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The first morning on the island was, as anticipated, accompanied by wonderful weather
and a good breakfast on our garden bungalow's terrace. The little bit of stress from
yesterday's trip was quickly wiped off, during the previous night's sleep. Here we were
now at White Sand Beach on Top of the cliff in the Topresort, which has been a home for
us on all previous trips. We now have Bungalow B 2, which is halfway down the cliff and
stretches our way to the superb pool to 15 m. B 1, the family bungalow, was now occupied
by a Danish family with 2 or three little girls. B 1 is only steps away from the pool,
and had been a home for us only weeks ago, when we were traveling withe my sis-in-law
and my niece.

Whilst Melona was attending our newborn, I sat on the terrasse facing the tropical
garden, watching huge butterflies dancing around the flowers right in front of he.
A pair of beo's (tropical birds) is nesting directly overhead, and I thought of my
cellphone having a camera, which enables me to share this with you. This photo shows
one of the birds approaching the nest, gives you an idea about the weather and shows
the roof of the hotel building, that also hosts our little strip mall with an internet-cafe,
a hairdresser/barbershop, a gourmet store with a daily fresh european bakery and a few
other businesses, along the island's ring road.

We'll show you more of the island, but for now we indulge in this great place and
share our daily experiences with you for a while.

for the full report follow the link below - there will be daily updates

The 2010 Koh Chang Chronicles





Text: Frank
Pictures: FRANK / HINIGUGMA
TEAM SIAMPEDIA

[Frank P. Schneidewind]

Thanks Strubbi! That did work well - we'll try to bring daily updates
Already texting on day 2 (today)

[Frank P. Schneidewind]

Our little dwarf can't crawl yet, but in the warm pool he sure kicks his legs like he wants to become a championship-swimmer in the future:

[Frank P. Schneidewind]

Keeping daily updates on the blog, the weather here is as great as it was last year in "rainy season", just love it! (so does the family)

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Day 2

It started as pleasant as the previous day, with a lot of sun and a great breeze from the ocean
below. The blooming hibiscus bush right in front of my little terrace, attracted a specific kind
of colorful small bird with a long, straight beak. Reminding me of the colibris, some sort of
hummingbird, that I saw in Central America. The colibris I do remember, had a curved bill and
were able to hover. The Thai nectar drinking birds had much more legwork to do, finding a twig
to hold on to, whilst drinking their flower liquids from those huge flower buds.



The large tropical garden here is a great mix of palms, other trees, bushes, cacti,
ferns and shrubs. Below picture shows my view up from the terrace to the cliff's top with
the pool bar's rooftiles being visible in the left upper corner.





To be continued at: The 2010 Koh Chang Chronicles

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Day 3

We take the opportunity and dip into the pool right after breakfast. The gorgeous weather
seems to continue and we have no objections. We swim in the morning, because the pool is still
fairly shady for Teddy. The water temperature is 31 to 33 degrees, a bit warm for me, but perfect
for our baby boy. He is getting accustomed to the water and no other guests are up this early.
No wonder with plenty of entertainment places further down in the town, some guests return late
and sing happy songs. Their teams probably advanced in the presently running soccer worldcup,
we're more interested in the continous advances of our child and went to bed early so far.
Relaxing is a main goal of our trip, but we promise to show you more of White Sand Beach and
Koh Chang as time progresses and more friends arrive:)



The evening faded out, with a picturesque sunset during a dinner with friends on their seaview porch.
An Original Swiss cheese raclette is something, we aren't treated to too often (yummy!)



To be Continued at: The 2010 Koh Chang Chronicles

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Day 4

Unbelievably, we had a 4th day of great weather, but finally a few more clouds, which served us a
5 minute shower in the afternoon, so our friends on Phuket and in Bangkok with their storms and
floodings were not lying, it's rainy season here too. But they have reason to complain about the
missing sun and an overload of precipitation.

My sunburn is mild, because we avoid direct sunlight during most of the day, but we sure have no
deficit in sunshine. The days here are so identically idyllic, I caught myself giving names to my
favorite beos already. Jack 'n Jill are almost done with their nestbuilding, the pool was a tad warmer
today (33 degrees), but we were too lazy to leave the resort. For tomorrow we plan to do so and have
more pictures for you. Today, we share this sunset with you, the picture was taken by Rogielyn, my
wife's wonderful friend – it beats our crappy version hands down.



To be continued at: The 2010 Koh Chang Chronicles

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Day 5

Only the first half of the day was sunny. It stayed dry, but big cloud layers drifted ashore,
coming from the West. The mountainrange, which protects White Sand Beach from most rainclouds
coming from the East. Our plan to venture outside was postponed to tomorrow. We will borrow a
salaeng (local tricycle) for that purpose and zoom a bit around. Sorry for not keeping our
promise to get you the island pictures yet, but we were a bit scared to expose our baby to a
possible torrential monsoon rain. We will make up for this lapse at the first possible chance!



to be continued: The 2010 Koh Chang Chronicles

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Day 6

Today, the great weather with very little cloud cover returned to our surprise, we took
the tricycle for a spin and ended up with a number of pictures outside our beloved Topresort.
Below picture shows almost the whole village, we'll end this 1st part of our report after
tomorrow to reduce your scrolling needs and to be able to serve you some more details on
Koh Chang. Martin (the Germany dude in the raclette picture) will help out Team Hinigugma
with some of his snapshots, he also stays at Topresort and is a first timer to Thailand!



The rip currents here can be fatal to inexperienced swimmers, signage explains, warns
and teaches the swimmers.



for the full report please follow the Link: The 2010 Koh Chang Chronicles

[MrT]

Looks great yo

[Frank P. Schneidewind]

MrT, on 15 July 2010 - 11:16 AM, said:

Looks great yo

Yep, we really like it here and have just extended our stay. Weather keeps smiling at us here, so we do not see a single reason to head back to Pathum Thani

Daily updates continue in the blog

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Day 7

Our first leg of this report ends today and will be followed by a sequel immediately. Today, we'll show
you the secluded pebble beach below the cliff of the Top Resort, just follow the path to the right of the
Sea-view Bungalows down. A steep stairway leads down, it is illuminated after dark.



On the bottom, chrystal clear waters and a small, private pebble beach awaits you for snorkeling or a swim
in the warm waters. Plenty of privacy here, as only the guests have access. Watch the occasional fishing boat
go by or watch the sun from midday until it dives into the ocean due West of here.



A bunch of crabs call this mini-beach a home presently. Further developments of the resort may include
some pier at this location, but at present, it just stays as it is for now.

We conclude this first week of our vacation diary and will progress into week 2 (which will be only
a partial week) tomorrow with a big party. We're invited to a birthday-bash resort-owner style and
will surely take a lot of pictures, of which the best ones will be shown in the sequel to this report.

for the full report please follow the Link: The 2010 Koh Chang Chronicles - Week 1