Thailand week three
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Posted:Apr 15, 2013 11:24 am
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Thailand week three - Onto Ko Tao Island - wi-fis stopped on computer ( I accidently turned it off)
Here I am again in another cheap place , still more expensive than hostels on the main land, around nine pound a night this time I am here for a week . Ko Tao used to be famous for its cheap bungalows and beach huts , oftern made of bamboo but more and more hotels are being built. Just before this I spent one night at a harbour town- Chumphon , I thought that the owner was joking when he said the shower was on the balcony but yes it was, I needed to close the shower curtain tight but I dont think that anyone saw me as it is high up. This hostel had a tv but all the channels where in thai, I watched any way. Cock fighting is interesting for a while but the animal baiting before , not so pleasant
So now I know where all the backpackers go, at the hostel there where five British travelers, we shared a bus and the boat to the Island, three teenagers doing the same as me traveling south and a couple , for a holiday. Alot of people seem to go straight from Bangkok via train to get to these Islands. Unlike the place at Bang Krut which was a wooden shack with gaps between the slats, this is a concrete bungalow and I will probably use this toilet, no insects yet, there is a mesh wire around the windows but from what I read the eastern side of Thailand is not supposed to have mosquitoes carrying malaria. Again ( my choice) I am in a place with no tv , or wi-fi but a good sea view the website said quiet ( apart from the birds) so there are few distractions. The person running the resort is called Mot and is a friendly lady I am not too concerned in not being in a more modern resort, I have my paints and a good view. Again this is a small place I am quite high up, the Island is in the shape of a turtle and thats what Tao means in english turtle. There are dogs here like the other resort and I have been warned not to leave clothes on the washing line or shoes outside as the dogs will run off with them, small places like this do have character maybe somewhere bigger would be less distinctive. Its the first time I have had to use my own towel and theres no hot water prehaps a larger resort with more amenities to entertain can in a way exclude interaction .
On the way to the boat I had jam sandwiches ( for lunch and dinner , I needed to use the bread up) there are few dairy products on sale because of the heat which means no decent chocolate and I have looked every where for honey , cant find any , must be bees here.
The Island is twenty kilometres square so I feel confident that I can walk much of the southern part which is were I am , I hear what sound like monkeys but I cant see them , while walking the roads , because there are no noticable paths every one uses motorbikes or four by fours, there is wiring following the roads and you can hear the crackle of elecricity plus the crickets sound together. I later found out that there are some monkeys but they are kept as pets many trained to climb trees to collect coconuts or other fruits , again lots of families selling what they have grown on streets, there is a mango and papaya trees in this resort.
**There are plenty of what I would call bums or hippies ( artists) who are the type of people to come here looking for an easier life, away from western oppression , I have already heard how we are`nt free in Europe too much policy making , prehaps a little too free here - although I like the fact that dogs roam free not stuck in a house all day with brief excersices out side- there are things to be said about buddism and other relgions here how it has developed, customs acclimatised to this area not drinking alcohol , too hot , taking off shoes before entering a place , germs are I think harder to maintain , again the heat, but it is the freeness with sexuality which can be a draw here, where as some western religions seem prudish, there is a general development for its youth towards modesty , but sex is sex natural not something to be ashamed of . So maybe it is a certain type of tourist that originally took advantage of the good nature of the Thais and thuce they have adapted to take advantage of the opportunities tourism offer, a taxi driver the other day wanted a twenty dollar tip , bloody Americans and tips , we dont do that in the uk, Just blame the Americans ( I dont think I`m going there) **
On the first night here there was something honking on the roof , I am one of the higher of the bungalows so the better place for all the animals to call from (morning and night), it did sound like a large goose but I was too tired to go out and see, I like most of the animals I see but I am not too sure of the giant centipedes and I`ve kept my distance , its another hard mattress there was only one place so far it has `nt been , this one is on a concrete platform but I slept ok. It has been quiet for most of the time the animals become apart of the background noise but that is untill the rain came and the frogs started .
Ko Tao like many populair destinations , once its been established how populair it is , has developed fast there are many building sites around , I`d hate to see what it would look like in ten years time, on my walks there are piles of cement bags at the side of the roads and land partially developed or houses under construction with for sale signs already up. But its still large enough to find isolated beaches and then there are jungle walks to walk up the mountains .
I am still buying bits and pieces for the journey ahead, I origianally wanted just one bag, like I`ve seen others carrying but the paints and canvas` take up space, I now have a kettle giving up temporarily on finding gas for a camping cooker, so I should save money on drinks and theses always planty of freeze dried foods, pot noodle again for lunch, I hope that is all my equipment stocked and from now on the money goes towards food and accomodation. It has already been useful to do my laundry with.
Mot , the person who runs this place was able to tell me a little about everyone here , many other artists staying here , but the whole place needs a bit of maintenaince , so far no insect bites but its good to see someone who is in the right vocation , Mot clearly likes to get to know people and to cook and be a hostess, it can seem like an easy option to open up a small hotel or hostel and just sit at the front all day - like some places I have been to. Mot used to be an accountant but now shes doing what shes always wanted to.
I took out 5,000 from an atm today and it said I have 120,000 in the bank this is bal , the currency here, so it can become easy to be complacent and spend more than I would back home I will have to review my online accounts soon.
I am sharing my room with a little lizard which is ok as its getting any stray insects, the appeal of here is becoming more evident and I am hearing various stories of someone traveling but they come here and stay, all the beaches are white sand and turquiose water, and instead of having to travel -the world comes here , there are so many different nations represented and many small communities. Here I am on the side of a mountain and this bungalow is perfect for painting a tiled floor a sink and much floor space in a week I`ve done five paintings so far and of course the paints dry quickly , in the evening there are larger lizards with red spots that cling onto the outside walls and much like the smaller resort that I went to , its not too crowded and easier to meet others , this one is full, the others have also come for the view, a bbq was organised for the monday, there is a man from southend whos been traveling ,John< full of tall tales, and some conspiracy theories about how a type of big brother is in charge in Britain, also he said he cured his father of cancer with maple syrup and bicarb he said in england he grows weed that how he gets all his money , I think I believed him about that , but all he seems to do and hes not the only one here is drink all day long and scupadive with no purpose or direction. As for the others theres Erica from Brazil whos an artist , sonny from Japan , two women from argentina one a fashion designer and so far I`ve meet many French people here , Bruno lives here and is a diving instructor this is how I kind of imaged traveling but its still not the high season here. and two more french pairs have stayed while I`ve been here , although most are here for three to four days as they have to travel from Bangkok on there limited holiday time ok so I need to add some kind of erotic thing as this is HotMatch.com at in my mid thirties I love the idea of sleeping with younger women so traveling there are many , many teenagers and young women I chat with these French women and invite them to my room to see my paintings,but thats it they then want to be alone - I did say I wanted this to be realistic when I first started writing and did meet women later on.
There are concrete roads which have been made through the Island , much of which is forest and mountains so i have something to walk on, most who come here hire a motorbike, it is possible to walk but its still hot and humid
For some of the days here it has rained heavily, and we all stayed in the restaurant area ( a cement platform with a roof) all the views are great, mostly in the evening I have been staying there in the company of others , those who have motorbikes go into town other wise we stay up and talk, there are no street lights so I dont walk too far after dark .
On the last night there Mot asked me if I would like to go to a Japanese resturant with her and her father , she said she oftern invited her guests for an evening out, in Thailand hospitality and curtosy are learned in religion and up bringing, so I went on the back of her fathers motorbike , who like many people here he looks younger than he probably is , so possible around seventy and a safe good driver, practically everyone uses motorbikes you will see families going to school in the morning or riding around sometimes three on a bike. I suspect that if I wanted to they would have let me hire a bike with out any proof that I could drive, another thing is that not many wear helmets , so it was a little scary at first going up and down these steep roads but as I have written - good driver.
The restaurant was small but the food was very good, seafood and lots of sesame and wasabi , again animals here two pet cats came to join us one sat in a vacant seat, not something that would happen in Britain, these seats are really cushions on the floor a traditional Japanese style room with the short tables so you have to sit crossed legged.
When I came back to the main land I was really quite confused as if I was in another country, it made such a difference to be with many other travelers and one week was not enough to stay and explore Ko Tao and I think I will have to go back one day, the last days I walked and found small isolated beaches with resturants made out of drft wood right up next to the shore so you could look down into the waves.
next I will be moving from town to town staying only shortly and then into Malaysia, this is the part of the journey I am not too sure about but from what I`ve read it seems simple just to board a train to cross the border
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Thailand week two
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Posted:Apr 15, 2013 11:03 am
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Thailand week two -my first hostels but alone
So I have moved from Bangkok south to a seaside town populair with the royal family here, first class train travel is affordable.
So here I am in Hua HIn , pronounced with a `w` still dont know how to say it, and again I misread the scale of the place I really need to look at this on the maps, I took a taxi and he said yes he knew where the hostel was but nothing, now wary of the times in Bangkok (so far I have`nt really worried about thieft I`m just giving it away ) and over charged rides I decided to get off in the street that I knew it to be in , and walk. The train came in late so it was dark, and again hot , this is when a friendly swedish man offered help we drove around in his car with his wife( a Thai), apparently the road goes all the way through the town centre, we picked up a friend of theirs a lady boy (big hands) . So I am in a car driving around all these dark streets with one Thai lady , one ladyboy and a swede, this could have only happened because I was lost . We found an internet cafe and I got more details on my address, walking to my hostel , me and the swedish man, we talked he told me that the old part of the town was where all the prostitutes live ( my current land lord gave me a map with arrows taking you around that area) and he said that they would spend time with you if you wanted that they really did not like the work that they do and they oftern fall in love over time with the people they meet, I was`nt propostioned once in the three days I was there, **I must have been going to all the wrong streets or the right ones on your point of view, I have decided now that I really dont want to pay for sex, but now having bought some oil paints will consider paying for a model and then for a time I dissapeared from HotMatch.com , profile blocked , dont know what I did but just deleted some updates to get back on.* I have now stopped wearing socks and have bought a uv umbrella although I dont see many men using them.
The rest of my time there was pretty uneventfull , the hostel was nice enough ( its been over twenty years since I was in a bunk bed) , very friendly staff, its not quite what is called here the high season, *possible point out its not always good in a small hotel when the owner sits on his arse all day long on the internet and his "guests" are trying to also use wi-fi" the hostel was next to two markets one morning and one night, the night market of which there are many over Thailand was largely for toursits with gifts and t-shirts the usual cheap plastic things, not close to any other hotels or hostels I just usually walked around the markets , also no common room so did not see any other guests, the land lord did seem eager to promote his place and has sent emails to me for a review, which I havent done yet usually the web site I have booked a place with send a request for a review a day after leaving I have been doing this so far , the reviews have helped me to choose, this hostel had no tv but wi-fi so I have been able to make my plans, ( at some point I may end up were there is no wi-fi, so I am planning ahead and have booked next two weeks places)
**When you look and see certain items necessary to a quailty of life television , radio, etc its only without them that you realsie just how distracting they are from living , if I had a room with tv would be using it, but I have`nt come all this way to do something I could of at home
The beach there crowded , hot weather of course the streets and traffic did not help, I did one painting found some oil paints , it was only when I was leaving that a local man said that if you had walked down the beach I would have come across a small forest with some monkeys, missed that. But Hua hin is much like Bangkok motorbikes and traffic every where , I mentioned that the royal family of Thailand like it here, well they have their own private beach and palace and thats how it is divided up a what seems like a motoway ( three lanes each way) divides the town and hotels , the bigger hotels have there private gardens and beaches while every one else is squashed into the town . And the traffic is again hard to negotiate there always one more motor cycle coming, Because of the market I`ve eating ok and its cheap , I am still making my way to a starbucks ( air conditioned, not the coffee) , but I am walking these markets trying to find prices , none on display I am thinking that they see me and raise the price so one day with a stall saying how much, I have two spicy pasties and a seafood filled jelly like roll with a small bag of soy sauce wrapped up tight but the next day I could`nt find these stalls again , lots of unusual seafoods around , I guess if you can see it being cooked its ok, I settled, after some time of not finding much I recognised , to a piece of fried chicken which came with a ball of rice and a hot chilli sauce, nice breakfast. Still I have not learned to speak much thai so many people speak english that I have not really needed to try.
Having previously organised a new hostel I went by train to Ban Krut south again, big contrast to Hua hin , quiet , relaxing , almost no one here , I practically have the place to myself but good for nature ( I have been bitten a few times) , I have had breakfast with toads and lunch with lizards- the resturant is open to the elements with no walls the views are good though , so again no one else around ** I was happy when half a dozen young thai women came here, short pletted skirts, laughing and giggling as they photographed each other at the sea edge, but they dissapeared and I have`nt seen them since** Here it is seven pounds a night , breakfast included it has its own swimming pool and its own area of beach . Where I am staying is basically a big wooden hut , theres a big pink mosquito net , not too sure if its neede but I `m using it any way and the outdoor bathroom has no roof , but still I have my own bathroom . I watched a fight the other night over dinner a lizard and a praying mantis on the ceiling , after a long stand off the lizard won, its been six days since I`ve watched television but theres plenty of other things to see.
The hostel has two pet dogs that keep you company if you go for a walk on the beach also they sit down by anyone sunbathing, it has rained here the last day in Ban Kurt, but it is a good if small resort they take pride within it there are many butterflies around, crickets or something ribbeting at night, the one thing from hostels I have learnt is that what I need is a cup of all the travel stuff I brought you can probably only know what you need when your away, the hostels provide hot water but not a cup
The next stage will be a night in a harbour town then over to an Island, Ko Toa for a week
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Travel journal intro , still some time untill leaving
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Posted:Sep 13, 2012 12:47 pm
Last Updated:Nov 19, 2012 4:28 am
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Travel Journal introduction
First off I am going to go more in depth into who I am and on my reasons for a time away from the uk , as for that simply I am going to begin again I have filled two skips up with all kinds of rubbish but mostly I want a change in direction for my life. I am an artist its not a title that can be earned , that is to say anyone can proclaim to have that title but what does it mean?
I have questioed wheather this is something I can keep up not being someone to write a diary and oftern not to keep in touch with others, if anything this will be something to look back on for myself in the future, I hope on here I can be very honest although there is a limit involving some details , my family and out of respect I will endevour to change names of people . Life is largely about respect building and maintaing a certain status.
The somewhat nieve big fantasies which broadly many share tend to be like playing for a famous football team, ( I one day sat down in a cafe and thought about this) sleeping with as many different and varied types of woman , going on a wild adventure I could go on but will probably add my own personal fantasies later, you may only discover what you want untill you try, and that last fantasy a wild adventure , implies joy and spontinaity different from a usual ordinary life, my belief is that you deal with problems as you come to them but you dont invite problems into your life if you can help it. It is oftern said that we achieve in the face of disaster and conflictions in your life produce innovation , heres a question I oftern ponder , being naturally passive if a world war broke out again would I join the fight, I know so much is invented in times of war , creativy can be increased in some respects ( thinking of the great war poets) I would join the army I know, not now though, there would have to be one big conflict, I would like to believe that I would stand up and say no I dont have an interest in the politics or harming another, but I know I would join others join the crowd . So having written that I would like a unique experience and to do so I`ll be traveling with my paints to help make it all apart of my adventure. As for seeing lots of varied and different women again a fantasy I will be honest here if nothing happens I will still try to write down whats going on.
So here I am an introvert if I was to simply say I was shy , probably the reaction from others could be sympathy or avoidance if they believed I would be unwilling to be apart of what ever
Eastbourne
So I am in something of a naff* hotel in Eastbourne Sussex, its cheap, a small break before traveling so much to do visas, injections from my g. p , money to divide up and keep safe and many other things. Hopefully after a rest in a different place I will be able to make more decisive plans and set dates, will look out for other a.f.f members to join me in my hotel room, you kind of hope on a arriving at a hotel that your neighbours are attractive student nurses or air hostess` thats the hopefull* thought any way. (where do they stay?)
Plan to spend as little money as possble, I have seen in Bangkok hotel rooms going for £9 a night, which as far as my introversion goes is essential to me, hostels are probably something i will have to turn to but for me the idea of sharing a room with nine or more strangers, does`nt really fill me with confidence.
But this is apart of traveling, from what I`ve read the slower you go the less stressful travel is so I want to have long stays in someplaces, there are so many little worries flying alone is one but I`ll deal with them when I have to. So I`ve thought a hotel room every one in five stays or more, with other nights in hostels, prehaps farmstays is something I will pursue , earn your accomodation work on someones farm and stay with them, more for later in the journey in Australia, I think. So here I am in a reasonable priced hotel, kind of unisex deco orange and beige and I`ve stocked up on food for a kettle, there must be a recipe book in this :
One hundred meals to make with a hotel kettle
lots of dried foods noodles etc , thinking of getting some herbs.
I am in contact with some a.f.f members in south-east asia so need to wait and see what happens there, lunch time, bought a large pork pie for 50p ,lovely.
*Forgot to bring theasarus
( will add on sexual stories next)
Why I love tall (African) women or What experiences I have had
Here I will recall two experiences that have shaped my attraction to women, two lovers, when you put all the little bits and pieces together to create the perfect partner ( veronica zemanova) I find myself thinking what it is I have that attracted them to me, quiet, british - reserved, not confrontational, I could try to explore what I have learnt about myself but will write about some encounters that I have had. One of my first sexual encounters was with an African woman tall voluptous and confident . She noticed my curiosity , and I did not make too much pretence to hide my staring at her large breasts , working together as the days went on the tops she wore became lower and I oftern found her bending forward within view, she would smile at me and at the time I was content to just stare wide eyed.
Now at that period , I had not aquired a preference for arses, that would change, politely she asked if I had a girlfriend and would I like one- partly a sceptical side to me hesitated, after all at school the girls played games in dating trying to get you to go `out with` them so they could then make further giggling and gossip and if a relationship did develop relish in becoming a match maker.
With my African amazon we went to cinemas and walks in the country at my parents house we would steal kisses as soon as the lounge was empty, we would many times lay side by side on my bed and oftern as she had done in the cinemas she would undo my jeans zip and hold tight to my cock. Not a petite lady , used to working in manual jobs , inexperienced prehaps as she would pull the foreskin down to much , although some people might like that, and in her delisious african tone she told me she would sit on me. that I was to relax hands sliding over our lower bodies partly fondeling partly pulling down trousers, the first time now, the moment was calm, despite the d.i.y work, a neighbour had starting hammering, but this just made her smile widely, she slid onto my dick holding it with one hand. This first time did take a while to get going and the rest of it was pretty unremarkable but as the relationship went on I grew to love those large round cheeks of hers and in moments alone I would hitch up her skirt and squeeze with both hands.. and since then black women have had a certain appeal but through nieavity on my side the relationship did not last . But i will always remember the hours long sex session at her friend house but most of all what she liked to do was lay on her stomach and have me take her her from behind. I dont know if this was a comment on my sexual maturaity at the time , the height of her ment she almost covered the bed one end to the other , this mocha skinned beauty Still fills my head with that image. she would relax onto her stomach after I had kissed and licked her slit she would call my name, myself I dont get too excited and mostly just smile, (greatfully), on her stomach stretched out she would arch her back just slightly but those round cheeks were still too large to see where to go so taking my dick in my hand I would have to prise them apart at the top to slide down to find the soft moist gap.
And I`d take a little time at first to slide in saviouring the moment , now the bed i have is an old fashioned iron one with vertical rails at either end and bed knobs all things to hold onto and thats what she did as I fucked her holding onto her warm hips cock pointed down towards the floor her stretching out even more.
Another lover i want to recall that has shaped my desires, was an older woman close to fifty but still very attractive, she gave me my first blow job , prehaps more a medium size kind of woman there were curves there but they had , well slipped a little but still fit in the way that mothers ( and in her case granmothers) are, very talkative in fact non-stop at times and unlike me argumentative it seemed at times she wanted to be hurt or hurting, so prehaps then she could be the victim? . On reflection. there were it appeared so many unspoken regrets within her, I left her after only a few weeks, I know she had been hit by men in the past so many times she would want to pick a fight, how oftern when I was close to her there would be put downs and little insults, once when I was inside her she bite my lip hard no fondness in her eyes but a look of defiance. biting my lower lip and not letting go and I took it, I know now that theres a point to walk away you are not being brave or clever tolerating it In her home her there , she made me feel comfortable, we sat and watched what ever was on the tv, all the family arguing over what next. and authorativly on more than one occasion she would say " right bed`` Sometimes i expect it was aimed at me, it was just sex I know, no real affection or at least some at the begining. Later she was to start being polite , not whining but pleading for me to stay with her but insults or any negative comments do not push me forward or motivate me.
But before I left , one time In her room , many of the rooms of her house had no doors as I was to understand a previous lover had removed the doors possible to prevent anyone locking themselves away, we would get straight into bed she would remind me if I had condoms, her young was just next door- another doorless room, apparntly used to many men visiting. At first I was a little embarassed but as someone quite shy its more the start of relationships the getting to know you part which is my down fall, once with someone it , well it takes its course. She would forgive herslf for any insults by joking over herslf, a kind of mock self deprication but later came another insult. We would kiss briefly each of us masterbrating the other but all the time she would move away from my hand , she moved down the bed on all fores and I thought whats she up to, is she going to? yes she is, she pulled up my cock up and up teasing it with fingers and without any touching with her lips swallowed it half way, still me not one to shout out I moaned involentarily, up and down went her head- looking back it was a well practiced pace, then she finished I just smiled at her she went back onto her back and I tried to do the same to her. I placed my mouth between her legs , this is when she grabbed me by the ears and pulled me up the bed " no you dont" she said fuck me , I did.
Later she was to openly say in earshot of others how cocks did`nt taste good, others were around but I know the comment was aimed at me-it was partly to tell what she had done and also to say its not happening again. Over our next encounters I would enter her from behind , side ways on the bed.
I still sometimes see her and we chat shes not a bad person , I know , she had commented on the notches on her bed post, the young men that still chase her but we both knew it would not be me again. With so many lovers maybe she is trying to find the one, testing them in her own way. But I some how doubt this
Who will I meet while backpacking I dont know but it will all be apart of living and learning
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