Florist Resort Maenam Surat Thani

... into 3 main cities namely Chaiya, Tha Thong and Khiri Rat. They were all under the jurisdiction of Nakhon Si Thammarat until King Rama IV decided to move Tha Thong City to Ban Don and required that it report directly to Bangkoks administration. The name Ban Don was, at the time, changed to Kanchanadit. It was ...

... that night visited the local seafood stalls where we sampled the local fish and seafood (and true thai style we had the custom half bottle of whisky to go with it).. so it was a fun night.. Pretchup Kiri Khan is a lovely place.. Day 3: The next morning before we left, we drove round the bay and visited the 'fishermans village' where they still handmake their fishing boats... it was a wet rainy day but still the scenery was stunning.. and the rain was quite ...

... gibbons (swinging through trees and too fast to photograph) and a hornbill in the tree. The lake looked really stunning too with the sun low in the sky and mist on the lake and hills. We returned for breakfast but my ordering of soft-boiled eggs turned out to be ...

It began the usual way arriving at the port at 11.30 for a 12.30 ferry that left at 2.00. You come to expect it, you get used to it. Then it was "Get on the boat" and off we sailed. The bay was calm. We took our usual position on the top deck, legs hanging over the side, and thought no more of it as we moved out to sea. The next two hours can be classified as 'interesting'. We soon found ourselves in bigger seas than anyone had experienced, possibly too big a sea for the absolute safety of ...

... WRONG. We board the train our seats are one cart away from the washrooms...gross...and for some reason the aircon isnt on..Weird we baught aircon, we even upgraded. HAahah. yupp you guessed it the aircon was broken, and for the icing on the top because we were in the aircon section our windows are bolted up! Oh wait the electrical is completly out, no lights, no fans, no windows, no food for almost 12 hours! Gotta love asia! :) Ok so we read with our flashlights ...

... shops selling clothes, curios and foreign exchange vendors, massage parlors etc. Later in the evening we took a Songthew(a local bus open at the rear and can take upto 15 passengers) to the Krabi town.The ride to Krabi town through the lush green jungles,along small hillocks and occasional brush with seacoast was thoroughly enjoyable.The small fruit and vegetable market was very interesting and haggling with the vendors was a nice experience! 26 May 08- Accosted ...

We arranged for a bus to pick up in Koh Lanta to take us back to Krabi. This was a 2 hour trip in a minivan. The sun was so hot we had to close the curtains, so really didn't get a chance to see much! In Krabi, we retrieved our big packs which we had left at the hotel a week earlier, and booked the bus to take us on to Surat Thani, and from there the night ferry to Koh Samui. The bus from Krabi ...

... chanting for a couple of hours, watched by the nuns. All very special experiences. Didn't enjoy the packs of semi-stray dogs though. They get freaked out by the crazy noises made by the insects and seem to turn into wolves! Jonathan got charged and almost bitten by one on way to breakfast! Seems to still be quite sexist - the difference between monks and nuns. Realised possibility of why this is once, after a brief early morning meditation session in the ...

... et incoherentes, generalement sans raison (notre hotel nous convaincra d'eviter une grotte, jugee trop dangereuse, mais convaincra 2 autres personnes qu'il s'agit de l'endroit le plus interessant du parc). Le plus impressionnant reste de tres loin le lac, qui regroupe les paysages les plus beaux de notre voyage jusque la. 2 jours a Chieow Laan Lake On accede au lac via travers notre guesthouse. Avec Mr B., un guide plutot rigolo, bien que ...

... really really steep slopes. by the time we made it to the waterfall at the end of the trail we were exhausted! But it was beautiful, a really pretty spot with the waterfall dropping around 6m into a big pool where we swam. The walk back nearly killed me, it was reallt hot by this point, adn having already done 2 days in the jungle none of us were on top form! the humidity makes walking really hard too. But we made it! We had another splash in the river on the way back too which was ...