Viva Hotel Songkhla

... heavy me plus both my rucksack and daysack are), but he dropped me off and smiled . . . he had only taken me to the city Aquarium! But he looked so proud of himself, that I couldn't bring myself to argue! I paid him twice as much as the going rate (about 75p) he tried to give me change, but i refused, then I took a photo (which I will upload later) and he cycled off. Luckily as the Aquarium is a major tourist attraction I easily found a tuk-tuk to take me to the guest ...

... busy though), but we were a day behind in getting to Pinang and really wanted to get there if at all possible. The driver was great. He took us right to the bus station where the lady there immediately booked us on the very last mini bus leaving for Pinang. Within 10 minutes, we were on a much more comfortable bus - back seat anyone?!! and on our way. God is good!! Within 2 hours, we were leaving Thailand and crossing into Malaysia. That took some time ...

... top spinning. It was cool. We found a really good vegetarian restaurant that we were going to at least 2x a day. They had a nice night market as well with sweets. I have to say of all things I have to be open about it's ordering food. For the most part we don't know what anything is and it's almost always not what you think it will be. Still, everything has been good and my health is fine. Anyway we finally made it over to Perhentian Kecil which is the ...

First an update on my toe...it's doing just fine. Charmaine wanted to take me to the Dr.,but I convinced her it was ok...but since she is now so worried I will 'hurt' myself again, I'm no longer to do the dishes. (Brilliant!!!...of course I tease!) When Charmaine arrived home and after assurring her that I was ok...(and 'nurse' Charmaine cleaned and dressed my toe wound) we were off ...

... Day!" Many scenic things to view along the way! Upon arriving at the beach there were many people... merchants hawking their wares and boys playing 'football' (it's not called soccer anywhere but the US...) We sat and watched a kite flying for a while... that ...

... that cut it if we had just spent all day on the ferry and the karaoke-bus! We ended up around the block at a placed called King Hotel that was twice the price ($12!), but was super nice. The rest of the town had rolled up, but the restaurant in the hotel was open. Sweet. As long as you could put up with the... live karaoke contest that was all the rage with the chinese population in the area. Oh, well, it wasn't Oreos and potato chips, at least.

... not idea what the heck I was doing! As I squint and frown and hold the gems up to the light, the Chinese dealer explains the business to me. "The stones you're looking at probably come from Malaysia or Burma. Most of the gems in this part of Thailand have already been picked over." "Mr. X got those rough stones out by the Malaysia border this afternoon." The Chinese dealer laughs. "Well, Mr. Qu isn't as stupid as he wants everyone to think he is. If there are any ...

... years, fabio from san marino (never knew that san marino was a country) and an older couple who were are surrogate parents for the 20 hour train ride!!! Spent most of the train ride sitting on the floor talking with the train doors open...slightly scary but vvvvv fun!!!! When we hit the border, our train was searched! Since entering asia weve developed a fear that somebody has planted drugs on us and were going to end up rotting in jail soooo paranoid, but all ...

Having reluctantly left Koh Tao, David and I took the boat to the town of Surat Thani where we spent one night in what is a fairly dull town with lots of people just passing through. From Surat Thani, we took a local bus down the coast to Songkhla which would be our last stop in Thailand. We spent a nice day there in what is an old town with a large beach and were surprised ...

... vadede jeg jo lissom rundt med et ucharmerende saar paa naesen en uge efter!! Og saa er jeg da egentligt bare glad for at det ikke gik vaerre for kunne nok godt vaere gaaet ret galt...! Heldigt nok at der ikke kom nogen biler forbi lige paa det tidspunkt for jeg endte vist paa vejen! JAAAAHR jeg er SEJ!! Naahr men den bus vi skulle med kom en smule forsinket... no big deal, saadan er det jo bare herude... vi gik ombord men var der nogen saeder til os?! NEJ!! TAK FOR ...