - excited to be heading to Krabi and the beaches!<br>E&amp;P

... told me that her daughter went to study in Bangkok. I think it's wonderful to see people make a progress in their life by making a simple living. This is something they should be proud of because at least, the money they earned was pure, not from corruptions, deceptions, or taking adventages of others in any kind. There were many tourists who apparently, just dipped out from the full moon party. They wore painted T-shirts (with ...

... etta saan yhteytta netin valityksella koto Suomeen. Ei sekaan helppoa ollut... Mutta onnistui lopulta sekin... Illalla aukesi rahahanat. Mahtavaa! Sai vihdoin ruokaa. Hommasin Guest houseni kautta minibussi kuljetuksen Malesiaan Georgetowniin. George town sijaitsee saarella jolla Kimmo ja Annikankin ovat. Ja olin ajatellut etta vietan joulun hedan kanssaan joten aikataulussa ollaan... Tony

... Anyway, we're now back in Bangkok playing out the string, we fly home tomorrow, ending our 3 1/2 month Asian Extravaganza. That's assuming, of course, that in the meantime the airport isn't taken over by yet another group of protestors, maybe in red this time, or even a large group of especially rowdy Girl Guides, all hopped up on cookies and rambunctious about their rapidly changing bodies. Lots of new photos on Flickr finally, too: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinoj2/ See you all soon.

... next ? Well what is next is getting from that tiny little beach/pier that is used as an harbour for boats in between the two houses all the way to...anywhere else really. We asked the three locals that are hanging out at the pier but nobody spoke anything that we could understood nor make ourselves understood. They did not seem to have any means of transportation either, bearing in mind that the next "big" town was at least an hour away by car. We had no ...

... own showering facilities. So we settled down and had a good shower and fell asleep for awhile before we went out walking around. For those who dont know, Hatyai isnt a place for shopping as we discovered. It's fine by us cos we're more interested in the experience. We're planning on going to the outskirts of town tomorrow to walk around and see and maybe fire some arms. Cools.. On a side note, I fell kinda sick and I'm really having a hard time breathing. I think it's the lack of ...

... fare...but I can not stress this enough..."Farang" beware..... Sunday was Sunday Market day a "Big Market" kind of like "Montana Chartlies" back home.... And then....on to the Monkeys! We also saw many of the statues at Songkhla Beach Quick Thai lesson for you....I recommend tapes ...

... it's not like everybody is loaded. Eighty percent subsidized housing! Can you imagine that in America? Later, I traveled over the bridge to Malaysia, which had a similar fascinating ethnic mix. The people in Malaysia, which consist of Malays, Indians, Chinese, and other ethnicities local to the particular part of Malaysia, also seemed to coexist peacefully. But somehow this made the most powerful impression on me in Singapore, maybe ...

... in the deep south of Thailand). Unfortunately for us, one website mentioned a price of 50 baht for the two hour bus trip so when we checked the mini-bus station in front of the train station and they wanted to charge 120, we balked and thought we'd be clever and walk to the clocktower and catch a regular bus to save money (a princely 3 Aussie dollars each!). It was a bit of a hassle ...

We just spent one quick day in Hat Yai. Basically a border town, it was just a stopping point while we decided where to go first in Thailand. The stopover became well worth it though when Brian and I found a fun cover band in a local pub, Lions Club. They started with GnR covers, and turned it up for Chili Peppers and AC ...