Blogs from Southern Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 11

Well this is certainly no Topic for a travel blog. However, so many friends reading, who never saw me with short hair in my life since I had it Long for the last 30 years. So here are the Images. Scroll to the bottom of the page... As to the hair Stylist: I just Chose the first we passed. And the cut: well - see the Picture of "The Bad" - that is what I wanted :-) Quoting the Stylist: "Ooooohh, mei dei. mei pom, mei pom. mei dei" Why did I do it? 1) Why not? 2) Girls used to like it. Well, can't comment that at the Moment, but seems it has changed 3) I don't Need to Show that I am a rebel anymore. I Change the things from inside the System now. ... read more

45 finally. Some friends from Phuket visited and even Milanas brother was there and we went to my favorite kitchen. We brought the drinks (mainly beer) from the 7/11 and had ordered some food upfront: Massaman, Tom Yam Goong, Tod Man Pla, Ka Mu, Ho Mok (served in coconuts) and the food was fantastic. However it was way too much for 8 people. And at the end they surprised us with a cheese-cake with my name and age on it and some candles. Great evening, if they had not sung “happy birthday” :-) So now I am 45 and I feel the same, what a surprise. But some things did change… Thank you for all the wishes and messages and also the calls that I did not take.... read more

I have been asked quite a few times now about the political situation here in Thailand. Well, the basic thing seems to be that the "Yellows", consisting of some wealthy families and the Thai educated middle class, claims that the government party around prime minister Yingluck and her family are corrupt and buying votes. At least the first seems to be largely true. Yingluck is supported by the "Reds" - a group of protesters against the yellow protesters. Now the government has promised new elections on February, 2nd but the Yellows don't want that because Yingluck will most likely be re-elected. So the Yellows want the whole government to resign and a constitutional council should govern Thailand and make consitutional changes and reforms until there can be another election. But that in itself is not democratic. ... read more

Ich wünsche Euch Allen eine schöne Silvesterfeier, dass Ihr gesund rüberrutscht und dass Ihr im nächsten Jahr das erreicht, was Ihr Euch wünscht. Ich werde Euch gerne dabei helfen wenn ich kann. Ich wünsche mir für mich Einsicht, Zuversicht, Freundschaft, Energie und Zweisamkeit. Feiern werden ich heute mit mir selbst - hole mir gleich noch ein paar Bacardi Breezer, etwas zu Essen und dann werde ich mir den zweiten Teil von The Hobbit streamen. Fühlt Euch umarmt, Florian... read more

It was finally the day to continue. I had a fixed booking for a bungalow from the 25thin Khanom. The day before I had collected my big backpack, which I had sent to Koh Samui with Lomprayah ferry and cargo. It was only 12 kg more to carry on my back and I expected it to be no problem. I took the car ferry to Donsak pier because it was closest to Khanom and also the cheapest, it was 200 Baht with the bicycle and took about 70 minutes. I just don’t know why everybody has to start their engines 10 minutes before the ferry doors open, but I felt very polluted. But then again, why did I not wait with going down until the cars were all outside? This day’s trip should only be 21 ... read more