The tickets are bought, the hotels are booked, and even the show reservations have been made. After much searching on all the Asian hotel web sites and calling the hotels directly the best rates by far were secured thru our travel agent friend of the family on the West Coast!
Trip Plan

Jan. 16 – Houston to BKK via Chicago / Narita on United.
Jan. 17 – Arrive 11:40 pm BKK- check into Novotel at airport.
Jan. 18- Check out of Novotel, Ratt drives us to Royal Cliff Grand and Spa, Pattaya
Jan. 18-22 Grand Club Sea View Room . Shopping, eating , spas, Alangkarn and Tiffinay shows.
Jan. 22 – Check out of Royal Cliff Grand and Spa, Ratt drives us to the Marriott Resort and Spa BKK.
Jan. 22-28- Junior Suite at the Marriott. Shopping, eating, Calypso Cabaret, spas, etc.
Jan 28 – Check out of the Marriott, Ratt drives us to the Novotel- check in.
Jan 29- Check out of the Novotel – catch early morning flight home.

It sounds like fun! We'll want a full report, of course.

Bill-we're disappointed whenever you post in prose. Has your peotice license been suspended? You might E-mail Tong to see if you can get a day with her to the secret place. I assure you it would be great.

Please be forgivin
As I must be a splippin
I did not post in prose
Not in the mood I suppose
Next time I shall conform
To what I gather is now the norm!

Sounds like a great plan. We expect your entire trip report to be in verse...

The poetry he foregoes
In fact, the post was in prose.
Things that are squeezed into verse
Are strange, but it could get worse.

For instance, Bob could try this
But the meter he would miss.
Cause it's hard to write zingers
When one's counting on fingers.

and harder still,
composing prose,
without no iambs,
and just 10 toes.

Come on, you guys,
Is this really wise?

I fear being disgraced
By a mis-rhymed thread that's erased!

Carol

Gpanda, what or where is Tong's "secret place"?

The secret place is a seaside village about 1 hour 15 minutes from BKK. She takes you there and you go out in a long taled boat into the Gulf of Siam. Part of the ride is into an inlet where you feed wild monkeys. You cruise into the Gulf observe and talk to fishermen and eat lunch at a wonderful bamboo house built on stilts in the water. Reed and his wife serve a super lunch. It's an amazing place. Several posters have been there.

its even amazing if you go with gpanda...!! not fun, but amazing...

its a day like no other....kim did not like the food but we loved it....

great photo ops...

tong is a blast too....

not sure olive would like it out there???

bill---have jack make you some shirts while you are at marriott....

btw, all the lady boys hang out at the cliff so you will get to know them all...