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Published: April 18th 2009
I did actually add another entry the other day but it has clearly got lost in cyber space!
So I made it to Auytthaya as planned just in time for Songkran ( Thai new year) celebrated over 3 days by chucking buckets of water and smearing each others faces with flour and water. I managed to avoid it the first day but hiding out in my guest house but the next day got completely soaked and floured several times when I went out on the bikes to try and see some temples. I got fed up have to stop and wring out my clothes so gave up on the sightseeing! But from what I did see Ayutthaya is an impressive place, it has many ancient temples and is the place where you find the head of a Buddha statute entwined in a tree trunk.
After much umm-ing and ah-ing about whether to stay in the north and go to Laos or head south and go to Malaysia I finally decided on the southern option as its a little cooler and there are beaches. So a full day and 1 tuk tuk, 1 (very late) train, 1 plane, 2 buses, 1 boat and a hired scooter later I arrived on Ko Phangnan. And it really is beautiful here, plenty of white sandy beaches and a lively night life. At the moment I'm in Haadrin in the south of the island and I plan to stay here till the 24th then I'm taking an overnight train to Malaysia, to a place called Butterworth. But for the time being I don't plan to do an awful lot apart from chill out and enjoy the scenery.
More later...
Lx
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go north
actually to the north east corner of kohphagnan to a beach call tong nai pan yai. On the road towards the northern beach (tong nai pang noi) there is a road laeding inshore to a bar called the fat bhudda, a little way up this road (just past the locals karaoke bar) you'll find Dr Hotdogs, (usually run by mrs hotdog) really top quality hotdogs, next door is a burger bar run by a thai chap who learnt how to make burgers in new york. This is the only place in thailand where I found western food that was any good and these were really good. You can sit outside on cushions and listen to the frongs