Blogs from Krabi, South-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 13

This morning looks a better day for weather - and so it should. My milk-white skin is showing no signs of a tan so I need to put some hours in at the pool. I managed this for all of 3 hours before the weather turned from spectacularly sunny to gloriously grim. The rain thumped down and the thought of the 3 hr trip to Ko Lanta to meet Hannah (friend who I met on the plane coming over here) is looking less appealing by the minute. If the weather's the same over there, it's less tropical paradise and parasols and more torrential storms and umbrellas... The minivan collected me at 3pm so I'd get there for dinner time, which was great as we're down to have a three course home cooked meal at the luxury ... read more

Beine baumeln lassen und den Fahrtwind genießen auf der der Sonne abgewandten Seite der Fähre. Sanft durch offenes Meer gleiten im Wiegen der Wellen. Kurz Koh Samui passieren und dann weiter, den Klippen entgegen. Am diesigen Horizont entstehen Kulissen wie aus einem Märchenfilm. Spitz aus dem Meer herausragende und grün bewachsene Felsen. Bizarre Skulpturen die wie vergessen wirken. Zur Linken die Nahe Küste des Festlandes. Zur Rechten der Ang- Thong- Meeres- Nationalpark mit seinen dutzenden kleineren und größeren unbewohnten Inseln. Hier soll sich laut dem Film „The Beach“ die kleine Aussteigerkolonie befinden, abseits der „Parasiten und Krebsgeschwüre“ auf den Touristeninseln. Mit Travelern die nicht auf der Durchreise sind, sondern dort Leben, an einem einzigartigen Strand der so Perfekt ist, das es sich lohnt zu töten um dieses Geheimnis zu waren. Gibt es diesen Strand vielleicht ... read more

We'd already picked our next destination, the Krabi Sands Resort, all we had to do was get there. We've learnt that in any given day, if you're going to try to use the public transport system, all you should do is move a short distance and arrive where you intend nice and early so that you have time to change your mind and go somewhere else if it's awful (like the Lampam Resort). The only down side to this trip was in Krabi where our van driver had lined us up with a "Tourist Information" chap. He called our intended destination and booked us in, no problem there, but then the taxi he'd arranged was his brother (?) and the fee was way more than it should have been. We spent a fair while arguing about ... read more

The papaya salad didn't stay with me too long. Too spicy for my digestive cultures apparently. I can't stay away from it though. I ordered some today with only one chili in it. Thats alright, right? I'm still in a state of euphoria from the trip to Krabi. It all was so enchanting, and I think Friday was the best of all the days we spent there. I'll tell you why: I was in the rainforest. At Thung Teao Forest, Gerard (the resort owner) took us off the path to find the crystal lagoon on our own. We walked on wood planks raised above the ground for a while, then the planks stopped suddenly and we had to trek on the soggy, root entangled ground. I felt like Chrysta, Magi, and Batty were staring at me ... read more

I think we'll get done in lab around 7:30, 8:00 tonight; not quite a 12 hour day like I thought. So far, no problems with the OMP extraction but I'd better knock on my wooden lab bench. Don't you think that that would be a problem when you're working with infectious microbes? Its like a wooden cutting board; Janet Johnson said to use plastic because bacteria can fester in the wood. hahah "fester." Like Uncle Fester and Thing. Anyways, I still haven't recovered from the "vacation" this weekend. I'm realizing how much work it actually is to travel, and how little work it is to be in the lab. Saturday in Krabi wasn't so stressful though...well, not after about noon... We woke up that morning and had breakfast. I had museli: like what I made last ... read more