Peace Resort Hotel Pattaya

... Pattaya is not only popular beach resort but also famous as a conference, convention and seminar venue, and the grapevine hosts rumours of future developments of varying degrees of plausibility, such as a horse racing track, casinos, and a tram system. Pattaya is also able to offer an excellent range of eating choices and a wide variety of things to do and see and its population is a colorful potpourri of mixed ...

... Singh*s, but suddenly he*rd the worst three words known to m*n: NO BEER TODAY! I *bout h*d * he*rt *tt*ck. We were informed, *nd to my stupid credit I should h*ve known this, th*t bec*use it w*s His M*jesty the King's birthd*y, they were not serving *ny *lcohol th*t d*y. Not in the b*rs, not *t the convieni*nce stores, nowhere. L*uren *nd I just looked *t e*chother in * st*te of disbelief. I me*n, th*t w*s re*lly the m*in impetus for us even ...

... This was why Tippi invited me to this Trip because I still could remember Norwegian. After that they tried to speak Norwegian and Jeg forsoke o snakke med dem po Norsk. It took me some time to translate it. However it was extremely good to hear Norwegian accent and speak it again even though I was not as fluent as before.

Then we drove to The Sanctuary of Truth which is located on North Pattaya. It was built by Thai businessman, Mr. Lek Viriyaphan, in 1981 but has not ...

... full with dreams and hope of marrying a young handsome Farang from the West who will take them home and give them two or three mixed race babies.

I ponder on this subject of human misery and ill luck after Miss Guan has gone collecting more empty bottles and aluminium beer cans when suddenly she returns dragging a shruffy dirty looking lady along....

"I have good lady for you, Hans, only thirty five years old and h*rny for you".

She yells into my face ...

... was a surprise for my mum and dad, only my brother and his wife knew I was going home (until a few weeks before when friends slowly found out but had to keep it secret). So I landed back at Manchester on the 20th dec and my bro came to pick me up... man it was a shock how cold it was!! So my bro and sis in law wrapped me up in a big box and invited my mum and dad over. My bro told them they had a present they had to open before Christmas and brought them into ...

... it to the Jak2Jak Market in Bangkok. I bought some incredible bone china for a steal... you are welcome Mom! Bangkok is easy to get around with the Sky Train and MRT accessible almost anywhere. We stayed at the Shangri-La in Bangkok. I must recommend the Horizon Club Executive Suite... comes with it's own 30 sqm balcony over looking the Chao Praya River! The trip is over but will be in our memories forever!

Het eten is hier spotgoedkoop, superlekker en gezond! Je kan aan de eetkraampjes eten die overal langs de straat staan. De thais eten daar trouwens ook, veel zelf koken doen ze niet. Gemakkelijk toch! Wij hebben zelfs al hun gewoonte overgenomen om heel de stad rond te rijden tot we ons uitverkoren gerechtje gevonden hebben (gebakken pannekoekjes met banaan en kokosmelk, mmmmmm....).

... we've had some mad nights out... early morning jobs and major hangovers.. so i decided to have some time off the drink as to give my body and liver a rest and also so i can enjoy my 1 day off every week instead of nursing headaches!! :-) I've attached a couple of pics of our nights out - we've made friends with a thai guy on one of the street foodstalls so we took him out one night too! Incase you wonder who the random thai is! :-) He speaks no English and i ...

HI everybody! Just a little update while we are awaiting the arrival of Ying, the really nice Thai lady (she was in the "triumphal pose" photo with Del, the nice vet nurse) who works with the society. I really hope we get to treat one of the dogs today as he has the worst case of flystrike imaginable, but I cannot convince Del of the need to do something URGENTLY!!!!!! Sigh. I'm very frustrated.

... chair, proceeded to dig a hole to get to the cool sand and promtly lay down to sleep. I had my feet filed and pedicured by one of the many massage women that patrol the beach. A walk on my new feet up and down the beach in the afternoon was great. All of the tiny sand crabs scurrrying away back into their little holes. The sand that they dig up is formed into balls of sand with the appearance of caviar. It felt strange walking on the surface. Kind of like crunchy snow... I walked to ...