Week 10 Bangkok London

Dear Ethel, Family and Friends,

Wednesday we left Koh Phangan at 7 in the morning and it took a ferry a bus a mini van the aircraft and a taxi, as well as 12 hours to get to Bangkok. However we ended up in a creepy rundown hotel in the seedy side of Bangkok that we found in the Lonely Planet book. We booked it over the internet but you just never can tell. Needless to say we found a new hotel and moved into a more respectable hotel in the seedy side of town. We squeezed in a day of sight seeing and went to the floating market, The Tiger Temple and the River Kwai in one day, a 13 hour marathon and we got to see one of the , but it was worth it.

We fly out of Bangkok on Sunday 9^th June, just after midnight. We have spent 3 nights here and have done our shopping and some sight seeing as well and ready for the next part of our trip to start.

I started writing this email as we were waiting for our midnight flight, however I got cut short and now finishing it on Monday afternoon about 4pm local time, the computer and body clock is telling me its 10pm, its 1am back home in Australia and I’ve only had a few hours sleep really, but we did see the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace today, but I’ll have to watch the rerun on video as I’m now just so tired. Such is travel.

Not having much luck with the internet connections in asia, I have 4 videos plus our Thailand photos to upload but no luck so far.

latest youtube video is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqRQaVD3BUI

Will report more next week from Crete in Greece.

All the best

Ric & Louise

Week 9 Koh Phangan, Thailand

Dear Ethel, family and friends,

The 1^st of June means that we have been away for two months today. We are still enjoying our relaxed stay on Koh Phangan. At the beginning of we borrowed Richard’s motor bike and spent 3 days at Haad Chalok Lam, which is an attractive fishing village in the north of the Island. You could almost feel like you were the only tourist at this time of year, although we stayed in the very nice Chaloklam Bay Resort.

On our return to civilisation at Thongsala we decided to stay at Charm Beach Resort, where all of Richard’s friends and family come to stay and Mr and Mrs Charming are well, charming. They also have a lovely pool, and hammocks. We have been keeping up the eating standards by eating at John’s a couple of nights, a Japanese last night. We are off to John’s again for the traditional Sunday roast lunch.

Not really much to report this week as we have been in serious relaxation mode. I did go to the Thai boxing on Friday night. I had never been before and it was a good night of entertainment. I posted a video on YouTube, so make sure to check it out.

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=yovnJtMMUus

(warning: violent entertainment for all the family) "to quote the promotion"

We are leaving paradise behind on Wednesday and travelling up to Bangkok for a few night before we head off to London. Not long now.

All the best for now

Ric & Louise