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Thailand/Bangkok Round the world trip 2007
12-12-07
Sitting in the morning sun on the beachside of the island Ko Chang writing Christmas postcards to our friends and family who are not internet connected, the smells of cooking Thai breakfast wafting past our noses, the sing song of many different languages beating at our ears. How relaxed we are…planning our steps on through Cambodia.
Yesterday we rented a motorbike and tooted up the steep, steep, hilly road along the coast and bright aqua sea dotted with fishing boats through villages and beach resorts to the roads’ end. Here we found a delicious sand beach with sling chairs and few people. Palms shaded our bodies from the very hot tropical sun; native children chased each other at the water’s edge. When it became too hot, we hopped in for a dip, floating in the salty brine at our feet. This beach setting with a restaurant and message shacks were just the perfect kick back place. We ate, baked, got sunburned and then took off toward our hotel. On the way, we passed elephant rides, huge resorts, scenic overlooks and shopping opportunities. Judee has been looking to replace her dress she found in Aussie land with something a little more comfortable. She found an ankle length sheath with slits up the side, tie-dyed green and white – very attractive on her.
As I indicated earlier, the roads have very steep climbs with switch backs, hard even for our motorbike to crest. On the way in to our hotel we came upon a motor bike accident on one of the steepest assents. Boy, are we glad we did not bring Bici!
Dinner on the strip, just a short walk was a pizza garden. We sipped our beer in the warm evening breezes with dogs and cats wandering through. We ordered a large Italian pizza for $370 B for a total bill of $500B (about $17). Scrumptious and rather inexpensive.
Our hotel is not on the beach but has a good pool where we will spend another afternoon before we head back to Trat. It is more expensive it seems in this holiday vacation area. The hotel is $1500B ($50US), no bargaining as it is now high season. Still we are living less expensively than we would be in southern California.
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December 07 Thailand/Ko Samet Weltreise 2007
Sitting in the morning sun on the beachside of the island Ko Chang writing Christmas postcards to our friends and family who are not internet connected, the smells of cooking Thai breakfast wafting past our noses, the sing song of many different languages beating at our ears. How relaxed we are…planning our steps on through Cambodia.
Yesterday we rented a motorbike and tooted up the steep, steep, hilly road along the coast and bright aqua sea dotted with fishing boats through villages and beach resorts to the roads’ end. Here we found a delicious sand beach with sling chairs and few people. Palms shaded our bodies from the very hot tropical sun; native children chased each other at the water’s edge. When it became too hot, we hopped in for a dip, floating in the salty brine at our feet. This beach setting with a restaurant and message shacks were just the perfect kick back place. We ate, baked, got sunburned and then took off toward our hotel. On the way, we passed elephant rides, huge resorts, scenic overlooks and shopping opportunities. Judee has been looking to replace her dress she found in Aussie land with something a little more comfortable. She found an ankle length sheath with slits up the side, tie-dyed green and white – very attractive on her.
As I indicated earlier, the roads have very steep climbs with switch backs, hard even for our motorbike to crest. On the way in to our hotel we came upon a motor bike accident on one of the steepest assents. Boy, are we glad we did not bring Bici!
Dinner on the strip, just a short walk was a pizza garden. We sipped our beer in the warm evening breezes with dogs and cats wandering through. We ordered a large Italian pizza for $370 B for a total bill of $500B (about $17). Scrumptious and rather inexpensive.
Our hotel is not on the beach but has a good pool where we will spend another afternoon before we head back to Trat. It is more expensive it seems in this holiday vacation area. The hotel is $1500B ($50US), no bargaining as it is now high season. Still we are living less expensively than we would be in southern California.
