Mark,

I'm soooo bummed. I've been working on a post/reply for over an hour, I just went to post it, and I was no longer logged in and lost the entire thing. That almost happened with my first post too, but I was lucky and didn't lose it. Sometimes it takes awhile to make a post, especially if you're really focused and covering a lot of info which I did. I was so impressed with the response to my post, and I was talking about all of it. I don't have the time or energy to do the post again. I would however like to thank all of you for your infomation...it's really great. I am especially interested in the info from Khun Pamela as it sounds like exactly what I want to do.

I also appreciated your input Mark, however being from an Island with beautiful beaches and going alone, I'm more incline to want to be in the "city". Don't get me wrong, I love hangin on beaches too really want to go to Phi Phi and Samui and of course Phuket and just may, but I'm thinking I will save that for another trip, hopefully with a friend.

Pamela could you also suggest a hotel in the area you talked about.

Thanks...