OCD geckos, cockerels with a death wish and a wibbly wobbly way

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March 10th 2013

Published: April 15th 2013

As soon as Donna’s parents saw the beach on Koh Phangan on a ‘Skype-walk-and-talk’ last July (isn’t modern technology wonderful?), the decision was made about where we would be taking them on holiday. Everything was booked by mid-January and we started to get daily countdowns by e-mail from them, which were remarkably accurate, even down to the minute! This is the first of two blogs of our... Read Full Entry

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Donna and Neil

We saved for 3 years and then went Hoff to travel the world. Chris Columbus and Magellan eat your heart out...do you reckon other people will have already discovered the places we are going to? You bet! About Us Neil, originally from Hartlepool, UK and Donna, originally from the Wirral, UK have known each other for 19 years. We bought a house, got cushy jobs in Nottingham and always had a passion to travel and see what more was out there in the big wide world (sounds corny or what?). The opportunity came when we were both made redundant and given nice r... full info

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Monster truck

On Haad Mae Haad beach

More squid on the pier at Chaloklum beach

The whole place smelt of fish

The new face of backpacking...

no backpacks in sight, wheelie cases are the new backpacks!

One of the smaller beaches at Chaloklum

The welcome centre at Phaeng waterfall

They really did mean deer and not dear

Neil trying to be Snow White and talk to the birdies

Nice easy trail to start

Mum and Dad on the trail

erm...right ho

Not sure what this is on about but it's funny

Erm, this isn't what we expected!

Then the trail gets a little harder

Ha, no way are we going up there!

This is the trail that leads to the higher waterfalls and it looked rather difficult

The waterfall that wasn't

There hadn't been enough rain so the waterfall was non-existent

Well, the Rangers were clearly expecting water!

Not sure why they had this boat parked so far inland where there was no water but we thought it was ironic considering the lack of water in the waterfalls!

On the search for lunch!

erm...ok!

Nice pool at a resort on the north-east coast

Neil on the beach

Donna on the beach

15th April 2013

Home and Away
Bob Carlsen

I always enjoy reading about your latest vacation in Thailand...
and this time with your parents. Your insights are great. I look forward to hearing about your plans for the future.

15th April 2013

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Breaking the curse
A good idea to try traveling at a different time but not sure it worked out as well as you would have liked...ah those geckos and cockerels. Glad you enjoyed the time with your parents. The food looks good. Good to see you blogging again.

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