Stoney Monday Oasis Hotel Patong

... exorbitant drinking, &#8220;James. Why am I so drunk?&#8221;. As I literally fell onto my bed in the wee hours of the morning those words popped into my brain, &#8220;James.Why am I so drunk?&#8221; Why indeed?<br><br>The evening began innocently enough. I meet a guy from the Netherlands and we went out for dinner and then met up with a friend of his from India who had just flown in from Australia. We went to an area known as the Paradise Complex which, fortunately from ...

We've been in Thailand for 3 days now, having a lovely time. Day 1- After a Roti breakfast in Langkawi, we caught a 1 hour Ferry to Thailand, cleared customs, got their annoying visa (only 15 days for overland crossings) and then got a Rot So Tan (or something like that), a ute with a cage full of us poor people on the back, into Satun where we slept for the night. Satun is a quiet place, with very few foreigners in sight. We had a Pork, egg and Rice (+ a lot of chili dish) from On ...

Kata Beach, Phuket, Thailand - November 29 - December 1 The next few days were spent bumming around the beach, having a few drinks and basically doing not too much at all. Day 1 was dedicated to sleeping late, eating and enjoying Kata Beach. It was a very pretty beach, and very hot, but unfortunately there were loads ...

... and trips to several islands in the Phuket area, including the famous Phi Phi Island where the movie The Beach was filmed, and snorkeling the coral reef. The pictures speak for themselves. It was beautiful and I didn't want the day to end. On one of the islands we even got to feed wild monkeys on the beach. It was so awesome! One of them even jumped up on Jenny to get the food out of her hand. lol She just stood there ...

... sta diventando quasi un'ossessione, ma preferisco il buon vecchio treno, l'autobus, un tuk-tuk, una moto, un minibus; come quello che ho preso per arrivare qui da Ranong. Sono arrivato a Phuket verso le sette di sera, quando era gia' buio; ora, per chi non lo sapesse Phuket e' un'isola collegata alla terra ferma e lunga una quarantina di chilometri. Quindi un'idea di dove stare ce la devi avere prima di arrivare; ovviamente io non ne ho nemmeno la piu' pallida. Lascio che il minibus ...

... an open-air bookshop with a huge section devoted to "Women's Literature." That's what it was called--women's literature. Not fiction, not literature, but women's literature. Brightly colored spines; easy reading. Funnily enough, there was no "Men's Literature" section--I guess men don't read in Railey--but there was a whole section of books devoted to UFOs and memoirs of ...

... hostels, hotels, restaurants, and also souvenir's stores. We continued our trip by boat after the lunch, and the guide took us to Khao Lak Island. In this island, there is only a restaurant. The guide gave us more time in here because this was our last destination. We could swim, snorkeling, or rent the chair near the beach to take a rest. It costs us 150 THB for 2 chairs. This beach is quite enough and very clean. From this island, the boat ...

... pompooey falang is drying his bike seat! Falang not want wet bottom! Well pardon me, I mean you's are the people who wash the same rain off your head! Go figure eh? Well off to Phuket in a bit to see some of the other Trainees fight, hope I don't get the bug.....I like my nose as it is! Oh if anyone one is interested, the gym is called KYN Muay Thai and there website is at http://www.phuket-krabi-muaythai.com/ - just in case you want to get punished too!

... day before Kathryn and Julian's return, Jon-Jon and I took a walk along Phuket's southernmost coast, Rawai Beach. Much more a port to outlaying islands than a swimming beach, Rawai does have a charm of its own with a number of decent restaurants and shady trees along the shore. We then drove west to the populated Nai Harn Beach where I gave Jon-Jon his first official boogie boarding lesson. On Friday it was finally time to ...

I did it - finally a good beer and some western food... Sitting here at Molly Malones, Patong, having the 3rd Guinness in a row, in the background I hear great Metallica songs (and similar) and many Kiwis, Aussies and other Falangs are sitting around me.... That's much for fun at the moment than sitting in the middle of nowhere in Ratong... ;-)