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28th
September 2012
I have spent the last three days travelling down the coast again.
I again stayed at Rayong on the way down and on the way
back. From Rayong I caught a minibus to Trat and then a taxi to the
ferry pier for Koh Chang (Elephant Island) and the ferry across to
Koh Chang.
I stayed at
Paddy's Palms Resort ($22/night
including breakfast) on White Sand Beach (Had Sai Khao) which was
great (except the Wifi Internet did not work) and the breakfast was
at least equal to any I have had in Thailand.
The beach is good and the water clean - plus there were no crowds as
it is low season. There are many shops, mini marts, restaurants and
a cluster of bars - the meals at the restaurants appear great value
(maybe because of the low season I am not sure) - I had a large
seafood platter for 250 Baht (about $8).
I was so impressed that I am going again next week for four days - I
will also take some photos on my next trip (I was being lazy this
time)
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12th
September 2012
I have just got home from two days down the coast - I first went to
Rayong travelling the entire way on
Song Thaews (I think six in total)
where I stayed the night. The following day I moved on to Ban Phe
and caught the ferry (100 Baht return) from Nuanthip Pier over to
Koh Samet (or Koh Samed) and spent a few hours on Hat Sai Kaew
(Diamond Beach) the largest and most popular beach on Koh Samet. I
walked back to the ferry pier checking out the shops etc. on the way
before catching the ferry back to Ban Phe and a minibus back to
Jomtien (150 Baht).
Whilst Hat Sai Kaew is a nice beach - in my opinion it is no better
than any of the beaches on
Koh Larn and the "On Beach"
facilities seem to mainly operate at night - for a day trip I would
much prefer Koh Larn as Koh Samet seems to target the visitor that
intends to spend a few nights at one of the many beachside resorts.
Nuanthip Pier Ticket Office
Hat Sai Kaew (Diamond Beach)
Statues at The End of Hat Sai Kaew The New
Pier on Koh Samet The Large Bronze Statue at The Pier
End
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5th
September 2012
Last night I went to "Mali's", a small bar on the ground floor of my
building and took a few photos of the locals. After a few beers all
the foreigners tend to look the same.
Dave
Mal
Roger
Bern
Molly
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21st
August 2012
I have decided not to go to
Chiang Mai tomorrow as I cannot
really afford the time (or the money). I have been to
Chiang Mai before and may well go
again some time in the future.
Below are a few photos of the "Spirit House" that is located just
inside the entrance of the View Talay 1 complex where I live.
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14th
August 2012
As I have not done a lot of travelling over the past few months I
also have not taken many photos - so I have decided to start taking
some photos locally and posting at least one per week on this site.
Bern and Meow at The
Pattaya Beer Garden (Where Bern
spends a large portion of his life)
A few of the barmaids at The
Pattaya Beer Garden
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13th
August 2012
Today I came across a few of the
Jabiru Build Photos I took when I built my
Jabiru J160 Kit Plane in 2005 (I thought I
had previously accidently deleted them all) so I have placed them on
a
page on this site.
Jabiru Aircraft Website.
More Photos
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11th
August 2012
I took the ferry over to
Koh Larn for the day today as the
weather was fine and
Ta Waen beach on
Koh Larn is my Favourite local
beach.
I have been very busy over the past few weeks and due to this I have
still not decided if I will go to
Chiang Mai on August 22nd - as I
have only booked a one way flight I will only lose very little if I
cancel (the fare was 360 Baht which is about $12).
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