Veranda Resort & Spa Cha-am
737/12 Mung Talay Road Cha-am, 76120, Thailand
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Stay coming to a close
... a full moon eclipse (never seen this before??) which would have been crazy for those partygoers at the full moon party in Ko Pha Ngan.
So I woke up on the day I was leaving to pretty sad news - June, an elephant which had just been rescued had died during the night. Really sad atmosphere round the camp - this was the second elephant death in a week (another was rescued, and it died shortly after - which is rare, apparently), so two deaths in a week was ...
WFFT
... the Thai staff killed a really dangerous snake that was in dodo and Dina's enclosure (sun bears). there was also one in the jungle and one in quarantine.
one of the lovebirds escaped two day ago. but it wanted to be with its mate so it didn't go far and just stayed around the cage but we still couldn't catch it to put it back in even though it looked like he wanted to be in! eventually we found the hole and closed it and put some food and water on the out side for it ...
Seaside Here we Come!!
... br> We go back to our digs and I check emails and facebook and have a shock when I see Jamie on crutches having come a cropper down some wet stairs. Initially he didn't think he'd done any damage but then took himself to hospital on a motorbike - after getting his consierge to kick start it! (I forgot to ask how he got home after the cast was on.)
We walk down towards the busier end of the beach to explore supper options but it's a depressing sight. Like ...
Floating Market
... turns out we were only going to the Big Monk. - biggest in South Thailand. The monk had the biggest ears I’ve ever seen - it was so funny. A proper monk then opened up the monastery for us to look in, it was beautiful, around the outside it was full of statues and on the inside the walls and roof were painted and there was a statue with mosaic tiles. This monastery was 6 months old and took 10 years to build. It was replacing another across the ...
Family Reunion
... transportation. But then I live in Lakeville, don't I? Can you imagine a poor foreigner stuck in Lakeville for the duration? He couldn't even get access to food, no less entertainment.
We spent 3 days in Bangkok. I could kick myself for poor planning - they arrived 1 am Friday morning, we zoned out all day Friday, Saturday and Sunday all government offices were obviously closed, then we would have had to get a Vietnam ...



