Le Maridien Khao Lak Beach & Spa Resort

Manta Queen 1 just came back today from the first great 4 day trip to the Similan islands. Bringing nice pic's and videos, will upload them soon.<br><br>Also I will soon move to my new office in Bang Niang in the Beach road, just waiting for the last Furnitures :-)<br>

... and it was first time I was taking pictures with my underwater camera, so was using up a lot of air and my dives were much shorter than normally...but its ok..makes me just realise once more than it is a sport and to be reasonable good at it, you just have to do it more often. In the evening we had to go back to Patong to pick up Irinas passport from the hotel and also try on our clothes...by the time we got back around 2am both of us were so exhausted we were unable to speak ...

... found myself wrapped tight into a soap opera that spun around the sole ninny axis. When you have been lonely through the years and haven't had much luck in love then sometimes the drama that a woman brings into your life can be viewed as a good thing. So ninny and I dated and set up house on ko tao. One thing led to another and soon I was in her village meeting her parents and being eyed suspiciously by her grandmother. We shared a lot of laughs and a lot of ...

... The only downside is the large number of fat, hairy, old European men wearing speedos (but at least no thong speedos...yet). We're teaching English classes to a variety of students and adults here. About 70% of the English-speaking Thais were killed in the tsunami, so the English proficiency here is much lower than in other parts of Thailand. In the morning, we've been tutoring Thai kids ages 3 to 16. They're absolutely ...

... to reign in my spending habits! we have twin cabins and they have hot showers and a BBQ on the last night so im really looking forward to that. then the day after i come back ive to do a visa run up to burma which is a pain but a necessity and then the day after im heading over to ko phangan for the full moon party. having a nightmare trying to sort accommodation for that, everywhere either doesnt take bookings or wants you ...

... lache pas, fais virevolter ses ailes, tourne et tourne autour de nous pendant plus d'une demi-heure. Elle ou sa copine, plus petite, plus fine, qui arbore une longue queue. Les plongeurs sont tous en extase, il faut dire qu'il y a tres peu d'endroit dans le monde ou l'on peut observer les mantas. Allez on remonte dans le bleu, de toute facon on voit la surface il y a bien 35 metres de visibilité. Au pallier on n'est pas tout seul, un gros banc de poissons-licorne s'amuse.....

... me where exactly it was that I needed to go next so I could prepare myself / work out how to manage it. I was desperately trying to keep it together, be jovial, be positive, GET TO THE ROAD ... There was much talk in Thai and unclear translation going on and everyone seemed a bit flummoxed- it was a steep hill to get me up afterall ... Then, after a while I became aware that GL A and B had become very industrious with Joe's machete. They were ...

... other assorted fireworks. Last night it really got to be a bit overwhelming and in spite of my desire to finally have a night out dancing (with Hal as my wingman) I wound up being exhausted and tired of the smoke, and near misses and bailed back to my guest house where I passed out watching The Empire Strikes back with Thai voice overs (Darth Vader is no where near as ominous minus James Earl by the way!) Anyway that's about it for now. Michele left for Seattle this afternoon and ...

... My spine feels like it is being wrung like a towel. My entire torso feels like it has been pressed by slowly adding heavy weights on top of me. I go back to my room with a bump on my head and fall on the bed. Jan chooses this point to knock on my door to see if I want to go to the Old City. I really want a massage when we get there, but we go to see the light and sound show first. You can get the English translation by leaving a 100 baht deposit. The show is ...

... I decided it was a better option and a time saver to fly to Bangkok (a mere 40 minute flight versus another 5 hour bus ride.) So here I am in Bangkok airport waiting for my Mum. She's arriving in 2 hours and thinks that I have sorted out the programme for the next two weeks. I'd better get my sore behind and stiff back down to the Thai Airways counter and see what I can come up with. Pictures to follow - providing they come out half decent!!