Chom View Hotel

... up the hill. Most wei as I pass - I've decided not to wei back - the roads are dangerous enough! I live in the hotel owned by Kru Sangdao"s mother. At the moment (although this may change) I have my own apartment with a bedroom and another room ...

... was, we were assured by a local, up a soi so we skipped that one and looked at the others eventually settling on the Issam Hotel and their balcony room. They have only one and unusually it's not a room with a balcony rather a room that should have been a ...

... a bird in a cage!! A few hours later we arrived in Phetchaburi and grabbed a tuk tuk to one of the only hotels in the area. The hotel is quite basic but nice and sits in a quiet road, with a few bars, in front of a small river and with views of Khao Wang ...

... outside of town. This tranquil meditation center is an active wat complex. Divided into three levels, it houses meditative huts and lodgings for the monks. I had a beautiful view of the valley below and could hear the monks chant echo through the ...

... by going to another beach called Khung Wiman beach. This beach was pretty small but very picturesque and near by was a view point called Jud (jood) chom which had the most beautiful views of the coast, ocean and islands. I spent a good few hours here ...

... dropped the hot chom turned the evening into a very pleasant one and it was middnight before we returned to the hotel. As I tried to sleep the chom worked on my mind and I recalled the pictures of red Indians from my youth and wondered if that was the ...

... this made me happy the lack of infrastructure worried me a little. Another hot walk a mile down the road to a recommended hotel was another disappointment after a man who spoke no English at all showed me around the hotel and my room. Whilst showering I ...

... his neighborhood and bought me some water because I looked thirsty I guess. Then, he dropped me off back in town and I walked over to the hotel to find Mike and Katy. They weren't back so, I went out and bought the spiciest food I've ever had. It was ...

... they may build, so that many older houses, villas and mansions have been turned into guest houses and hotels. The gorgeous hotel we stayed at, Maison de Souvannaphoum, was the former residence of Laos Prince Souvannaphoum, although the wing we stayed in ...

... on to CM. On to Nan (NYC) the following day for 2 nights, I took Routes 11 / 1023 / 101. Stayed & ate @ Dhevaraj Hotel. I crashed for 11 hours. Nice soft bed for 400 BT including breakfast. Each morning the food was cold. My intended routes the next ...

... and there is another explanation for the torn up note. On the way back to the boat, we climbed up to see the view from Wat Chom Pet, disturbing a sleeping monk in the process. Our very cheerful boatman was there waiting to take us back across the river, ...

... fuelled drive on my part (must have been tired!) to find Amanda better again and actually being able to move her neck again after finding acupuncture! That eve we watched the footie cup final then ran back to the hotel to beat the 12pm curfew! ...

... etc, was only about 1-200B which I considered fair for the convenience (bearing in mind that I had also been delivered to a hotel that probably paid them a commission but I chose to stop there - they would probably have received that commission even if I ...