Travel to Asia

This was my 1st Thai friend that I met on my 12 hr train journey.

This was my view from my 1st hotel in Bangkok.

These were lined up by a Buddhist Temple… I asked someone and they said they were to honor the dead… like our headstone memorials I suppose.

This is part of a waterfall by Me haad Beach…. it was not that breathtaking of a scene, but was great exercise and a challenge to ge to the top without falling

Ko Ta is a part of the island that is separated by a very shallow v crest of water…. most times you can walk at ankle deep water but at high tide it may be waist deep or so.

This was at about 7am on a quiet morning at Haad Rin Beach.

I plan on leaving Ko Phenang to go to another Island called Khrabi and then maybe Ko Tao or Phukett. After christmas I will be coming back to Ko Phenang to be here for a few days before the Big New Year’s Party. I will be at a pool party at the expensive hotel I stayed when I was first here… then I will be going to a few other parties throughout the night.
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Today is a bit overcast, but it feels good and I am wearing my jeans for only the 2nd time. I am just hanging at the resort playing a guitar from a guy that works here, watching tv, and pretty much just relaxing.

I may take a ride on my motor scooter to a place a bit more up north and take some good pictures…. it is very remote there, they turn off the power at 12am… supposedly this area has great diving.

Life is good in Thailand……

Yesterday I checked out of my resort and into another one for a fraction of the price with a way better view and feel to the place. I am right on the beach in front of where the waves come in which is nearly 5 feet away. The 1st place I stayed cost about $50 a night and it was a luxury resort. Now I am staying at a nice place as far as view and area (not very busy) and it cost me $5.75 a night with a big bed my own bathroom that is not mechanical… you just pour water down it from a bucket to flush it out…. and it has a shower with only cold water which doesn’t matter because its 90 degrees and a shower is a must at least twice a day.

I am having such a great time, as each day passes the thought passes my mind about staying here for a long time. They have no one to fix computers and I could help a lot of people out and make a living very easily. I have to think about that for the next 3 weeks that I will be here. I have enough savings now to live for a year like a king so I could survive just on that alone for a few years.

Nothing is definite… I am just going with the flow, but I really found a place I love for many reasons. Great people…. great views…. great food…. there is really nothing bad here that I have encountered so far. I like America but Thailand is quite awesome!!

Attached is a view from my new room

Talk to ya l8tr,

Rob

I actually wrote this already but when I was waiting to attach a few pics someone sat down and closed it.

Well, anyway to recap my day started off by hearing what I thought was rain, but when I looked out my window I saw it was clear sunny skies. The noise I was hearing for hours was the ocean water coming in on the beach… my bungalow is right on the ocean literally 5 feet from the water. I paid way less for this place but in terms of location I like it a lot more, because it is right on the beach in a remote part of town. Everyone is really nice and my room which I booked at 12am looked way better in the morning when I looked out my window which I will show you in an attachment. I paid $4.25 a night for my room… the 1st place I had was $50 a night.

Today I went cruising around with a freind I made who is traveling alone so we rode up the coast to a more expensive area and laid on the beach for a while. My dinner was at my favorite bar/restaurant on top of a hill… the sunsets there are unreal as you will see in the 2nd pic.

I am just hanging out at the resort right now before heading out for some fun somewhere. I can’t say enough how much I am enoying this trip and island. I already had 2 computer jobs but didn’t have enough tools to fix the problem as far as software.

Life is good I really can’t ask for anything more now because I feel like I have it great here…. except for the heat which is bearable but still hot.

See Ya,

Rob