Hotel in Surin

... pond full of giant goldfish. I play with them for a bit while our dinner is prepared. From here, we drive to our next hotel, in Surin, Thailand. We arrive tired and sweaty, to a giant table full of coconut juice. Mmmmmm, I fill my belly with the sweet ...

... & tell me how you feel) we landed in Surin at around 5.20 am in the morning. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surin_province Here's some shots of the train station immediately after alighting before we headed to the toilet to brush our teeth, wash up ...

... amounts of ice-cream, drinking lots of Baileys (or Singha beer in Kevin and Antony’s case) and seeing the sights of Surin and the surrounding villages! We’ve also managed to get all our laundry done!!! And it even smells clean which is ...

... . We found a 7-11 (oh thank heaven) but they did not have flip flops. The flop of flip was acquired but by now we were dusty, sweaty and cross with the world. Retreat to the hotel room resumed; blessed be air conditioner and showers. Off to dinner ...

... , and the Laura’s. There was also the addition of a girl from Scotland who was interning as a Genetical Engineer at a Surin College and a girl from Germany who was interning as a Environmental Engineer. The farang squad was getting pretty thick and ...

... (below left), one of the slick resorts for which the beach is famous.  Once confined to Ao Phansea (the northern bay of Surin Beach), the resorts now occupy most of the coast road (Soi Haddsurin 8, also known as Moo 3, or Srisunthorn Road - since ...

... , was even better than expected. I remember having seen something about it on American TV once. Apparently, the people of Surin are famous for capturing and training elephants. They say the Asian elephants are much easier to train and more docile ...

... the tuktuk station.  Off we go, goodbye Phuket.  Matt got a little bored, or curious I'm not sure. For anyone interested, between Surin beach and Phuket airport there are 19 7/11's. We were only in the tuktuk 25mins or so. I'm not sure I could find ...

... are dressed like a hooker, then they are definitely a hooker and probably a man. I decide it is time to brave the mean streets of Surin and find a hotel for the night. It is about 11:40 at this stage. As I haul my sorry arse through the exit, I see a ...

... Phuket to Bangkok. Saturday night we are headed to Bangkok. The other thing we did was to extend our stay, one more night in Surin.  Once we finally left our table at the restaurant, we just relaxed in our room with cards and a/c. Again I can't help ...

... some point, the gas starts running out. I think I hit that point today. Unfortunately, it's the day that we traveled to Surin for the International Folklore Festival...which is the whole reason that I came. I guess it all started with my lack of ...

... line the edge of the beach. The hotel we are staying in is a charming old hotel, recently rennovated, called the Capri Hotel and is drips of Italiano sprit with the manager Stephano, a very friendly Italian man. There are many italian restaurants in ...

... peak out and it turned out to be a really nice day.  It was very relaxing and we decided we would stay another night at Surin Beach.  Around 3pm we decided to come back to the hotel, we were pretty tired from all the sun.  We got ready for ...

... that the plane seemed to be full of either young back packers of dirty old men. That is all I've got time to write in this installment, however next time i will talk about meeting the other volunteers and the journey to Surin and the Surin project! x ...

... they use the toilet. The cherry on top of this wonderful situation? There's no soap in any of the bathrooms. I've been carrying a hotel shampoo around in my purse (thanks Aunt Carrie!) to wash my hands. The miracle is...in all this bacterianess (new ...

... fried veg and noodle. Both were quite tasty and super affordable. We ate for about $5 including water.  From there we went back to the hotel to shower and clean up. I had to shampoo at least three times to get most of the sand out of my hair. Then ...

... beach for $9.  I was so happy to get a shrimp dinner with our chairs/table on the sand for $4.00.  Our hotel is on Surin beach which is away from the craziness of Patong with fine white sand and turquoise blue water. SHE SAID: Adam made ...

... long either, thank god, I fddellt crap enough on three hours sleep, imagine if it was any less. One of my favourite moments in Surin was during the second weekend, Janine and I had decided to go and find the nearest internet cafe, we cycled there, now I ...