Blogs from Jomtien, Central Thailand, Thailand, Asia

Today went around a lot of Jomtien with a motorbike taxi looking for a new room or house to rent. Found a lot of cheap places but all was rented out, found a awesome big house but cost 25,000 and had nothing inside.. not even air-con. But end of the day, LUCKY! found this nice area with small 1 room + bath houses, in a quiet neighborhood with lots of trees and flowers.. 8,000 Baht a month + electric/water.... read more

Ted and I arrived in Jomtien last night and today we are getting ready for our trip to Maesot and Future Light Children's Home. Our Australia/New Zealand friends Simon and Bronwyn arranged for a 2 bedroom condo for Ted and I in their building, the Somphong. They also had a nice cold beer ready for us at their beautiful condo overlooking the Gulf of Siam before going out for some great Thai food at a local outdoor restaurant. We woke up this morning to beautiful sunshine and the morning sounds from the local Buddhist Temple...great to be back! Simon and Bronwyn laid on a beautiful breakfast for us this morning before starting out for the day. We picked up our SUV rental this afternoon for our trip to Maesot....thanks for arranging this for us Simon! Before ... read more

Its been while since my last blog update. Since I last wrote I haven't really done much that deserved a good read so I thought I would bank up some days. Monday 13th and Tuesday 14th were spent on Jomtein Beach in South Pattaya. The beach was beautiful. The Thai people line it with overlapping umbrellas which pretty much went down to the sea (it wasn't a very wide beach but very long). This meant that most of the time when I was sunbathing in my deck chair I was actually sitting with my feet in the sea, sounds weird but the waves are so small as the water is so calm, shallow and clear so it was pure nice. It was also pretty cool under the umbrellas too, like a labyrinth where the Thai locals ... read more

Laitettiin herätys kuudeksi, jotta ehdittiin uimaan ajoissa, kun ei ollut vielä liian kuuma eikä aurinko porottanut liikaa. Uitiin vielä hotellin altaassakin. Menin sitten pelaamaan bridgeä kolmeksitoista. Pelipaikka oli vaihtunut viime talvesta Pattayan keskustasta lähelle Jomtienia.Paljon oli tuttuja kasvoja. Partnerikseni tuli norjalainen pelaaja. Pelitulos ei ollut erityisen hyvä - alkaakohan minulla olla peliväsymystä? En muistanut ottaa kameraa mukaan pelipaikalle, joten se jäi nyt kuvaamatta. Käytiin sitten rannalla vielä auringon laskiessa, mutta ei uitu. Mentiin lavataksilla katsomaan Pattayan keskustaa. Kierrellessä satuttiin suomalaisten rekkamiesten baariin, jossa juotiin yhdet. Paikalla oli yksi suomalainen rinkkamatkailija, joka oli ollut Kamputseassa. Kesät hän työskentelee Malagassa, pitää siellä baaria uruguaylaisen tyttöystävänsä kanssa.... read more

Hiya!! So after leaving Bangkok we went to Pattaya which is the HOLE!!! of Thailand the place is horrible it is the capital of the Thai sex industry which I think says it all and there were lots of wrinkley old men with 20 year old girls and there are prostitutes everywhere. It is just completely acceptable there which we found really strange. Also it has been completely taken over by Russians so there was not a lot of Thai culture at all and it was so expensive. One thing that was good about Pattaya was our hostel it was so nice ad clean and we had a huuuge room. We were booked into this place for one night and then we had two nights booked in another. We went to the second hotel the next ... read more