The Thailand Trip! I am sorry it has taken so long to get this on the site, but after coming back from Thailand work has been extremely busy. I have decided that instead of offering a long winded novel of the trip, I will allow the photos to tell the story. I can't take credit for all the photos as most were taken from different people on the team. In any case to summarize, it was a fantastic trip. We called it a team building trip and it really was that. We had so much fun together, and I really got to know some of my team that much better.
Anyway, enjoy the photos, and of course there will be a few comments here and there.
Let the fun begin. Here we are on the bus at Bangkok airport on our way to Pattaya. It was a long flight, but already the excitement was building. We had this bus for the whole trip.
This is a photo of the lobby in our hotel. We were staying at the Jomtien Palm Beach Resort Hotel. Old hotel, but did the job, with a bed and A/C! We got to the hotel around 8pm after dinner on the way from the airport, and had 1 hour before going out.
By 10.00pm we were at a huge nightclub. This is not your normal nightclub. It has no dance floor, just rows of tables to drink, and a large stage where we sat through a 90 minute show, with the performers singing Korean, Japanese, and Chinese songs to the all Asian crowd, ..and me! Oh well, what to do!
Of course curiosity got to the group, so around midnight we all got into two jeepneys and headed to 'walking street'. For those who do not know 'walking street' it is where all the hundreds of bars are!
We were home by 2.30am, and awake for breakfast at 7.30am. This is a nice shot from the hotel overlooking Jomtiem Bay. Today was our full day yacht day, the highlight of the trip!
Here I am about to get on the yacht! We hired two yachts for the day.
Here are a couple of really nice shots of the yachts that we were on. As you can also see it is a fantastic day with no clouds, and no wind!
Above are a few shots of myself and some of the team on the yacht. It really was such a nice morning on the yachts. First chance to unwind and take a deep breath of really fresh air.
What we are eating there is the freshest of sashimi (raw fish). About an hour or so in the trip we put down anchor and we all did some fishing. Over an hour we caught about 25 fish, of which about 10 of them the captain cut them up as we caught them and we feasted on sashimi that we had just caught! Fantastico!
We then went onto a lovely bay that had a small reef, and we snorkelled for an hour or so. It was so warm in the water and refreshing after being on the boat for several hours. As you can see I was wearing my tshirt in the water also as it was so hot! White boy like me is going to fry if I don't cover up!
We then headed over to a small island where we had Korean BBQ on the beach. As you can see there was no shade, so we were all covered up with clothes and even towels. On the island we had jet skis and a banana boat which I played around on for a while.
We then went to a place called 'Monkey island'. The group fed them a little, and then we all got back on the yachts and headed back to the mainland after a most amazing day.
This is the group team shot after we got off the yachts.
We got back to the hotel around 7pm, and all met at 8pm in the seafood buffet restaurant in the hotel. Lots of food, had a few beers, and though I was ready for bed, the playing must continue.
Though there are no photos, we then all had a two hour Thai massage. Now don't get any ideas ok! All the men were in one big room, and all the ladies in another big room. It was a great massage, and actually quite funny listening to the guys getting torn apart by 40kg Thai ladies!
The next morning four of us were up at 6am to leave for a morning game of golf! Unfortunately I do not have any shots, but it was a nice game of golf. The best thing about playing in Thailand is you have a caddy who helps with everything from finding your balls when you hit in the bushes (As I do!) to making sure you putt on the greens with local know how! The shot above is of the spa massage room in the hotel. About 10 of us decided to spend the afternoon having a full spa treatment for almost three hours. This was everything from massage, to facial, to foot massage, to spa baths. I left feeling out of this world.
The evening was spent going to a touristy Thai restaurant where we did have a nice dinner, and treated to a Thai show. Of course lots of beer was drunk. I sadly ended up having a quiet evening as came down with a migraine. I think the last two days of sun caught up with me. In any case the only thing I missed out on was three hours of Karaoke!
Oh, and this is a shot of a few of us outside the Thai Restaurant when we arrived.
And this is some of the food we ate in the Thai Restaurant for dinner.
Here are a couple of shots taken sadly on Saturday,the day we were leaving, at Jomtien Beach and Pattaya Beach! We had no time at the beach as we left the hotel at 11am on Saturday. I just had time to use the internet and a quick pedicure! LOL!
Not many shots of Saturday as we did a long bus trip back to Bangkok. We stopped at several tourist stops but landed ourselves at this unreal buffet house for our final dinner. It had so many choices, and really the food was excellent. Above are a few shots of the dinner.
After dinner we went to a department store for a 90 minute shopping spree, then headed to the airport. At the airport we had a few hours to duty free shop, so I stocked up on several bottles of alcohol for self and several others at work. Finally left Thailand at 12.30am for a long flight back to Seoul!
So there you have it. The trip. Nice shots yes! But of course too quick, and just not enough time to do so many other things we wanted to do. In any case I will not forget the trip for a long time.
Labels: Food, Massage, Simon, Thailand, Vacation
