Samui Coral Resort Surat Thani

... River Basin and Ao Ban Don. Later on, the Indians migrated into the area and gradually spread out their culture, as evidenced in the discovery of ruins of ancient communities in Tha Chana and Chaiya Sub-districts.


In the 13th century, the city became a part of and, as some historians might claim, a ...

... that night visited the local seafood stalls where we sampled the local fish and seafood (and true thai style we had the custom half bottle of whisky to go with it).. so it was a fun night.. Pretchup Kiri Khan is a lovely place.. Day 3: The next morning before we left, we drove round the bay and visited the 'fishermans village' where they still handmake their fishing boats... it was a wet rainy day but still the scenery was stunning.. and the rain was quite ...

... Lan Lake in Khao Sok NP. I struggled to eat breakfast in the morning, my tummy still wasn't fully recovered. We got picked up early and it was a 1.5hr ride in the back of a pick up truck till we got to the lake. As it was only 8.30am I didn't think I needed ...

... find ourselves a beachside bungalow. No geckos this time but instead we have a 3 ft Monitor Lizard for company. There are parties on this island but we're taking that with a big pinch of salt collected from my skin after arriving covered in the stuff from our 'Pirates on the Ocean' exploits in getting here. In other news....9 districts around Chiang Rai in the North of Thailand have declared states of emergency as 2 people have died due to the temperature plummeting to a freezing.....54 degrees.

... are just at a wading distance from the shore . It was good fun exploring this beach. In the evening we went out for dinner in a Pizzeria and had some nice pizzas!. A walk along the lively neon lit  market was very pleasent.The crowds were slowly building up.There are a lot of local food vendors and people throng here to enjoy the local cuisine and the sea food 27 May 08- Lazing Around on Aonanag Beach We spent the morning playing around at Aonang beach . The ...

... contraption and a huge chunk of animal fat to put on top. He then lit the contraption, brought over a kettle which I wrongly assumed was for a nice cup of tea and filled the resevoir type plate that went round the Wok bit with boiling water. So we added the noodles and veg to the water and the fish and meat to the top and within 5 minutes had a delightful meal of congealed noodles, soggy veg, burnt meat and raw fish. Undeterred we set ...

... and over and over again, in both Pali and English. 'Effort is the duty of today. Even tomorrow death may come. For it is beyond our power to deny death and its great armies.') I'd like to say that I am pretty proud of my continued effort throughout the retreat. Especially during the walking meditation sessions where I never once sat down and sucumbed to boredom like some others I saw. Although I will admit to breaking out in quite a few tai chi sessions. But really, it's the ...

... hour each mildly entertaining. I don't think they'd ever played so much hangman. I was so thankful to have Ben sitting in the back of all my classes all day, I think I may have walked out otherwise. I was so angry. I mean if I was going to teach, OK, but why lie about it. If they'd told me I could have at least prepared some games. At least Ben knows what to expect for his "orientation". The school is very small. Only thirteen classes of primary and ...