Well that's where I am now! Pretchaburi
Before I forget, Congratulations to Ben & Kaylee for making me an uncle again - My first niece! Hope all is well for you guys. Sorry lack of postcards, forgot to jot down your address!
Ok, I left Koh Tao after just a few days. It was a beautiful Island but very busy. Piccie above of the view from my balcony at View rock resort, Hin wong bay. Went to Chumpon and met a guy called Jason who was on the verge of returning to the UK after a 12 month trip. Hope you got home safe dude. Stayed at the Farang bar & guesthouse there. Great place, piccie above of the gang.
From there to Hua Hin and Bird Guesthouse. Another good place. Not cheap but reasonable considering it's basically a pier. The sea is below you at night - fantastic. Got there by train from Chumpon, cheap way to travel but takes longer than the bus. Hua Hin is really touristy, as bad if not worse than Samui. Bloody suit shops - I know now exactly what the first line is gonna be as they approach and have become quite adept at stopping their patter instantly!! The Girlie bar scene is there although not quite as in your face as it is in Samui. Hundreds of Western men with Thai partners! Almost jealous, I was! And expensive, well compared to the places I prefer to frequent. It is after all a package tour touristy place even for Thai's. Piccie of Pone ........... Thailands first world flyweight boxing champion, Bernard & Bighead Buck - ever heard of him?
Time is running low so I've by-passed Cha-Am and gone straight to Pretchaburi. There's some good caves etc around here. Gonna have two nights here probably. Managed to bag the cheapest room I've ever had - 120B a night, but it's grim!
So, still unsure where I'm headed from here. Well, I know I have to go to BKK but from there. Flights for Sri Lanka have gone through the roof so it looks like I'll be passing up on that this trip. So only really Cambodia & Laos are in the running. Could go back to Malaysia but done quite some time there already. There's potential trouble brewing on the Thai/Cambodian border over disputed land that a temple that's recently been awarded World heritage Status sits on. So the Temple is closed and several thousand troops from each nation are sitting there awaiting further instruction. Maybe it's best to go elsewhere?
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Hi Bill
Read all about the disputed ownership of the Temple; apparently one country owns it and the other owns the land to reach it so they are at stalemate. I think you would be OK to visit though. Shame about missing Sri Lanka - I know you would really enjoy it. Pretchaburi looks interesting. It was hard to distinguish you from the locals in the photo.
Take care. J x
Laos sounds like a good option - just read that natural resources are gold & gemstones, hmmm a nice diamond ring...sorry, I shouldn't joke...
Will understand if this comment doesn't get posted for obvious reasons!
Miss ya, me xxx
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