Whew Dog Blog: March 2014

Monday, March 31, 2014

Bangkok

Back in Bangkok again. Tomorrow we head home. Yes we are at the end of a wonderful adventure. Big thanks to William & Kevin for taking care of the home fort for us. Want any stuff gents? Now is the time to shout out.

Saturday, March 29, 2014

Beach

Well what can I say? These are our final nights on the beaches of Thailand. Going to make the most of them.

Friday, March 28, 2014

Check in

Judy is checking in & negotiating our future transportation that will get us back to Bangkok.

Thursday, March 27, 2014

The view

Enjoyed a wonderful view at breakfast this morning. We are off to the crazy beach today after some house keeping activities.

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Quick Ban's Diving Review

So we got to Ko Tao, supposedly the number one spot to get Scuba Diving Certifications in the world. The largest operator is Ban's Diving. We went to the beach headquarters' bar to see the action. What struck us was the shear number of people they had on their boat with at least 30 and maybe more. More than we ever put on Never, which is sizably larger. And....they charged too much for beer at the bar.

Night fall

When the lights go down in the city. Listening to wild beach party from our balcony.

New island

We have,arrived at our new digs on Lomprayah. Very nice room with great pool waiting for me.

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Dive

We did our second dive off this point yesterday. It had a nice coral reef, lots of fish and many fun things to see. We didn't go down much more than 11 meters ( about 35 feet or so) but the water was clear and really warm. Nice dive.

Shower

This is the view from our outdoor rain shower. If privacy is a concern a slider can be closed and blind lowered. The crazy birds might drop in for a shower as well.

Sunday, March 23, 2014

Dipping pool

Filling our dipping pool for a later cooling off dip.

Breakfast

Today's breakfast was high in this boat-house. The tables are interest , the breakfast much the same all over these islands. The view was very nice.

New day

A new day & a new beach. This is a the Green Papaya resort. After a bit of refreshment we will be doing some snorkeling.

Saturday, March 22, 2014

Ko Samui Fair House Pool Villa

Wow! What a delightful improvement over Ko Phi Phi. No screaming kids next door, no death defying stairs or cliffs to the room, nice music selection in public areas (Viking Natures Resort on Phi Phi only played Credence Clearwater Revival), pretty property overall. I higher recommend this place for at least a couple of nights.

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Jungle home

Leaving behind our jungle home in Phi Phi and headed for Krabi bound ferry.

Orchid Garden

This morning we visited the Orchid Garden and Butterfly Garden. Here are pictures of some of the beautiful orchids. There are 11,000 species of Orchids in Thailand.

Apologies for no butterfly pictures... They did not stay still enough to get photos.

Viking Natures Resort

We had an awful bungalow last night which was supposed to have an awesome view of the sea and even hot water. Not so. They gave us an upgrade today for the next three nights. But this place totally sucks so we are moving on in the morning to Ko Samui for a couple of nights. It will be a long journey of ferry- bus -ferry but the end result will hopefully be our reward: a villa with a private pool. Not all is paradise in Thailand.

These pictures are of the new bungalow that is perched on a boulder 150 feet above the sea. The view is better but the trek is dangerous.

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Mosquitoes

Our first night sleeping behind a mosquito net was a trip. It was interesting trying to get out in the middle of the night for a bathroom run. The room has no A.C. just a fan that went on and off with the power fluctuations.

Hmm?

The owner of this place must have been a pyramid builder in a past life. The Phi-Phi experience continues.

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Scooters

We rented motor scooters today and zipped around the island. Took this picture Old Lanta.

Sunday, March 16, 2014

Daddy`s day

St. Patrick's day

We found a little slice of Ireland in Thailand.

Diving

We did our first two dives in Thailand today. Traveled by boat for one hour or so to our dive site. Saw many cool creatures including three lemon shark.