Thailand has hills, Thailand is hot, Thailand has very little English, Thailand has very few hotels Thailand is still the best!!
Wow, we love Thailand, all of the above but the scenery is amazing - and I know that if we got some pictures up you would see that!! and we will, but not sure when - the only problem is my backside (or my frontside) always looks too big so they don't make the cut.
Well after dragging our sorry little backsides out of that Frangipani place we set off at snail's pace, suddenly the heat seemed hotter, the hills seemed bigger and we were kissing luxurious indulgence goodbye - boohoo. It was the maddest rush to get the 1pm ferry - actually i've had madder rushes with the morrissey's to early morning flights - but not much! We bought our tickets at about 12.45, rushed into the terminal and you know how you follow the signs, follow the signs, everything's good - then no more signs. That was us, lucky guess and we ended up in immigration - amazingly, we had forgotten we even had to do that, but as we were heading to Thailand and not back to Malaysia - we did! Then up the ramp down the ramp 'park your bicycles there', on the boat, phew!
This time only 1hour on the ferry, Welcome to Thailand - two lovely long months on our visa. We are planning to take our time and find some longer term accommodation so that we can DO THE SCHOOLWORK. Correspondence should be on it's way as we speak.
We have had a great time so far, the food is fabulous, but as mentioned above there is a dearth of hotel options, yesterday we ended up riding 99km between hotels, there was one at the 40km mark and rumours of others that never eventuated, we are going to plan a bit more thoroughly as we head for Krabi.
Many thanks to everyone for their messages and emails, we were briefly online on Weds morning and it was great to see the emails etc, so well done guys keep up the good work!! Don't seem to have much internet access here though, unlike Malaysia.
And the winner is...... Mickey!!! That is the funniest post you will ever read. Gotta love those boys.
ReplyDeleteI am so relieved to hear you are all ok. Good on you for treating yourselves and staying somewhere a little more comfy. You know I'm all for that.
ReplyDeleteGod Sam it must of been awful following behind Dave. Just as well he realised and remedied.
It will be lovely basing yourselves somewhere and relaxing for a while. You'll be able to refresh your cooking skills Kim(can't be loosing those now) and the boys won't loose their dish washing abilities. They had just become very good at it before you left NZ. Hear from you again soon.
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ReplyDeleteGreat reading your blog, I am here with my neighbour who has travelled lots of S.E.Asia and thinks you might like Koh Lanta (She has spent over a year and a half on the island), there are all sorts of accomodation from lush to bush and the food is great! For a treat try Red Snapper (Not cheap but amazing) and a local delight Country Laos -Chef Sue makes the best Tom Yum Goong (spicy prawn soup) or Som Tum (Papaya salad) on the island!
We've loved reading your blogs until now and will keep checking in on your progress!
Good luck!
Lots of love Agnes and her neighbour Julie.
Ps. Julie bisa berbicara Bahasa (Useful in Malaysia!) Selamat Datang!!!! :D
Man, you guys make us laugh!!
ReplyDeleteMickey, call any future large finger like projections "roosters" and Mum will let you write it every time.
Robert is concerned that none of you boys have made mention of females this trip. Do you see none? or are they scary? Or does Mum chase them away?
You must have gone through farm land, any John Deere tractors? Or is it latest model bullock only?
Zac has just had his first two days at school -seems to be a few more boys he knows in his classes (cricket and rugby) even smiled the other day - wow.
The third grade cricket beat Wairau in a 20-20 match yesterday, first time Wairau have lost a game in about two years YA HOO and your team Sam had a convincing win over Girls College in their 20-20 also. Quinn has been nick-named Jesse Ryder (big slugger, impressive run-outs,same shape!!)
We miss you all.
Wine and food festival this weekend coming - will have several drinks for you Kim ... of course I won't remember how many after the third stall.
Lots of love
The HJ clan
PS Steer clear of those monkeys, they might take a shine to the new bike shorts!