Thong Nai Pan Beach Resort & Spa Surat Thani

... proof of the influence of Mahayana Buddhist on Surat Thani. Phra Boromathat Chaiya is the most revered and important historical place in the province. It is believed that the pagoda contains Buddha relics.


Today, Surat Thani is an important commercial and shipping hub for rubber and coconut trading.

... park and forest trying to find our treehouse resort... yes we were staying in treehouses for 2 nights! We were the only car on the road, surrounded by dense forest.. it was quite scary buit neither of us wanted to let the other one know the nerves we were feeling.. at one point we passed a random lonesome man, wearing only a grass type skirt and carrying a spear...! no wonder we were scared! where the hell were we!! Eventually we found our treehouse resort ...

... shoes got drenched. It didn't matter as we went up to our necks in the water in the cave. There were lots of bats, big spiders, a couple of frogs and these weird jumpy things that look a bit like spiders and eat the guano from the bats. Going through the cave ...

... how the Thais herd around the tourists like any other commodity. Anyway, we are in a quiet place, away from the madness of Hadd Rin. We did manage to attract one nutter, inevitably English. Apparently speeding like a lunatic (I'm guessing he tried to buy ecstasy and got yabba - another victory for prohibition) he managed to **** off just about the whole beach before making a random decision to leave. Except he couldn't get that ...

... including India where she learnt, Yoga, Meditation etc .The boat headed through small troughs of water. It was a clear sunny day and the view was studded with many small islands exploding with greenry and soul elevating landscapes.The first stop was Paradise Island and as the name suggested, the land locked lagoon was a perfect paradise!. We snorkelled in the watersand saw scores of colorful fish. While feeding them is fun it could sometimes be close as they ...

... theres a full moon obviously), thousands of revellers from all around the world flock to Haad Rin Beach on the tiny island of Koh Pha Ngan to dance the night away and get drunk on the beach. Weve paid 600 baht to get a speedboat there and back along with entry to the party and are going with the staff from Coconut Calm Resort. It should be a nice way to see in my birthday tomorrow. Will update this in a day or so and let you know how we got on! xxxx

... 45 minutes of free time. I usually spent the morning session of free time showering and this second block of free time washing clothes and sweeping my room, if it needed it. Really, there was not a whole lot youe could do. No reading, writing, talking allowed. Once or twice I'll even admit to sitting outside my room on the walkway floor and meditating! I mentioned earlier that napping was a possibility, but I only did that for the first three days when my body wasn't yet used ...

... first class...the view, the view and the monkey on the path and re-wiring the electricity and about perfect.....a shiver of sharks and the beach of the beach all with longtail taxi's. Ferry to Koh Lanta and walking with elephants to the waterfall...pure now, pure bliss and a small moped to boot. And Bangkok again....all as it was ...

... we couldn't get a room. I told her not to fold her arms (a sign of aggression) and asked again. This time the lady gestured around the corner to another member of staff, currently on the phone. She sorted us with a room when she had finished. I just told Jem to relax and not jump to defensive conclusions. Upstairs our room was on a different side than last time ...