Veranda Resort & Spa Cha-am

Here we are, at the beach for a couple of days before the big flight home. Pierre agreed to go, despite the extreme heat and the fact that he's simply not a beach person. I had picked the site at Hua Hin for a few reasons:<br>1- it can easily be reached by train under 4 hours<br>2- it's considered older (ie. as in an older crowd) and therefore, there are less beer-swigging yahoos, ski-doos, motorboats and by default, should be less ...

... message over the radio, which would hopefully be picked up by Edwin, the Thai animal keepers or Dr Yo the vet. As it was so early in the morning help was a long time coming, and I was relieved when two of the animal keepers arrived on a motorbike. Behind them came Mee En, the bear keeper, pedalling furiously on a push-bike to keep up with them. Mee En is one of my favourite people at the centre, but I'll write about him in another entry. Emma told me that the ...

... with flags and flowers and pictures of the Queen. Today is a national holiday so the beach is crowded with balloon sellers, food vendors, drink vendors, kite flyers and all the other things you need for a good day on the beach. We went to the beach to see the locals playing........ In the evening we had a flyer under our door inviting us to light a candle and join in the celebrations outside ...

... tell when it's naptime. The caged animals also get sleepy. The bears lie in funny positions, asleep in the shade, and even the primates are quiet. I did water rounds today--filling up the water buckets of the gibbons and langurs--three times today, at 11:30, 1:30pm, and 5:15. Both the 11:30 and 1:30 had very quiet, sleepy animals all around. I was able to successfully water all the buckets without being grabbed or ...

... the city. We saw amazing things! 1. Wat Mahathat Worawihaun, a temple. This is one of 4 royal temples in the city and it was built 800-1000 years ago. We went inside and also looked around outside. 2. Phra Ram Ratchaniwet, a place. This is a 'summer palace' that was built in 1916. King Rama V began the construction but died before it was finished. It's now a national heritage building and the grounds are used by the Thai Army. The ...

... about 2 kids they could all swim better than me, even the 2 year olds) and then assigned a volunteer to keep en eye on them. My group contained 7 of the older boys (10 - 12yrs) - Moung Kong, Eh, Ekachai, Pit Chu, Kaput and, i think Mai Pai. Anyway it's neither here nor there as after about 13.6 seconds all the groups dissolved into one and the kids ran screaming and laughing, across a road, to the beach. Once at the beach they proceeded to find every living ...

... me. off i went to the parking lot where i had to wait and jostle for the elevator to the sixth floor and there was my car right behind the elevator. here is the thing about thailand. the first five floors of the parking lot are covered and the sixth floor is not. the first five floors are absolutely jampacked with cars. not only are all the parking stalls taken but there are cars parked right in front of the stalls ...

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Well, I'm here in thailand. I got here yesterday at 1a.m. and a girl was waiting for me from Webster. We went to a hotel, but everyone else was on a flight ahead of me so they went directly to Hua Hin. I stayed in the hotel until the girl came back to get me at about 7:30 am, and then I went in a van with a guy from Italy/Turkey and we travelled to Hua Hin, where our Condo is ...

... white mutton chops that make him look comically old despite his youth. He was the first gibbon to groom me--quite a heartwarming compliment. He loves it when I groom him, which he is in constant need of because he's so messy. He loves watermelon--whenever I feed him, he fussily waits for the watermelon to come from the bowl. He prefers that I hold the watermelon for him, while he munches away, juice dribbling down his chin to his belly. The ...