Satit Hotel Songkhla

... turn left at the intersection with highway No 4146 to Ko Yo.Public Transport:From Songkhla, catch a bus from the Transport Co Ltd Station to Hat Yaek on Ko Yo.From Hat Yai, you can take taxi from 6am to 6pm.To get around Ko Yo, there are small pick-up trucks.A Southern style architecture @ Ko Yo (Songkhla province)

... of Thailand - the Tuk Tuk. I enjoyed the short ride though. We head down to the beach upon reaching there. I could see 2 small islands not very far from the beach, and according to legends and myts they are known as Cat Island and Rat Island. I enjoyed the beautiful scenarie. And there was also a rather big mermaid sculpter by the beach which added the beauty of ...

... and on the walk we would pass children and animals and other backpackers. At night it was likely we would pass wild boar. Oh joy! Our host told us to run if such a spotting occurred. Anyway we survived that bit. To eat I had to walk to the river and walk a plank over to a floating restaurant. The food was good and you could see all the long boats passing by and crossing the river with backpackers heading into the jungle proper. Cool! The food was good ...

... telling the story of the Cat, Dog and Mouse and the Crystal. As legend has it, they stole a magic crystal from a merchant off of his junk (boat). Being swept out to sea the mouse put the magic crystal in his mouth for safe keeping. As they all swam for safety, the mouse thought...what if the cat tries to steal ...

Charmaine had the day off as it was a National religious holiday....the day is one where people who only go to church one or twice a year have the opportunity to go and pray. (much like the protestant Christmas and Easter I guess....) so she took me on a site ...

... four hours it was blaring karaoke music, including a video monitor to follow along. I think it was Thai country music because every story was sad, losing a love, losing a fight, losing their life, blah blah. Carrie utilized her ear plugs for the first time, and they weren't quite sufficient. Ugh. We arrived in town and the guy didn't know where the guest house was that we wanted, so he offered to drop us at Cathay guest house, I guess ...

... of gem-buyers and gem-brokers, all of them clustered around the worn wooden tables. Turbaned Indians rub elbows with mustachioed Malaysians and khaki-shirted Brits. Gem-runners -- mostly locals who work on commission for wholesalers and lapidary operations -- move from table to table, flashing their supply of rubies or sapphires at buyers and scribbling down offers. The white walls of the trading hall are marbled brown with accumulated grime, and the energetic frenzy ...

... of the ocean. Our modes of transport have included Tut Tut's, Taxi's, Elephants, Bamboo rafts, trains, buses, a bit of walking... I have eaten some of the most amazing fresh food - shark, malin, red and white snapper, crab, lots and lots of noodles, even more rice, some unbelievably flavoursome curries and it pains me to say, I did have one hamburger...My ...

... moeppie hab ich **stmal gleich v**laeng**t - es geht doch nichts ueb** ein individualtransportmittel. achja v**brauch ca 2.5l / 100km = 1Eur also auch noch sehr kostenguenstig das ganze, und man kann hi** sonst nicht **kunden sagt d** reisefuehr**. und zu **kunden gibts hi** genug. wass**faelle und hoehlen gibts hi** wie bei uns zu hause seen... bis denn d** rasende report** (will naechstes mal wied** ne 125** haben die aktuelle 110** bringt nur 110 km/h b**grunt**mitvielrueckenwind)

... PINK LADIES, NO MUSLIM FISHERMEN, and THE MEN WITHOUT HATS. I walked up Khao Tang Kuan hill which overlooks the town. Not much shade on the 305 steeps up - only mad dogs, Englishmen and wacko Oz tourists go out in the midday sun. I treked out of town a little to a Muslim Fishing Village to find it pretty much not happening, so after a break back in the air con of the Hotel, I decided that I'd seen all I wanted to in Songkhla, so I briefly headed back to Hat Yai for the Sunday ...