Sook Som Boom 2 Hotel Songkhla

... and minerals. We ordered a crispy fried white snapper was the chef recomendation. The white snapper in Ko Yo has softer meat that make it so special. It is delicious. The best way to explore the lake is to hire a long-tailed boat to cruise around before the sun goes down over the horizon or hop onto ...

... 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 ...

... like treat....I cant exactly tell you what was in it...but it was delicious!...on a 'sad' note:...my focus adjustment on my new Camera (Canon Powershot A560) is not functioning properly and shuts down if I try to adjust in too close...but I'll make due until I can get it replaced/repaired......just kind of annoying when you miss a good shot! (Anyone from Canon reading my blog???Help!) -Shane...aka ..Braverhund-

... heh-heh..(blush) ) Well for my brother Bryan, the currency here in Thailand is the Baht (Bah-T) I'm still working on pronouncing "Nee (flat) Thao (down inflection at end) Rai (short a)?" "How much?" $153 Baht "roi ha sip sam baht" ...yeah...takes time to get use to ...and one thing before I forget...go back to yesterdays post and look for my McDonalds pic....I ...

... almost wrote 'professional woman' but that has a whole nother meaning over here....) on scooters in High heels.....(Debbie Shaw would be so proud....) After arriving at Charmaines home...a nice 3 bedroom home with a seperate guest house I got situated and Charmaine 'insisted' I take a nap while she prepared supper. Well I awoke to a violyn being played by Kokoy, Charmaines ...

... 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 ...

In the end we decided to brave it and got the train to Hat Yai,reassured by the fact that our two kiwi bus friends Veronica and Jannicka would be on the train too...safety in numbers.... We had such an awesome train ride.....even though it lasted 20 hours, than 15!!! Grrrrr! We had a sleeper cabin ala 'Some like it Hot'...where not only were we reunited with our lovely ladies but we also met some great guys..... an english guy rob who had been travelling for the past ...

Darv daaaarv! Saa er der lige lidt tid til at skrive lidt faellesmail igen... jeg har ikke viiildt meget tid saa gemmer lige Borneo til en anden god gang om en dags tid eller 2 og beretter i stedet om det sidste doegns tid som har vaeret LORT! Vi havde en fino flyvetur tilbage til Kuala Lumpur... lettede og landede med hvid chokolade i munden... det er en ny regel vi har lavet at vi skal det for det er BRANDgodt... PROEV det proev det, det' utrolig det' utrolig godt ...