Blogs from South-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 896

Leaving for Ko Pha Ngan tomorrow morning. Back on the road for a day after 2 weeks of chilling.... er... hardly... actually, i really have to settle down! all these late nights have been wearing me out! One last gig at Hippies Bar tonight! I'll have to play better than ever. My excuse for partying tonight will be a.) free bar tab at hippies from playing music b.) it's my last night c.) so that i can stay up until morning and go to the viewpoint to see the sun rise, which is supposed to be spectacular and d.) so that i am tired enough to sleep all day tomorrow so i magically wake up in Ko Pha Ngan! :) not bad excuses really? Last night I watched the sun set here for the first time ... read more

Today I trained in a different gym from the one I normally train and had a good solid 3 hours there with the trainers. I rather like this new gym because I get 1-1 personal training and the amount of stuff I learn here in a short 1 session is more than what I’ve learnt in the old gym in 2 weeks. But because I’ve paid up my monthly fees, I’m pretty much stucked. If $ was not a issue, I would swap over to this new gym in an instant. If anybody is interested in contacts to this gym, you could just leave me a message and I’ll pass u the details. The lesson was very fruitful as Max, the thai trainer took me through my basics and re-taught me my faulty techniques. I learnt ... read more

OK, so Livejournal sucked... but now I have travelblog, so all is well. Just Finished planting flowers in the Phi Phi Tsunami Memorial garden, while the BBC filmed for some show called Departure Lounge! I decided to take a 'break' and play my uke while they were there, so if it gets on TV- HELLO GLAMOUROUS UKULELE CAREER! :) Pretty tired today actually, I'm just starting to settle down after the customary week and a half-long party binge that people seem to have when they first arrive. Think I'll stick around though. It's a pretty easy place to belong to after a little while. Still playing music at Hippies Bar for 200 Baht a night. Living the dream. Playing music for a living in a tropical paradise island. Ahhh..... :)... read more

My legs are sorta an enigma for me. Some days they're feeling all right and there are days my left leg is just protesting with a sharp pain that stretches from the my mid shins downwards to my feet. Though it looks worse, the bruises are getting better, really. Thats great coz it teaches me to block faster to avoid getting hit :) Took my bike to travel to look at the club/pub scene in Samui and all i can say is that it is really designed to do nothing but to seperate the tourist from his dollar. There are all sorta clubs and joints for the different folks out there, be it hip hop, dance or whatever u call "your type" of musik. However the girly bars get a special mention for a extra TURN ... read more

Hin Da Rock….. known as the Grandfather rock.It is supposed to look like a penis… well I guess if your really horny anything can look like a private part. Thai legend romances with some idea of a suicidal couple that died on this beach, hence the formation of both the female and male genitalia. I tried hard to locate the female version but I couldn’t have enough of an imagination….or it might just be i’m used to my own part :) however the constant breeze made it a relaxing place to be and I spent 45 mins there even without realizing. Chanced upon a “Samui mountain village” The ride up was demanding on the bike and many a times I thought it would fail. When I say its steep, its freaking steep. When I got to ... read more