The Florida Hotel Hatyai Hat Yai

... people to avoid southern Thailand because they have had a lot of bombings in the past but we found out that the bombings have diminished considerably over the last few years. Also, we were told that the terrorists mostly target police officers, not tourists. Nonetheless we weren't sure what to expect. When we got there, it was clear that we were not in a tourist town. People spoke ...

... me of Berlin's gas station, Shell, where my bear loves to drink beers and hangout till late at night. His home was nice, much nicer than any place I've ever been in this trip. With all the facilities money could buy. He wanted to show me his clubs and restaurants so I took one hour of settling down and went out with him. WHOA! Entertainment business, a.k.a. girls, is BIG here. Dancers danced wilder than in Bangkok. The money kept ...

... sen. Annikan safka oli kuivia nuudeleita ja jai sitten syomatta. Kaytiin kaupasta ostamassa vahan leipaa ja kinkkua. Siina sitten hengailtiin liikenteen jakajassa syoden ja Klamydiaa kuunnellen. Vettahan se alko joskus kymmenen aikaan satamaan ja siirryttiin katoksen alle notkumaan. Puolihorroksessa ooteltiin kaks tuntia viela eika junaa kuulunu. Yhelta yolla sitten kulkupeli viimein saapui ja paastiin penkkiin vetamaan ...

... the 'night market', the sorriest excuse for a night market I have ever visited. Only five stalls four selling food one selling offerings associated with thai buddism. I ate lots of food to celebrate leaving thailand. Noddles with a sweet peanut sauce, meat on a stick and sweet rotee with condensed milk. The next morning I started the trip to malaysia in a small van full of Singaporeans on exodus from Bangkok.

... sure the island was small in reality and not just on the map before we started to walk to the other side where one hotel was supposedly open. On the way, we met with some locals that asked us if we were going to Brian's, the Australian guy ? Why not, change of plans and we ended up in a tent in Brian's backyard. I had bangers and mash for dinner, even better ones than the ones you can get at the Shakespeare's head in Brighton. Brian had a kayak and ...

Hello again from our traveling home, It appears that just about everyday in our travels throughout the island, we pass at least one large gray floppy-eared animal. From Jon-Jon's count, we know of at least five locations on Phuket offering elephant rides. And so, one day as I was pointing out the big creatures while driving to Patong for some playtime and shopping, we decided to finally go for it. We parked the car on the side of the road ...

... reduce the price?) Here is the Tar apple from my breakfast...the white and a bit of the plum color is very tasty! (tagolog sarap!) and I had to post this young man....you see, the young Thai's love to show off their English (Ang-grit) skills...up out of nowwhere..he taps me on the ...

... t realise that there was a national holiday in Thailand and so we arrived at the train station only to be told that there were no places on any of the five trains that run to Bangkok everyday, couldn't believe it but decided to just check into the place we stayed last time we were here and get up early tomorow to get a ticket for tomorow nights train. Off to have something to eat now and relax. marc

... We demanded them to stop and jumped off on the other side of the river but fortunately for us, we just had to walk back over and we were at the minibus station. It wasn't a big loss because the minibus was still there and waiting with some irate elderly German tourists that had been waiting 1 hour and from when we earlier visited. We paid our 120B and off we went in our packed to ...

... knew what he was doing and got us to Hat Yai and to our guesthouse without problems. It was a cheap guest house but right on the street and it made a lot of noise at night. I got maybe 3 hours of sleep. Hat Yai wasn't too bad of a town. I had a hard time finding a freaking coconut to drink to continue my 2 coconuts a day streak but alas, I only had one. Had green curry with vegetables at a restaurant that was still open after 7PM as everything else ...