Suwan Palm Resort Khao Lak

... memorial to the man who created Thailand’s navy. There was a big shrine that contained a statue (that people are slowly covering in gold leaf) and a tray of gifts people have left for the shrine (see the photo). I got a kick out of the offerings—they are in true sailor fashion. Notice the money, lighters, and cigarettes (cigarette packages in Thailand all have the most grotesque photographs on the ...

... our dear Thai family for there kindness and hospitality.<br><br>A quick trip back to Pitchy's sisters home.........a beautiful home indeed!!.........load the luggage and bodies into the Vigo.........yep in the back of the ute!!!!...4 in the back.....4 in the front....not the done thing in Oz huh?!!........and we are off to the station.<br><br>The trains as usual a little inconsistent in arrival and departure times once again don ...

... drop you off at. We said we might do a tour with them but had to see what other people offer and they let us keep our bags there as long as needed. We decided to grab some food at a place off the main strip and it turned out to be very fortuitous for us. A group of people at a table nearby heard us talking about liveaboards and asked us if we wanted help finding a liveaboard. Our new friends work for a dive shop but it only does day runs but ...

Dan, who I am travelling with, wrote the following: After waiting for our half of the train to arrive (the other half of the train was already on the platform, ours decided not to turn up till later), we climbed onto this already full third class carriage and sat down in the wrong seats until an old man and woman came along and said a bunch of stuff to us in Thai which was probably "get out of our ****ing seats". So we did and ...

... should some sort of special boot campesque school where you are sent if you are japanese and want to go scuba diving. at this school you will be taught such useful things such as "dont touch the ****ing corals, dont walk on the corals, dont try and catch octopus with reef hooks and just dont touch a *******n thing while you are underwater!!!!" at this academy for the inbred, these basic diving laws will be beaten into the ...

After breakfast in the hotel we packed and took our bags down then hit the beach for a while, its a Monday oh yeah and the year is 2552 so I'm almost 600 years old, I feel ok but look a bit rough for my age I think!! We all pile into a tuk tuk to the station to discover the train is an hour late but the time flys by and soon we are ...

... which is really nice also. like i said, its a nice lifestyle and i havent even mentioned how nice the diving is! The diving is quite different from ko tao for two reasons. first, the amount of marine life and the variation present just blows ko tao out of the water. there are leopard sharks, octopus, cuddle fish, pipe fish, shrimp, crabs, manta rays etc etc etc, all of which ko tao does not have. the second thing that makes it ...

... less then a minute down the track and the last 2 jumped off. Our last image of them, was all of them lined up in a row, staring at the train as it pulled away from them... We waved goodbye, we felt it was the least we could and the folks around us, laughed. We arrived into Bangkok just after 6am. We found a coffee shop and waited for our next train at 8.30am. The national anthem came on at 8am (you must stop what you are doing and stand - sing if you ...

... sind ganz entspannt getaucht und haben sooo viele Sachen gesehen! Alle moeglichen Fische in allen Farben, viele Anemonenfische (u.a. Nemo), Korallen, Moraenen, Krebse, Tintenfische, Sepias, Seepf**dchen, Leopardenhaie und das Highlight: 2 Mantas! Es war unglaublich eindruecklich! Es hat sich also wirklich gelohnt diese Tour zu machen. Simone und ich waren natu**lich Buddys und haben viel Spass dabei gehabt... Es ist so lustig wenn man unt** Wass ...

... bright yellow Pinocchio fish that looks like a snake with a long funny nose, and countless other strange and wonderful sea creatures. I am sure it is a completely different experience to dive in these waters (rated one of the top 10 dive sites in the world), but I had such an amazing experience snorkeling that I can´t imagine it getting any better than that! The Similan Islands were unbelievable in so many ways...I really hope that I will get to ...