Jan 1 2006

1 Jan Photos here are from New Years Even at our place and in the canoe on New Year's day . . . it's a hard life

** Per Tommy - your email address is incorrect , I cant reply to you.**

Dave visited KC recently and took his life in his hands by hiring a taxi from outside Bangkok Airport direct to Laem Ngop pier. Much quicker than the bus, and at only 3,000 baht, cheaper than the cost of a couple of one way flights. If you're feeling adventurous, why not try it?

Speedboat services - another new one . . .

From Bangbao to Koh Wai, Koh mak, Koh Kood, there's a new service from Ao Phrao Speedboats now running using a twin engined speedboat. Leaves Koh Chang at 11am daily.

Small plots of land on Whitesands, around 300 metres from the beach and accessible along a public track will be up for sale soon - they'd be excellent for housing. Plots will be half a rai (800sqm) each and a total of around 6 Rai will be sold or leased. Prices will be very affordable. This land is owned by the Thai military, so the situation will be similar to that on most of Koh Samet.

Land can be bought, sold and leased by private individuals but at the end of the day it still actually belongs to the military. Therefore, in the advent of a war, they could take the land back for war time use. (This is highly unlikely, unless the Cambodians obtain nukes.) I've been promised a copy of the plot plans and prices in the next week or two, so email me if you're interested.