Annie's Adventures

Pappy said:
Beautiful. I love that market, is it a market?
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Yes, the island is loaded with markets of all kinds - clothes, art, handbags, etc etc and then all the food markets with veggies and fruits you've never seen before. It's a shoppers paradise! And you can easily haggle the prices down.
 
Lets. Go. Shopping!

Ameriscot, I forget...are we going to be there for three months next year, too? Which ones...Dec/Jan/Feb? I need to be making my plans, you see:)
 
I fell out of the boat back there a bit. Just caught up with all of your posts. What a pleasure. Maybe I'm strange, but just seeing other people happy makes me happy. I very much enjoy your posts and pictures. I see you've been out in the Kayak, but no picture. I guess the photog has no place to stand!. It really does look like a great place. The classic image of a "South Sea Island" except its real. Beautiful architecture, and even snakes! I liked that you went up and took a picture instead of running the other way. It does seem quite uncrowded. Is that the case or are you just clever about when and where to go? Annie, Thank you so much. Your posts truly do make me smile. Enjoy!
 
Underock1 said:
I fell out of the boat back there a bit. Just caught up with all of your posts. What a pleasure. Maybe I'm strange, but just seeing other people happy makes me happy. I very much enjoy your posts and pictures. I see you've been out in the Kayak, but no picture. I guess the photog has no place to stand!. It really does look like a great place. The classic image of a "South Sea Island" except its real. Beautiful architecture, and even snakes! I liked that you went up and took a picture instead of running the other way. It does seem quite uncrowded. Is that the case or are you just clever about when and where to go? Annie, Thank you so much. Your posts truly do make me smile. Enjoy!
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I love seeing others happy as well and love to hear about their trips. I didn't take any more pics from the kayak as they will all look pretty much the same. I saw the snake on the side of the road when we were walking to dinner. It wasn't moving so I assumed it was dead. It was, but maybe I shouldn't assume that again!

When we were here for niece's wedding 2 years ago this month we fell in love with the island. We got to know the loud, crowded, party areas and the quieter areas. So we did our research before we left and found this wee community of 25 homes. We came by and looked around and looked inside a house, booked before we left. So many couples here come back every winter and have been doing so for many years.

We get to store stuff here for a small-ish fee as we've bought lots of household stuff, 2 bikes, the kayak we brought, etc. So next year there shouldn't be anything at all we need to buy.
 
Ameriscot said:
I love seeing others happy as well and love to hear about their trips. I didn't take any more pics from the kayak as they will all look pretty much the same. I saw the snake on the side of the road when we were walking to dinner. It wasn't moving so I assumed it was dead. It was, but maybe I shouldn't assume that again!

When we were here for niece's wedding 2 years ago this month we fell in love with the island. We got to know the loud, crowded, party areas and the quieter areas. So we did our research before we left and found this wee community of 25 homes. We came by and looked around and looked inside a house, booked before we left. So many couples here come back every winter and have been doing so for many years.

We get to store stuff here for a small-ish fee as we've bought lots of household stuff, 2 bikes, the kayak we brought, etc. So next year there shouldn't be anything at all we need to buy.
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That's great. When you find a good vacation spot and come back to it each year its like home. After a number of vacations to Niagara Falls, Williamsburg, etc. we sort of settled in at a hotel in Kennett Square, PA. Using it as a base we would make daily trips to Winterthur and Longwood Gardens. We ate all of our meals at Hank's Place, a small diner that catered to the local business and art communities. We used to deliberately have breakfast at the height of the morning rush. It was an absolute zoo, but we enjoyed watching the wide variety of people who came in. We only went down once a year, rarely twice. We were amazed once when on our first morning, the waitress knew our exact order before we told her. Great fun.
By the way, you have a very attractive right foot! :laugh:
 
Underock1 said:
That's great. When you find a good vacation spot and come back to it each year its like home. After a number of vacations to Niagara Falls, Williamsburg, etc. we sort of settled in at a hotel in Kennett Square, PA. Using it as a base we would make daily trips to Winterthur and Longwood Gardens. We ate all of our meals at Hank's Place, a small diner that catered to the local business and art communities. We used to deliberately have breakfast at the height of the morning rush. It was an absolute zoo, but we enjoyed watching the wide variety of people who came in. We only went down once a year, rarely twice. We were amazed once when on our first morning, the waitress knew our exact order before we told her. Great fun.
By the way, you have a very attractive right foot! :laugh:
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It is nice to have a place that feels like another home. We mainly go to the same 5 or 6 restaurants here and they know what we like - chilis for hubby and his curries always spicy, large Singha beer, limes for soda water, etc etc. It feels like the staff are our friends at some of these. At the coffee shop they know what we want - large cappuccino and a small Americano, no packets of sugar, no milk for the Americano.

Oh, and thanks on the foot compliment. I started doing foot photos last year and I have a couple of FB friends who ask for foot photos when I don't post any for a while.
 
Fantastic stuff. The finish on the sculpture is so perfect it appears manufactured. I guess not! When I look at a work of art I often think of the creators. What were they thinking during the process? "This is going to take me forever". "I create this as an offering to thee, great ( deity )" "Damn! This wood is hard." "Guide my hand to perfection oh perfect one." "Oh well. No one will ever notice that little dig." Great pictures, Annie. Thank you.
 
It's gorgeous! This building is very new. They were still finishing it last winter. It's on the site of a pagoda and Buddhist burial ground and huge hall and overlooks the ocean.

These types of carvings are all over the island.
 
Ameriscot said:
It's gorgeous! This building is very new. They were still finishing it last winter. It's on the site of a pagoda and Buddhist burial ground and huge hall and overlooks the ocean.

These types of carvings are all over the island.
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I would love to see the creative process. Fantastic stuff.
 
Some people seem to think we're living on a primitive island and that all of Thailand is primitive.

I snapped a few pics while shopping. There are big malls here, superstores, and shops of every kind. There are also the outdoor markets that sell veggies and fruits you've never seen before, clothing, carvings of Buddha, etc etc. You can buy imported products as well but of course they cost more. You can buy Scotch, US toiletries and foods, European products, etc etc.

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A strange looking mushroom:

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A lot of folks who've never ventured far from home believe that foreign lands are primitive. I'm thinking that it would be hard to find a place that's so remote that it has remained undiscovered and "primitive".
 
GeorgiaXplant said:
A lot of folks who've never ventured far from home believe that foreign lands are primitive. I'm thinking that it would be hard to find a place that's so remote that it has remained undiscovered and "primitive".
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There are still a few but not many. I'm thinking of some in South America I've read about. I'm sure some of the rural areas and mountains on the mainland still seem somewhat primitive. I know parts of Uganda do.
 
Via my TV and PC, I travel the world incessantly from my arm chair. I see the cities that have gone up around the world.
We are the ones who look primitive by comparison.
 
Underock1 said:
Via my TV and PC, I travel the world incessantly from my arm chair. I see the cities that have gone up around the world.
We are the ones who look primitive by comparison.
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You can easily learn about any country now. I love looking around with Google Earth as well.

I am a big fan of old architecture, with character. The older it is the more I like it - especially medieval buildings. I have a friend in France whose house was built in the 15th century.
 
I hear you. Cathedrals castles, thatched roofs. Love the German "Ginger Bread" houses. The Muslim stuff is great too. Onion domes and tile work. Not being allowed to use the human figure has produced incredible geometric and calligraphic ornament.
I don't have to tell you about the Asian stuff. You're drowning in it.
 

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