The Power of ONE...

Its been a long time since The Happy Traveller has had a girlfriend... but it has changed my thinking... in a good way :-)

I remember my first time in Thailand... OH MY GOD... so many gorgeous girls, it was hard to know where to look!!! Back then... I was soooo happy to be single.

But now... there is only ONE girl I think about. There is only ONE girl i want to be with. There is only ONE girl I want tonight. There is only ONE girl I miss. And I don't wanna miss a thing!!!

Its YOU.... only YOU :-)

Back home after another Thai adventure....

Ehhhh... where do I start with this little story!!!!

Back home in Aus again after 3 months in Thailand... and still alive to talk about it. Well not much has changed. But somehow Ive managed to lose my 'single' status. Yup, believe it or not the Happy Traveller has a girlfriend... which feels a bit weird to say for me. But in a good way :-)

Anyway... more on that later. Just wanted to say HELLO WORLD!!!

Similan Island Sunsets

The hat thing....

Patong Beach... 2010!!

Chocolate Magnums

Sawadee from my room in Phuket :-) You know... for some reason I dont dream when Im in Thailand. Its quiet weird, as I ALWAYS dream every night in Australia... and can always remember them the next morning.

This has happened to me every time I've been in Thailand. It kinda bothers me too... as Im sure there is a hidden message in there somewhere as to why Im not dreaming. Then last night it finally happened.... I DREAMED!!!!!! Now after waiting for sooo long, you would think it would have been some super amazing dream about saving the world or something right?? But nooooooo sir... it was a lot less exciting than that- a dream about a bloody CHOCOLATE MAGNUM ICE CREAM!!!! WTF???

So, I am writing this eating my 40 baht chocolate magnum... and its sooo tasty!!! Its almost perfect!!! I feel completely satisfied... like there is nothing else in life I need. No need to look for anymore ice-cream cus Ive found the right one for me. Yep... me and chocolate magnums were made for each other.......
Wish everything was that easy!!

Hmmmm....

"What if you slept? And what if.... in your sleep, you dreamed? And what if.... in your dream, you went to heaven and picked a strange and beautiful flower? And what if.... when you awake, you had the flower in your hand? Ahhh.... what then?"
- Sam Coldridge

"What if you slept? And what if.... in your sleep, you dreamed? And what if.... in your dream, you went to a bar and there picked a strange and beautiful cocktail? And what if.... when you awake, you had the cocktail in your hand? Ahhh.... what then?"

- The Happy Traveller

Thats all for now... time for another vodka hehe

GOODNIGHT WORLD :-)

Dad... Give me FOOD!!

Mr Tex always knows the time when

ITS DINNER TIME!!

Beauticians are the DEVIL!!!!!

All I know is my feet are still hurting... and have been for 2 weeks. Mum thinks I have bruised the skin under my feet. Her idea... get a pedicure or manicure or poopycure or whatever u call it!!! You know... one of those treatments you get at a place called a beautician!!!!!

Just quietly, Im a little bit concerned about going to a beautician. Geeez one step at a time alright... Ive only just started excavating my face!! Or is that exfoliating????? Oh buggers me, but whatever that cream was, it sure felt like it excavated 6 out of the 7 layers of skin I had on my face. Ok, so maybe I scrubbed a little too hard, cus by the time I got out of the shower my face resembled more the look of a slapped arse than the super-clean skin I was promised. So out of desperation I did what any real man would do... sanded my feet with good ol sandpaper. Yup... off course that didnt work and I still have painful feet. Now what??? Am I left with no other choice but to get the footsy-poopy-cure at my local beautician??? And then what happens... what other evil cures will they try to give me?? I already know about their sadistic excavating cream!!!! What if they have another cream that they rub onto my feet... and my feet melt??? Or worse turn GREEN!!!!! Will cucumbers be involved??? Whats the deal with that??? And the GREEN face mud!!!!! Whats going on there??? Shit what if they want to put that on my face... and it sticks and never comes off!!!

Or wait... put me in a MILK bath!!!!! WTF do I look like Cleopatra??? MILK!!!!! Arent u supposed to drink it????? What if they gas me and drown me in the MILK????? But what scares me the most are those evil solarium things!!!!! Mate i saw one on TV once and it looked like an effin spaceship!!!!! There is just no way Im stepping into one of those... I bet when a man gets in you just hear this deep voice saying "Beam me up Scotty!!!!!" and then we get instantly vapourised!!!!! Ohhhh beauticians are the devil and want to torture and disfigure all men. hehe ;-)

GOODNIGHT WORLD :-p

Suicide Bombers...

You know, you crazy suicide bombers with your 26 virgins you believe you get awarded after you kill innocent people are forgetting one small detail. You are forgetting there is a good reason why they're virgins you stupid ASSHATS....
Enjoy eternity guys!!!! Hahahaha!!!!

Crazy Travel Ideas...

Somebody once wrote something to the effect of..... 'Crazy travel ideas are dancing lessons from God'

Last year in BKK I wanted to see Angor Wat in Cambodia. So I was at a travel agent on Koh Sahn Road... 'Ooooh you want go Campochia?' asked the little Thai man standing in front of his shop. 'Yes mate... I wanna go to Cambodia to see Angor Wat' came my reply. 'Sim Rip only 8 hour on bus' he confidently told me... then added 'Ooooh but the road to Sim Rip sometimes hab the dirt on it'. In other words, it was at least '20 hours on the bus and the road has holes the size of elephants LOL. No worries... I handed him some baht and he handed me the ticket.

13 hours later (LOL), and still only half way there... I couldnt feel my ass on the bus seat anymore. But that was ok... cus I couldnt feel my head either from head-butting the roof after every elephant hole we passed over. It becaming a running joke in the bus as to what will break first... our head or our ass LOL.

18 hours later (LOL), the bus stops at a village for food... and I met this happy go lucky Cambodian kid. He was 7 years old and asked me where I was from. After telling him Australia and showing him what a jumping kangaroo looks like... he says to me 'Australia Prime Minister is Kevin Wudd, you have a population of 20 million and the capital city is Canberra'". Then held out his hand for a tip LOL. For 20 minutes we had soooo much fun together. He showed me what a buffalo looked like (which of course looked more like an duck LOL) before we settled into a game X's and O's with our fingers on the side of the dusty bus. I dont think he'd ever played this game before... but after letting him beat me 3 times he loved it haha!

Three days later I on the way back to BKK... the bus stopped in the same village again... and the same little Cambodian kid comes running up to me with a big smile and laughing 'Hello Wodd... how are you? "Can you do the kangerwoo for me Wodd... do the kangawoo for me again please Wodd' hehehe.

I mean this kid had nothing... no money at all... nor likely did his family. And the second time we met, he didnt once ask for money... he was just happy to see me and show his friends that he can beat me in X's and O's :-))))

The Eifel Tower, Disneyland and Grand Palace are all great... but they're not why I travel. Its the off the beaten track stuff... the crazy travel suggestions... and the games of X's and O's on the sides of dusty buses. Dancing Lessons from God...???
YEP... ME THINKS SO :-)

Love and Life...

Both go hand in hand i think. Heres my take on love through a few quotes I like. If anyone wants to know... the background music is part of the soundtrack from the movie "Pearl Harbour"..... ENJOY :-)

TAKE ME THERE......

Take Me There.........

Oh please TAKE ME THERE!!