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We're back from our trip
We're finally back home. Got home yesterday afternoon, it was a
really great trip. We were able to get close to the price we wanted at the leather factory, so in August we should be receiving a new couch and loveseat. Dennis and the lady were joking that it was my birthday present, hee hee! Hua Hin was nice, it was the cleanest and most organized town I've seen in Thailand, didn't even really seem like Thailand at all. But it's definitely aimed at the upscale tourist and there were tons of big high rise resorts all along the beach. In the town there were about 3 or 4 taylor shops on every block. But we stayed at a nice little boutique hotel for which we'd gotten a good deal online. We had a nice steak dinner for my birthday and a bottle of wine which we'd saved from Margaret River. We managed to do ok on the driving through Bangkok, took a few wrong turns but didn't get too lost. In the end it worked out ok. After Hua Hin we headed to my friend Elsa's in Bangkok and stayed there for 2 nights. We wanted to pick up the underwater camera housing that I'd ordered on ebay and had shipped to her parents in Texas. They had just come back from a 3 week trip home. We wanted the housing before heading to Kanchanaburi because there is a cool waterfall with fish in it that we wanted to try it out on. We had all you can eat dim sum and saw the new Star Wars movie in the recliner seats. We also did a pub crawl on Kao San Road one evening. Definitely regretted that one the next day. On Friday morning we headed out to Kanchanaburi. We got a great hotel right on the river with a pool and a great view for only 500 baht. The town was very quiet and nothing was going on. We went to the bridge on the River Kwai again because it was right there. The next day we drove north to Erawan national park. This time we were able to talk them into only charging us the Thai entry fee, so it cost 70 baht instead of 430 baht, which is what foreigners usually pay. I think it's very unfair to charge prices based on skin colour :-( We went to the 7 levels of waterfalls and swam in the blue pools while fish nibbled on our toes. Got some nice pics with the underwater camera. What a fun toy! Now we have to go scuba diving again! After that, we continued our drive to Sangkhlaburi, near the 3 Pagoda Pass at the Burma border. We stayed there 2 nights at a very rustic lodge place right on the river. It was only 200 baht per night! Mind you, no private bathroom or aircon, but it wasn't hot there anyway. On the second day we went on an elephant ride through the beautiful, lush jungle scenery (I expected to see tarzan swinging on a vine at any moment!) and a bamboo river raft ride down the river. It was better than most other times because the river was fast and there were rapids and most people fell in all the time. But due to Dennis' good steering, we were able to stay quite dry. The next morning (yesterday) we drove home. We wasted about 45 min getting through Bangkok because we accidentally took a wrong turn, but other than that things went smoothly. We got home at 4:30 after driving since 8:30. Vino was happy to see us and followed us around the house all evening. This morning he began his first attempt at getting us up at 3:30. Then again at 6:30 and then pretty much continuously until 8:00 when we got up. We have no plans for the rest of Dennis' time off. Just going to hang here and take it easy. Anyway, that's about it for our trip report. I'll post pictures in a few days, it will take me a while because we took so many. I had 1150 posts to catch up on, but am already down to 700. Purrs to everyone who needs them! -- Britta "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album |
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badwilson wrote:
We're finally back home. Got home yesterday afternoon, it was a really great trip. Sure sounds like it, can't wait for the pictures! -- Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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Welcome back!
Very much looking forward to the pics, -- Polonca & Soncek "badwilson" wrote in message ... We're finally back home. Got home yesterday afternoon, it was a really great trip. snip Anyway, that's about it for our trip report. I'll post pictures in a few days, it will take me a while because we took so many. I had 1150 posts to catch up on, but am already down to 700. Purrs to everyone who needs them! -- Britta "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album |
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On 2005-06-14, badwilson penned:
[snip vacation stories] Sounds like great fun, but I bet you're glad to be home for a while! -- monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca |
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