Ping, relaxing on an afternoon stroll by the beach, at Railay. 

That's me (tiny black spot in the water, centre) swimming out to a rocky little island, near Railay Beach, Thailand. 

Thailand holiday.

Ping and I travelled to Thailand for our honeymoon. We left Hong Kong on August 10th, and returned on August 24th, the day before I returned to work. In between we had a great time, and visted some great places. The photos below were taken during the holiday.

We arrived in Bangkok late evening, and jumped on bus for the hotel, downtown. We had booked the hotel for two days only, and we had decided to wing it thereafter. Abot 40 minutes later we arrived at the Baiyoke Suite Hotel,perhas best identifie as being the pooer cousin of the taller and more expensive Baiyoke sky Tower just up the road. But we weren't complaining. Ping was quite excited to be in Thailand, and liked it immediately, a stark contrast to her feelings for Hong Kong. The hotel was reasonable at 1700 Thai Baht a night (about US$35), but I kept banging my head on the ridiculouy low ceilings outside the office.

After a quickly unpacking, we headed out to catch the Bangkok nightlife. We jumped in a cab, and Ping asked the driver to take us somewhere interesting. He opted for Pat Pong - not my prefered destination, as on a previous trip to Thailand a tuk tuk driver had taken me there - directly to what is refrerde to in the business as a "Ping Pong show". rather than go into details, lets just say that well trained and qualified women can do amazing things with Ping Pong balls, ribbons and other assorted paraphenalia... But this is a "family" blog site, so no more details.

Actually, Pat Pong was better than I expected. It wasn't just seedy bars. There were long market streets selling all kinds of neat stuff, mostly fakes and cheapies; but interesting nonetheless. Just behind these, there were the bars, where scantily clad lasses danced in mostly rather limp fashion before rather excited looking middle-aged foreigners (not me of course). I'm not sure about the menu, but I suspect one could order take-away.

To be continued....

Sunset. 

Surfie chick Ping, out to catch the waves. 

Late afternoon, West Railay Beach, Thaland.