Gambo kat Bangkok, Phuket and Guam

by Azam.

Hi y'all,

Here I am in Guam now, got nothing to do, so I'm putting up this post. The first few pics are the ones I took at the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok. It was a Sunday and I wasn't working. So I walked from my hotel to the Chao Phraya River (around 1.5km away from my hotel) and I saw a free boat ride I could take.

Okay, so the boat ride was only 15 minutes. Who cares, as long as it's free right ;). Anyway the boat ride that I took was from River City Plaza to something Taksin BTS Station (I forgot the full name of it, so sue me). So here's the pics.

The Hilton Hotel in Bangkok.

At the docks of River City Plaza.

The boat that I took a ride in.

Dunno what building this is, just snapped it cause I was sitting in the boat.

After Bangkok, I went to Phuket. I rented a scooter there as it was cheap and very easy to get around with. The rent was only RM20/day.

The rented scooter.

So I rode around the island with the scooter. I stopped by the beach and took some pictures. It was still early in the morning so the beach was still quite empty with few sunbathers around. Although I must say that the situation changes in the afternoon. I can't post those pics here. Too indecent if you know what I mean (heh heh heh).

Only two 'farangs' (white people) on the beach.

Then I rode to try and find the place where I'm supposed to do my work. I found out that it was close to the Phuket Aquarium. I had to pay RM10 to enter cause I'm not Thai. If only I could speak Thai, I could fool the lady selling the ticket and pay only RM2. Oh well. Here's a pic of a diver giving food to the sting ray.

'Watch out for the hand my man.'

I saw a masjid right across the road from the place where I did my work. So I did my Zohor prayer there. The masjid was just like any masjid in Malaysia. After they prayer, the Tok Imam came to me and spoke to me in Thai, but when he found out I'm Malay, he spoke Malay to me but in Indon dialect. He can speak Indon quite fluently cause he went out for 40 days twice in Indonesia with the Tabligh movement. He invited me to go to his home for a feast cause it turned out he was going for the Haj later that afternoon. The food that he served turned out to be nasi dagang.

Muslim family in Phuket. The tok imam is the one on the right.

The next day I went to the hills to take some scenic views of Phuket. I don't remember the name of the hills and beaches, but here's the pics anyway.

Finally, here's my pics in Guam. The water here is crystal clear and is full of corals. Because of the coral reefs, the waves break far from the shore and the beach is very calm. The only thing I could eat around here is Long John Silver. I'm already sick of it cause I'm eating it everyday. I'm never gonna eat at Long John's in Malaysia again. I wonder how Amar and Nina find halal food here.

Crystal clear waters of Guam.

My feet in the clear waters of the Pacific Ocean.


View point on top of the hill facing the south of Guam.

Here's the car that I rented. It's a Suzuki SX-4 that's just launched in Malaysia. It's a good car and it's one of the smallest car in Guam. Everybody here is driving big american cars. It took me a few days to get used to driving on the right side of the road. Always had to remind myself to keep right.

My rented car in Guam.

Below is the Two Lover's Point in Guam. It sits atop a cliff with a 500 ft. drop. If you wanted to go inside, you'd have to pay USD3, so I decided not to go. Not worth to pay RM10 just to get a nice view of Tumon Bay.

View point in Guam.

View of Tumon Bay from the side of the view point (it's free :) ).

The 500 ft. drop.

Gigantic waves of the Pacific pounding the shore where there is no reef.

Typical beach in Guam. Note the waves crashing far from the beach.

A flock of butterflies doing something. (I didn't have the
chance to ask them what they were doing ;p)

Okay. That was my report of my recent travels. After Christmas, I'd most probably have to go back to Thailand and will be going to Dubai in the first week of 2008. Aaahh, so tired and missing my family and friends. My boss better give me a substantial raise for next year, heh heh.