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Well, translated that means something like “I know I will never get the money back”, but that is irrelavant, it’s just some good Thai characters. Paula and I a on “Lonely Beach” on the island of Ko Chang in South Eastern Thailand. I notice tonight that this is our first posting in quite a while. Well it seems we have been on a bit of a holiday. We arrived just over a week ago and spent 4 days with our friends Chad and Morgan in Bangkok and then we promptly headed for the beach!
Let’s start with Bangkok, perhaps the coolest city I know! Very populous and large, excellent transportation, excellent food on every corner (and I mean right on the corner) and every western amenity that we have come to miss (and indulge in at every chance). Seafood is everywhere and shopping is everywhere. We spent our days consuming as much of the both of those as possible. “Birdies” - these little cans of strong coffee mixed with sugar start the day off great. We checked out some of the tourist attractions including the grand Chatuchak market - where you can buy anything, I mean anything. We are planning on spending our NYE in Bangkok coming up, lots of plongs (whitey) there to spend it with too…
Now we are in Ko Chang. About a five hour bus ride from Bangkok to a place called Trat, home of a very cool night market. Spent the night there and next morning (ok, 1:30pm) we took the ferry to Ko Chang. A big tropical island with a road skirting the outside. The western side of the island has about 6 little villages full of beach side huts that you can shack up in. We are about 30 meters from the water, 20 meters from an endless supply of beer and all night long house music. After almost 9 months of travelling, we needed a vacation!
Oh and PS, sorry for no pictures lately. When you are on vacation the only pictures we have are of me in my new orange speedo bathing suit. Don’t worry, you’ll see them soon enough!
Let me tell you that pineapples here are extra good.
November 30 2007 02:39 pm | Thailand
December 3rd, 2007 at 2:42 pm
Sounds like you are having a great time! Looking forward to catching up with you when you get back to Toronto. Feel free to send any of your purchases to the bar for us to safe keep for you. Jo x