Right now on my Facebook fan page, I'm having an online reading of "The Lord of the Rings". I assign a couple of chapters every two or three days, and then we talk about it in posts. Everyone here is welcome to join in: we're only up to Chapters Two and Three, the assignment for this weekend, ... We just started on September 22, Bilbo and Frodo's birthday: I reread the book every fall and spring, and it occurred to me that it would be nice to do it in company this time. ...
Thailand Beaches
Thailand's beaches are well established, have warm water and weather,friendly relaxed people, comfortable accommodation and they're cheap Around $30/£20 a day should get you an excellent double room with aircon, breakfast and maybe even a swimming pool- incredibly cheap when compared to the Caribbean, Indian Ocean or Pacific island paradises.
These beaches do have a clear best/worst time to visit - see Thailand Beaches Information to help you there. They also have less apparent regional flaws that you can see exposed in the different sections of the Beach Pictures gallery.
However, Thailand's roads are generally excellent and transport is comfortable and reliable, so a flight to Bangkok - and anyone with a grain of world curiosity has to see this wacky city - followed by a bus/minibus to the beach of your choice is no hardship.
