Not the most original title but seeing as there has been a distinct lack of posts for the last few weeks, apt i feel. OK so the last time i put my thoughts online i struggled with motivation its just hard to maintain the level of enthusiasm that you have at the start of writing a blog, and it's very easy to slip into bad habits and neglect the people following it by becoming wrapped up in your own adventures.
OK so we left you on the millionaires playground Koh Samui and it was a hedonistic haven for the rich and wannabe rich trying to sample a small part of Thailand in a Custom package that is a badly designed as some of the suits manufactured by the numerous tailors that hawk their wares on its busy streets.
Anyway i digress our time in Thailand was running out and we needed to step across the border to renew our visa so we could spend some more time in Thailand, so we decided to catch a bus to Ranong and catch a boat across the sea to Burma and back.
This sounds far more brave than it was to prove to be as the hotel we stayed in had a big sign offering to take care of the whole thing for the paltry fee of only 300 baht.
So even though the hotel could be referred to as a bit of a dump in actuality it served its purpose, however Ranong was entirely different it was a dirty rat infested city that i cant think of any reason to stay there apart from to renew your visa the next day. Unless you happen to like dingy dirty rat infested havens in which case I'm sure it's perfect for you.
So on the following day we decided to get the hell out of dodge as fast as humanly possible, and while having breakfast in the cafe next door we saw posters on the wall to a island called Koh Phayam.
It looked beautiful and boasted free wi-fi and 24 hr solar powered electricity, so we dutifully made our way to the pier and caught a boat over there, on the way we got talking to a few people and it emerged that the island only had 600 indigenous inhabitants, and that 24 hr Solar power meant that they left it on till it run out(an average of 6 hrs of power a day).
Anyway deciding that now we were hardened backpackers, we weren't fazed and looked forward to our new adventure on the horizon, after all how hard could it be?
So after 2 hrs in the blistering sun and several Beers, we pulled into Koh Phayam's pier, there was a dread locked rasta waiting there along with other members of the locals hawking their bungalows as the best on the Island.
Even with all these useful snippets of local information we decided to stick with original choice and go to Bamboo Bungalows.
Upon our arrival we were met by a helpful lady called Jen, who said they had several levels of Accommodation Best,Middle and Basic naturally they showed us the best first and informed us that it was 1200 baht a night after my heart had stopped having a shit fit she showed us the two others, the middle was pretty poor to be honest, and the basic was exactly what it said on the tin open side sharing your room with Gecko's and mosquito's (hmm nice but nothing new to any backpacker)
Anyway Helen told me there was no way we were staying in anything but the best one and after the owner Yuri came out he eventually dropped to 750B a night as we were staying for 4 nights.
So after paying we went to our room and found out it had a outside Cold Shower (very tastefully done though all very modern and stylish) A big old fashioned fan in the ceiling of the room and power sockets that didn't work, looked like he hadn't finished all the wiring in them. although to be fair to Yuri, the rooms were beautiful and he did without doubt have the best restaurant on the island.
However As beautiful as the setting was when it rains every day bar one when you are there very quickly you become disinclined to stay and tend to move on very quickly. #
So on the fifth day we decided to move to Bangkok as on the weather forecasts it showed the weather was much warmer up that part of the country.
Friday, November 21, 2008
Friday, November 7, 2008
Samui Warrior
Koh Samui
Ok so Samui well we arrived here after a fairly uneventful trip on a fast Catamaran from Koh Phangan which coincidentally included our taxi fare to our chosen resort.
Which in this instance was Chaweng beach, now once again we had heard a mixed bag of reports of this place including that it was too busy and was not what backpacking was really about etc, good job i'm not really a back packer ;)
Anyway we were dropped of at The Wave Samui which advertised Room rates from 400B ( for a fan room) but when we enquired when these rooms were all taken and the only rooms they had were 850Baht, so we decided to blow Lonely planets recommendation and find our own place yet again,.
So following a short hike down the road, we stumbled across a picturesque place called Green Hotel. it's location was great one min from the beach and the rooms were huge and nicely decorated with Sat T.v and A/c as standard and a nice garden balcony one thing which made me hesitate was the notice on the front desk stating that these rooms were 1200 Baht a night, yet when we asked the lady she offered them us for 600B i tried to negotiate with her more but she wasn't having it, she said the reason that she'd offered them us for 600 was that if she'd of asked for anymore she figured we'd of walked out(you see mom looking scruffy sometimes does work in your favour!!)
Anyway we originally thought to stay at Samui for a few days, but yep once again a few days stretched to a week. To be honest Samui is a great tourist resort great for a package holiday complete with great food, beautiful restaurants, immaculate beach and as many water sports as you could want.
The entire place was as diverse as you could wish it to be with a range of activities to fit all budgets, all *ahem designer makes are on offer for hugely discounted prices along with all the latest movies for around a pound great if you have a laptop and speakers system with you.
Overall i really enjoyed Samui and i would not hesitate to recommend it someone looking for a nice each resort holiday, maybe not quite right for those looking for peace and tranquility if that's your thing head to koh Phangan as mentioned in my blog earlier.
The 6 km Beach
Helen Loving the Beach
Jet Ski Tomfoolery
After a Bloody long Jungle Hike we landed here and found a pretty nice waterfall.
Ok so Samui well we arrived here after a fairly uneventful trip on a fast Catamaran from Koh Phangan which coincidentally included our taxi fare to our chosen resort.
Which in this instance was Chaweng beach, now once again we had heard a mixed bag of reports of this place including that it was too busy and was not what backpacking was really about etc, good job i'm not really a back packer ;)
Anyway we were dropped of at The Wave Samui which advertised Room rates from 400B ( for a fan room) but when we enquired when these rooms were all taken and the only rooms they had were 850Baht, so we decided to blow Lonely planets recommendation and find our own place yet again,.
So following a short hike down the road, we stumbled across a picturesque place called Green Hotel. it's location was great one min from the beach and the rooms were huge and nicely decorated with Sat T.v and A/c as standard and a nice garden balcony one thing which made me hesitate was the notice on the front desk stating that these rooms were 1200 Baht a night, yet when we asked the lady she offered them us for 600B i tried to negotiate with her more but she wasn't having it, she said the reason that she'd offered them us for 600 was that if she'd of asked for anymore she figured we'd of walked out(you see mom looking scruffy sometimes does work in your favour!!)
Anyway we originally thought to stay at Samui for a few days, but yep once again a few days stretched to a week. To be honest Samui is a great tourist resort great for a package holiday complete with great food, beautiful restaurants, immaculate beach and as many water sports as you could want.
The entire place was as diverse as you could wish it to be with a range of activities to fit all budgets, all *ahem designer makes are on offer for hugely discounted prices along with all the latest movies for around a pound great if you have a laptop and speakers system with you.
Overall i really enjoyed Samui and i would not hesitate to recommend it someone looking for a nice each resort holiday, maybe not quite right for those looking for peace and tranquility if that's your thing head to koh Phangan as mentioned in my blog earlier.
The 6 km Beach
Helen Loving the Beach
Jet Ski Tomfoolery
After a Bloody long Jungle Hike we landed here and found a pretty nice waterfall.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Castaway's
Koh Phangan
Ok so we headed up the east coast of Thailand in search of Koh Phangan home of the legendary Full Moon Parties now the only way to cross the ocean to Koh Phangan was on a massive ferry, and when I say massive it was bloody huge, it was carrying Gas trucks in it’s hold and everything.
Although to be fair it had a nice Air Conditioned Cabin (although to be fair after 20 mins in it you were bloody frozen.)
Now when they had sold us the tickets in Krabi to the A/c Bus and Ferry they told us it was a 7 hr journey, however in reality 7 hrs stretched to 11 hrs, so when we arrived at Thong Sala we were bloody whacked,
Heading In To Koh Phangan
And we jumped in the back of a jammed taxi to Haad Rin, Now to be fair I like rally games as much as the next geek, but this was scary shit, being in the back of a Sawngthaew taxi with only your grip on the metal bar to stop you from falling out, while the driver tried to corner on mad blind bends like a demented Thai version of Colin McRae.
Anyhow after the longest half hr in the history of man we made it to Haad Rin and took up the first offer of decent accommodation that presented itself to us were we dutifully dumped our bags and went to see the scene on the beach.
Haad Rin
As you approach the beach area, your sense are assaulted by about 3 or 4 different booming sound systems and all along the beach, there are bucket stalls all proudly pronouncing that they have they best buckets in Thailand (bullshit) if you are up early enough in the morning you will see them pouring cheap vodka into Smirnoff bottles, but that in itself isn’t the main problem. In the Full Moon Party, these stalls are known to spike people’s drink’s, which leads to people being off their face and one of several scenarios occurring.
1.) Spending too much money.
2.) Getting Mugged.
3.) If they are women, potential to Undesired Sexual Contact.
Also during any Full Moon Parties be extremely wary of taking drugs or trying to appropriate them even possession of half a spliff will lead to a nice term in jail, unless your lucky and are grabbed by one of the corrupt cops and are able to bribe your way out of the scenario (I believe around a £1000), once you are at the station, this option is gone and you are more likely to serve a stretch of a year or two crammed in a small cell with 25 other guys, so I guess just a word of warning
Now I don’t speak from personal experience just from tales from other travelers so if you do go to a moon party exercise some common sense, on the whole the Thai people are amazing but as with all, nationalities there are always a few rotten eggs.
Anyway the beach is beautiful nice soft sand and hundreds of partiers every where you look all geared for a good time, now I don’t know its because im getting older now, or because I was with Helen as opposed to a group of lads but to be honest, it really didn’t interest me and after chilling and having a couple of beers at £2/$4 each (and that was from the 7/11 bloody rip off) we headed back to the room, to catch some shut eye.
Now when we got up we decided to explore around Haad Rin and we were still not to impressed it looked like when all the drunken revelers from the night before rose it was going to be more of the same and to be fair that wasn’t really what we were there for.
Haad Yuan
So we went back to the room and caught the first long tail boat to Haad Yuan, now whilst it was only 15- 20 mins in the boat away, because you were only able to access it by boat. It felt like a whole lifetime away as you pulled onto the Soda white beach through the turquoise waters you felt like you were in your own version of the beach, there were maybe 4 different sets of bungalows.
Now watching Helens face as we pulled in was worth the night of bum bum bum, she looked like she had found her own peace of Heaven, anyway we headed down towards the more picturesque left hand side of the beach, and chose the Barcelona Resort, it was a simple affair with just a fan to keep cool, mosquito nets over the beds, cold shower and a couple of chairs on the balcony, oh and last but not least a hammock. Yes a hammock!!!
Now if you haven’t ever tried one of these contraptions stop what your doing right now and go and get one string it up from the rafters and chill for a while and come back when you can appreciate what I’m saying, unless of course your reading this from Canada in which case I imagine it may be a touch to cold to string up a hammock outside now!
Anyway we dumped the bags on the bed, and while Helen unpacked I chilled in my hammock, No I’m not lazy I just get in the way, so I have learnt to keep the hell away or else arguments follow J
Our Beach Bungalows
Haad Yuan Beach
Me Chilling in My Hammock
The View From Our Balcony
No they aren’t Moobs they are Pectoral Muscles!!!!!!!
Now the Solitude of Haad Yuan was wonderful so much so what was intended to be a short stay of a couple of days, grew in length to a week of relaxing. After a week it was enough because of the lack of choice in restaurants (4 in total) and things to do at night (Although one restaurant did show movies every night)
We decided to move on and follow Lori’s advice (a Canadian girl who had been living on the beach with a local lad for 2 years) and try moving on to Thong Nai Pan Yai.
Now the sensible thing to do at this point would have been to catch a boat back to Haad Rin and catch a taxi to the beach, but we figured it would be more fun to charter a Long tail and take a scenic view of the beaches around the edge of the island, now what seems like a great idea on paper is some times best firmly left there, because as romantic as it sounds, let me tell you it isn’t the sea is a rough place sometimes and by the time we got there I have never been so wet in my bloody life, I may as well got out of the boat and been dragged behind through the wash of the boat I was that wet. But that once again didn’t matter as we pulled in to lagoon of Thong Nai Pan Yai.
Thong Nai Pan Yai
Why I Love Backpacking
Now this was beautiful the sand was soft and the sea was calm, not like just calm but more like a pond with the water ever so slightly lapping at the sandy shore. It was beautiful beyond words now as always happens when you land in a new area you walk around somewhat bewildered and try a find the best accommodation for your money, so we started at the bottom and made our way to the top of the beach on the way there were some nice beach huts that looked promising but not wanting to stop until we had explored all avenues we carried on.
At the top we came across a beautiful resort called Candle Huts and Helen wanted to enquire, I tried to tell her that there wasn’t a cat in hells chance that we could afford one of them, but she wouldn’t listen so of she went past the pool to try and find the hired help to get a price for one of the beach huts, while I shook my head and parked my ass in the sand.
The next minute she comes back with a guy who inform us that he could let us have them best hut on the beach with fan for 600 baht a night (I almost cried, now I was going to have to eat humble pie) anyway feeing particularly cheeky I asked if he could do it any better for 3 or more nights and blow me he dropped another 50 baht a night. Now I know £9 a night isn’t a lot and for that we had a massive pool with bar beside it, sun loungers in the best location on the beach and the best positioned hut on the beach, oh and lets not forget my hammock.
The View From The Middle Of The Beach
The View From My Hammock
Our Pool
Helen Making Full Use Of Pool
Once again as is of the case in backpacking when you find somewhere beautiful it becomes exceedingly hard to drag yourself away from there, and I had many a serene moment in my hammock, it’s like you feel at peace with yourself, which is a wonderful feeling and should be sampled by everyone once.
So 3 days stretched into 6 and it was great but after 2 weeks of relative solitude I was getting itchy feet and wanted more uuummpphh in my day, nothing to much but a bit more that the last couple of weeks, so we decided to head off again and decided to head to Koh Samui now after hearing mixed reports of this island, we were wary but decided that we would make our own mind, after all if you don’t like/enjoy somewhere you just move on.
That brings us up to date I’m currently on day 3 of Koh Samui but I need to get a move on for a number of reasons.
1.) The sun is shining outside and I need to work on my tan.
2.) I haven’t had breakfast yet.
3.) I’ve been doing my blog for the last couple of hours.
I’m sorry I haven’t kept up with my blog so much for the last couple of weeks, but as Koh Phangan was quite isolated internet was really expensive compared to other places we have stayed, mind you everything was expensive compared to every where else and is easily the most expensive food/drink and internet wise out of everywhere we have stayed.
Anyway Ciao Bella
Mez xx
Ok so we headed up the east coast of Thailand in search of Koh Phangan home of the legendary Full Moon Parties now the only way to cross the ocean to Koh Phangan was on a massive ferry, and when I say massive it was bloody huge, it was carrying Gas trucks in it’s hold and everything.
Although to be fair it had a nice Air Conditioned Cabin (although to be fair after 20 mins in it you were bloody frozen.)
Now when they had sold us the tickets in Krabi to the A/c Bus and Ferry they told us it was a 7 hr journey, however in reality 7 hrs stretched to 11 hrs, so when we arrived at Thong Sala we were bloody whacked,
Heading In To Koh Phangan
And we jumped in the back of a jammed taxi to Haad Rin, Now to be fair I like rally games as much as the next geek, but this was scary shit, being in the back of a Sawngthaew taxi with only your grip on the metal bar to stop you from falling out, while the driver tried to corner on mad blind bends like a demented Thai version of Colin McRae.
Anyhow after the longest half hr in the history of man we made it to Haad Rin and took up the first offer of decent accommodation that presented itself to us were we dutifully dumped our bags and went to see the scene on the beach.
Haad Rin
As you approach the beach area, your sense are assaulted by about 3 or 4 different booming sound systems and all along the beach, there are bucket stalls all proudly pronouncing that they have they best buckets in Thailand (bullshit) if you are up early enough in the morning you will see them pouring cheap vodka into Smirnoff bottles, but that in itself isn’t the main problem. In the Full Moon Party, these stalls are known to spike people’s drink’s, which leads to people being off their face and one of several scenarios occurring.
1.) Spending too much money.
2.) Getting Mugged.
3.) If they are women, potential to Undesired Sexual Contact.
Also during any Full Moon Parties be extremely wary of taking drugs or trying to appropriate them even possession of half a spliff will lead to a nice term in jail, unless your lucky and are grabbed by one of the corrupt cops and are able to bribe your way out of the scenario (I believe around a £1000), once you are at the station, this option is gone and you are more likely to serve a stretch of a year or two crammed in a small cell with 25 other guys, so I guess just a word of warning
Now I don’t speak from personal experience just from tales from other travelers so if you do go to a moon party exercise some common sense, on the whole the Thai people are amazing but as with all, nationalities there are always a few rotten eggs.
Anyway the beach is beautiful nice soft sand and hundreds of partiers every where you look all geared for a good time, now I don’t know its because im getting older now, or because I was with Helen as opposed to a group of lads but to be honest, it really didn’t interest me and after chilling and having a couple of beers at £2/$4 each (and that was from the 7/11 bloody rip off) we headed back to the room, to catch some shut eye.
Now when we got up we decided to explore around Haad Rin and we were still not to impressed it looked like when all the drunken revelers from the night before rose it was going to be more of the same and to be fair that wasn’t really what we were there for.
Haad Yuan
So we went back to the room and caught the first long tail boat to Haad Yuan, now whilst it was only 15- 20 mins in the boat away, because you were only able to access it by boat. It felt like a whole lifetime away as you pulled onto the Soda white beach through the turquoise waters you felt like you were in your own version of the beach, there were maybe 4 different sets of bungalows.
Now watching Helens face as we pulled in was worth the night of bum bum bum, she looked like she had found her own peace of Heaven, anyway we headed down towards the more picturesque left hand side of the beach, and chose the Barcelona Resort, it was a simple affair with just a fan to keep cool, mosquito nets over the beds, cold shower and a couple of chairs on the balcony, oh and last but not least a hammock. Yes a hammock!!!
Now if you haven’t ever tried one of these contraptions stop what your doing right now and go and get one string it up from the rafters and chill for a while and come back when you can appreciate what I’m saying, unless of course your reading this from Canada in which case I imagine it may be a touch to cold to string up a hammock outside now!
Anyway we dumped the bags on the bed, and while Helen unpacked I chilled in my hammock, No I’m not lazy I just get in the way, so I have learnt to keep the hell away or else arguments follow J
Our Beach Bungalows
Haad Yuan Beach
Me Chilling in My Hammock
The View From Our Balcony
No they aren’t Moobs they are Pectoral Muscles!!!!!!!
Now the Solitude of Haad Yuan was wonderful so much so what was intended to be a short stay of a couple of days, grew in length to a week of relaxing. After a week it was enough because of the lack of choice in restaurants (4 in total) and things to do at night (Although one restaurant did show movies every night)
We decided to move on and follow Lori’s advice (a Canadian girl who had been living on the beach with a local lad for 2 years) and try moving on to Thong Nai Pan Yai.
Now the sensible thing to do at this point would have been to catch a boat back to Haad Rin and catch a taxi to the beach, but we figured it would be more fun to charter a Long tail and take a scenic view of the beaches around the edge of the island, now what seems like a great idea on paper is some times best firmly left there, because as romantic as it sounds, let me tell you it isn’t the sea is a rough place sometimes and by the time we got there I have never been so wet in my bloody life, I may as well got out of the boat and been dragged behind through the wash of the boat I was that wet. But that once again didn’t matter as we pulled in to lagoon of Thong Nai Pan Yai.
Thong Nai Pan Yai
Why I Love Backpacking
Now this was beautiful the sand was soft and the sea was calm, not like just calm but more like a pond with the water ever so slightly lapping at the sandy shore. It was beautiful beyond words now as always happens when you land in a new area you walk around somewhat bewildered and try a find the best accommodation for your money, so we started at the bottom and made our way to the top of the beach on the way there were some nice beach huts that looked promising but not wanting to stop until we had explored all avenues we carried on.
At the top we came across a beautiful resort called Candle Huts and Helen wanted to enquire, I tried to tell her that there wasn’t a cat in hells chance that we could afford one of them, but she wouldn’t listen so of she went past the pool to try and find the hired help to get a price for one of the beach huts, while I shook my head and parked my ass in the sand.
The next minute she comes back with a guy who inform us that he could let us have them best hut on the beach with fan for 600 baht a night (I almost cried, now I was going to have to eat humble pie) anyway feeing particularly cheeky I asked if he could do it any better for 3 or more nights and blow me he dropped another 50 baht a night. Now I know £9 a night isn’t a lot and for that we had a massive pool with bar beside it, sun loungers in the best location on the beach and the best positioned hut on the beach, oh and lets not forget my hammock.
The View From The Middle Of The Beach
The View From My Hammock
Our Pool
Helen Making Full Use Of Pool
Once again as is of the case in backpacking when you find somewhere beautiful it becomes exceedingly hard to drag yourself away from there, and I had many a serene moment in my hammock, it’s like you feel at peace with yourself, which is a wonderful feeling and should be sampled by everyone once.
So 3 days stretched into 6 and it was great but after 2 weeks of relative solitude I was getting itchy feet and wanted more uuummpphh in my day, nothing to much but a bit more that the last couple of weeks, so we decided to head off again and decided to head to Koh Samui now after hearing mixed reports of this island, we were wary but decided that we would make our own mind, after all if you don’t like/enjoy somewhere you just move on.
That brings us up to date I’m currently on day 3 of Koh Samui but I need to get a move on for a number of reasons.
1.) The sun is shining outside and I need to work on my tan.
2.) I haven’t had breakfast yet.
3.) I’ve been doing my blog for the last couple of hours.
I’m sorry I haven’t kept up with my blog so much for the last couple of weeks, but as Koh Phangan was quite isolated internet was really expensive compared to other places we have stayed, mind you everything was expensive compared to every where else and is easily the most expensive food/drink and internet wise out of everywhere we have stayed.
Anyway Ciao Bella
Mez xx
Friday, October 24, 2008
Hey Hey, We're The Monkeys
OK So back to where we left off, we decided to leave Ao-Nang and head for Krabi before doing our next island hop one definite plus to our accommodation in Ao-Nang was that it had a beautiful view from the roof top, it was the ideal place to go chill with a couple of beers and chill while the sun set.
The View
Getting Nearer
Anyway so with out further ado we hit Krabi the next day, which was very different but still beautiful in different ways to the beach places we stayed and chilled in, for one example it had a fabulous river running right through the city that you could charter a long tail and sail right down the river looking into the mangroves, so one after noon after both taking suitable sea sickness medication we struck out on our boat trip.
It was ace, although unfortunately on the day we went on it had been raining just before we went, which meant the water was quite murky, however the views were spectacular, with mist rising out of the waters edge and troops of monkeys walking along the river banks and we rounded of our foray to a fish farm, how odd are you i bet you say but it was actually a really cool thing to go and see.
The Horizon
Beautiful
Cheeky Monkey
Fishing Village
Fish Farm Could Take Your Hand This Bugger :)
Odd Little Fellow
Even Odder
Anyway that rounded off our day of adventures along the river bank and we went to chill in quite possibly the most chilled bar in the world, needless to say it led to far to many drinks and several cocktails god i was hung over the next day.
The Old West Bar
After A Few Too Many
So the Next day we struck out in search of Tiger Temple a very religious place and surrounded by what seemed to be a nature reserve, here we witnessed not a couple of monkey but probably 50/60 of them playing and goofing around, it was quite surreal to see a monk in his garden of peace just sat with loads of monkeys seemingly chilling with him, after we had got over our awe of first arriving here, we set off into the jungle to find Tiger Cave and the Thousand year old tree.
The Baby Temple
On The Way To The Big Temple
Buddist Statue
Protective Mom's
Monkeying Around
My God We Were Knackered At The Top Of These
Another Homage
Tiger Cave Temple
Natural Cave Formation That You Have To Climb Through a Narrow Apperture To Reach
Not So Big Or Clever Compared To That Are You?
Snake Cave Decided Not To Explore In Here For Some Reason!!!!!!!
A Thousand Year Old Tree Or At Least It Was Till I Leant Against It For A Rest.
"Ooops"
Spot the Monk!!!
Flash Temple
That brings us upto our epic journey to Koh Phangan, which seeing as this has taken ages i will update tomorrow.
Hugs And Kisses
Mez The Emporer of The Universe
The View
Getting Nearer
Anyway so with out further ado we hit Krabi the next day, which was very different but still beautiful in different ways to the beach places we stayed and chilled in, for one example it had a fabulous river running right through the city that you could charter a long tail and sail right down the river looking into the mangroves, so one after noon after both taking suitable sea sickness medication we struck out on our boat trip.
It was ace, although unfortunately on the day we went on it had been raining just before we went, which meant the water was quite murky, however the views were spectacular, with mist rising out of the waters edge and troops of monkeys walking along the river banks and we rounded of our foray to a fish farm, how odd are you i bet you say but it was actually a really cool thing to go and see.
The Horizon
Beautiful
Cheeky Monkey
Fishing Village
Fish Farm Could Take Your Hand This Bugger :)
Odd Little Fellow
Even Odder
Anyway that rounded off our day of adventures along the river bank and we went to chill in quite possibly the most chilled bar in the world, needless to say it led to far to many drinks and several cocktails god i was hung over the next day.
The Old West Bar
After A Few Too Many
So the Next day we struck out in search of Tiger Temple a very religious place and surrounded by what seemed to be a nature reserve, here we witnessed not a couple of monkey but probably 50/60 of them playing and goofing around, it was quite surreal to see a monk in his garden of peace just sat with loads of monkeys seemingly chilling with him, after we had got over our awe of first arriving here, we set off into the jungle to find Tiger Cave and the Thousand year old tree.
The Baby Temple
On The Way To The Big Temple
Buddist Statue
Protective Mom's
Monkeying Around
My God We Were Knackered At The Top Of These
Another Homage
Tiger Cave Temple
Natural Cave Formation That You Have To Climb Through a Narrow Apperture To Reach
Not So Big Or Clever Compared To That Are You?
Snake Cave Decided Not To Explore In Here For Some Reason!!!!!!!
A Thousand Year Old Tree Or At Least It Was Till I Leant Against It For A Rest.
"Ooops"
Spot the Monk!!!
Flash Temple
That brings us upto our epic journey to Koh Phangan, which seeing as this has taken ages i will update tomorrow.
Hugs And Kisses
Mez The Emporer of The Universe
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Koh Phangan
Hi all, First off sorry for the lack of posts, Ended up a bit off the beaten track and aare currently residing on a remote beach called Had Yuan as Recommended by Ed.
I've gotta say it's awesome there are only 3 places to eat and drink and to be fair we didnt even realise one of the bars had net till today, so the plan is to stay here till Sat, then maybe move on all i can say is this place is like a small part of heaven.
Not commercialised at all only accessable by boat, and to be fair if you need the buzz of pubs and clubs it aint for you.
However for me and Helen everything is just perfect.
Now i know we have access to internet i will do a proper post tomorrow.
I've gotta say it's awesome there are only 3 places to eat and drink and to be fair we didnt even realise one of the bars had net till today, so the plan is to stay here till Sat, then maybe move on all i can say is this place is like a small part of heaven.
Not commercialised at all only accessable by boat, and to be fair if you need the buzz of pubs and clubs it aint for you.
However for me and Helen everything is just perfect.
Now i know we have access to internet i will do a proper post tomorrow.
Monday, October 13, 2008
This................This Is My Boom Stick!!
OK so yesterday was doing Helen's Thing, even though i enjoyed it immensly. However today was boys and their toys day, and boy did i get to play with toys.
You see being away from Canada and not having a mic has severly restricted the amount of grief i can give my mate Monwar down the mic, so much so, it got to the point were i had a irresistable urge to put a 9mm round in him.
So nice and early i set off to the net cafe this morning to do some pictures of Mr Monwar. Then i set off on the lookout for a place with guns, Yipee-Kai-Aii Mother Fooker.
Ask Yourself, Do You Feel Lucky Punk?...Well Do Ya?
O Dear It Doesnt Bode Well For Monwar
9mm To the Chest Monwar
Close Up
Proper Target With a .45 Special
Monwar Gets It In Video
Video Of.45 Special Now This Is A Bad Boy
What a great laugh all my frustration of not being able to take the mickey was released, good fun if slightly Naughty.
I'd Like to point out dring the filming of these videos, no people called Monwar were hurt.
Till next time.
I AM THE LAW!!
You see being away from Canada and not having a mic has severly restricted the amount of grief i can give my mate Monwar down the mic, so much so, it got to the point were i had a irresistable urge to put a 9mm round in him.
So nice and early i set off to the net cafe this morning to do some pictures of Mr Monwar. Then i set off on the lookout for a place with guns, Yipee-Kai-Aii Mother Fooker.
Ask Yourself, Do You Feel Lucky Punk?...Well Do Ya?
O Dear It Doesnt Bode Well For Monwar
9mm To the Chest Monwar
Close Up
Proper Target With a .45 Special
Monwar Gets It In Video
Video Of.45 Special Now This Is A Bad Boy
What a great laugh all my frustration of not being able to take the mickey was released, good fun if slightly Naughty.
I'd Like to point out dring the filming of these videos, no people called Monwar were hurt.
Till next time.
I AM THE LAW!!
Is That Your Trunk? Or Are You Just Pleased To See Me!
OK so last night we went out for a meal in Ao-Nang, one thing that is hard to explain to you folks back home is how great Thai cooking is, no really it is great it's not like when you go out for a meal and you comment yeah that was nice to the waiter when really it was just decidedly OK, i mean Thai food is bloody phenomenal every dish is a subtle infusion of tastes that explode onto your taste buds, even when you have a curry that could be used to remove paint from old wood(yes some are this hot) you still get subtle tastes of lemon grass and numerous other delightful herbs.
Helen Glammed up for a meal
Mmmmmm Feed Me Now!!!
Any Night Isn't Complete Without Helen Getting Beat 7-1 In Pool
Following her severe drubbing Helen dragged me to bed to have her wicked way with me, and who says women don't find pub games impressive!!
This morning was a brief move of room to one with a double bed, still at only 400 baht a night although the problem was now that we were a floor higher i couldn't tap into the Irish bars Wi-Fi.
So while Helen was having her Nails done at the nail bar, i walked downstairs and asked the manager for his wi-fi password (bear in mind its meant to cost 100 baht extra, to be fair i don't think he really knew what to do, so he just gave me it and watched me with a bemused look on his face while i wandered off whistling.
This Afternoon we were on a Elephant Jungle trek one of the things that has been on Helen's must do list since we landed in Thailand, my god what a Buzz.
If you are ever in the fortunate position to be able to take one of these trips and are wondering if its worth the cash ask yourself these questions.
1.) Am i going to miss a Tenner that much?
2.) Am i that tight fisted, I'd worry about missing a tenner?
3.) Would i prefer 4/5 beers to having a ace time with a Massive creature that could quite easily snap me like a twig?
4.) Would anyone prefer to listen to my story of me spending a tenner on beer?
5.) If Paul finds out i had the chance to go on a Elephant ride and didn't, how much is the slap that he gives me gonna hurt? (alot if your wondering)
It was one of the best experiences ever, and they are far bigger than i ever imagined, the one we rode was about 6000 kg in weight, but they can grow up to 8000kg and being carried through tropical rain forest on the back of one of these magnificent beasts, was something i will always treasure as a memory.
Helen At The Out Set Looking Slightly Excited
Hold My Hand Now Woman!!!
Ooooo Check Helen Brave Pants Out
Humbling
Not So Brave Now
Braver
Love It
Brilliant day overall enjoyed everything immensely, who knows may have to go for another before we head back to the UK.
I'm The Great White Hunter.. Fear Me!!!!!
Helen Glammed up for a meal
Mmmmmm Feed Me Now!!!
Any Night Isn't Complete Without Helen Getting Beat 7-1 In Pool
Following her severe drubbing Helen dragged me to bed to have her wicked way with me, and who says women don't find pub games impressive!!
This morning was a brief move of room to one with a double bed, still at only 400 baht a night although the problem was now that we were a floor higher i couldn't tap into the Irish bars Wi-Fi.
So while Helen was having her Nails done at the nail bar, i walked downstairs and asked the manager for his wi-fi password (bear in mind its meant to cost 100 baht extra, to be fair i don't think he really knew what to do, so he just gave me it and watched me with a bemused look on his face while i wandered off whistling.
This Afternoon we were on a Elephant Jungle trek one of the things that has been on Helen's must do list since we landed in Thailand, my god what a Buzz.
If you are ever in the fortunate position to be able to take one of these trips and are wondering if its worth the cash ask yourself these questions.
1.) Am i going to miss a Tenner that much?
2.) Am i that tight fisted, I'd worry about missing a tenner?
3.) Would i prefer 4/5 beers to having a ace time with a Massive creature that could quite easily snap me like a twig?
4.) Would anyone prefer to listen to my story of me spending a tenner on beer?
5.) If Paul finds out i had the chance to go on a Elephant ride and didn't, how much is the slap that he gives me gonna hurt? (alot if your wondering)
It was one of the best experiences ever, and they are far bigger than i ever imagined, the one we rode was about 6000 kg in weight, but they can grow up to 8000kg and being carried through tropical rain forest on the back of one of these magnificent beasts, was something i will always treasure as a memory.
Helen At The Out Set Looking Slightly Excited
Hold My Hand Now Woman!!!
Ooooo Check Helen Brave Pants Out
Humbling
Not So Brave Now
Braver
Love It
Brilliant day overall enjoyed everything immensely, who knows may have to go for another before we head back to the UK.
I'm The Great White Hunter.. Fear Me!!!!!
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