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Geo: 4.94867, 114.951This morning I enjoyed a very nice breakfast with cereal, omelette, chocolate muffin (for breakfast!!!) pancakes and croissants to mention a few thingsI headed back into town this morning to see what I could find. I thought I would walk to the arts and handicraft training centre as it looked quite close to town on the hotel map - forgetting that an artists impression map isn't a real map and distances are not mentioned. I walked and walked and walked in the heat and full sun. I could have walked right passed it or been no where close since signs seem to be lacking here and as I hadn't bought a SIM card for my phone I couldn't access the Internet to find out how far it was or even just what the building ... read more

Geo: 12.805, 99.9872Order was restored this morning. Walking up the passage heading to breakfast and seeing the Noodle soup with pork cart there was a huge relief. We were back to normal - still no bananas but I guess I can cope with that - just. Breakfast options this morning were steamed rice, fried rice with egg, stir fried string bean with chicken, stir fried seafood with black pepper sauce (just couldn't do this one - no idea what sort of seafood is in it except for the large crab legs!!), fried zucchini with eggs, fried pork with chilli paste and bean, sweet ginger drink, clear turnip soup with pork, roast chicken with BBQ sauce, fried potatoes, butter vegetables, boiled rice with fish, thick ham with sauce, as well as the usual bacon ham sausages eggs, ... read more

Geo: 12.805, 99.9872No conference and very few guests did mean a smaller Breakfast selection. There were no pancakes.We sat at the table until we were kicked out then went and sat in the foyer chatting and watching the world go by. Doing nothing after eating lots leads to the yawns. I had to make a decision. Get up and move to wake up or get up and go to room for a nana nap. No guessed for what I chose haha. I set my alarm for an hour but snooze is a wonderful thing!! Finally went down to see if mum was coming up for lunch. She was chatting with Rick - Peter having also gone off for a nana nap. I looked into tours that I can do in Brunei and booked a walking tour ... read more

Geo: 12.805, 99.9872We had a large and long breakfast this morning - we were given the '5 minutes' 'last drinks' call. We had been there for two hours!!!!We met in the lobby and headed out the gate just as David and Sassi pulled into the hotel. We all pilled on board for the ride to Hua Hin - I got the boot seat. We found the dentist and headed in. They had a video playing in the waiting room explaining endo and crowns. Some I understood and others I didn't. Very interesting. We didn't have to wait long before Peter was called in. I went along to see how a Thai dentist works. The room was tiny - no room to move around in. I had to move the trolley to get to the one tiny ... read more

Geo: 12.7953, 99.9662Usually when my phone shuts down, the Internet disconnects but it didn't last night so I heard the message come through just after 3am from Melissa. I had been waking up every hour or so anyway checking the time - I was going to sign on at 3.30am to see if she had arrived in Abu Dabi so she just beat me. She said she had struggled to stay awake on plane until she got her meal then promptly fell asleep so missed eating it!! She was hungry but airport food is so expensive she was going to wait. We messaged for about an hour before I went back to sleep. Struggled to get up at 8am for breaky but I made it!!! Bananas again so we have a drawer full for lunch and ... read more