Takolaburi cultural and Spa Resort Phangnga

... in the storm. Doug takes over to get this one guy warm-he looks like he will puke any second and is beginning to show signs of hyperthermia. Doug takes off the plastic that was covering the bags and covers the guy with them. He must have an iron stomach since he still has a smile on his face and I and the rest of the passengers are a putrid shade of green. One of the dive masters yells out that we only have another hour to go-are you F-ing ...

... to have another go and get that travelpod pic. My hands slipped down the vine as I swung out over the drop and could hang on NO more. Ooooouuuucchhh My knee buckled underneath me as I hit the ground. " Oh no I thought to myself, I've ruined my trip again." ( I thought this time I had broken it and damn did it hurt ) Kim raced down to help me back up and luckily it wasn't broken and I was determined to make it up the rest of the way to the lookout. Slowly but surely ...

You may remember that we started off in Bangkok for a few days, left for Laos and ended up back in Thailand heading for Chiang Mai. Thailand appears to be a more affluent country than I had imagined. Yes of course there are still people on the streets but on as much as everywhere else we have traveled so far. The Country is well developed and quite ...

... in Railay-skip the free food and splurge for some yummy fish kebabs. When we woke up the next morning we saw people rock climbing all over the rock formations, it was so cool. We were ready for our half day rock climbing session. After a quick lesson we started up a 40 foot route. I could not believe how hard it was! Especially after the guide made it look so easy! I completed 2 2/3 courses that day, while ...

... gon annanstans. Någon annanstans, när det gäll** min fru, är något av alla dessa "shopping malls" som finns i och runt om centrum i Kuala Lumpur. Och för den som är köpsugen är dessa luftkondition**ade köptempel goda alt**nativ till China Town ell** Little India . Här, till skillnad från t ex China Town, är varorna ( får man förmoda ) originalmärken och inte kopior och därför av bättre kvalitet. Dock kostar det m**, men är ändå med svenska mått mätt väldigt billigt. Och för ...

... no matter what we're staying right here. Welcome to Medan...can't wait to hop on that 'high speed' ferry to Malaysia in the morning. July 2 It's Malaysia today...new country. And that is obvious. We locate in Penang, on the northwestern coast. It's an old colonial town previously controlled by the British. It's really an island just off the coast. And as soon as you enter Penang you can see that there's more wealth here than in Indonesia ...

... save their money and we'll be back in about 10 years maybe. Somehow that doesn't help. Time to go. Lots of long faces. At the Reception Desk we discover that Dad settled our room bill this morning before he left! How naughty! How tremendously generous! In the Lobby Henry breaks an ashtray and we are (rightly so) required to pay for it so add it onto the now miniscule Room Bill (thanks to Dad). We have our final meal at the Resort at where ...

... s shuttle bus to Central Festival where she plans to watch a movie and kill some time before catching a 3pm flight back to Bangkok. Unfortunately it's not beach weather in Patong today. 90 minutes later we are at the Lobby of the glorious Khao Lak Merlin Resort. Photos and my ravings cannot do this property justice. It's so beautiful, built on a hill cascading down towards Khao Lak Beach. The grounds are ...

... not that good around 40 feet, water temperature 83 degrees same as Similan Is, Coral in fairly good shape and an immense variety of species, nothing big , until the 3rd dive when 2 beautiful Manta Rays of about 7 feet delighted us for about 15 minutes coming and going while feeding, it really was great. The last dive at an Island named Koh Bida Noi we also had an amazing dive, this is fairly much a wall drooping till about 90 feet with ...

... Sergeant Major'. They are white/yellow with black stripes. We went to the second island and did some more snorkeling. Finally pulled into the third island...where I just lay on the beach and tanned. I was all snorkeled out. There were a few shops so I bought these two nice necklaces. Back at the hostel I waited around for about an hour for Patricia to get back in. We then headed out to the 'Natural Restaurant', which is the place the hostel receptionist had told me about. It was only a 10 ...