Archive for the ‘Thailand’ Category

• Well… Happy New Year n all

  Monday, December 31st, 2007

  My, hasn’t time flown by. The year that was 2007… let’s see… there’s teaching at Ben 2 with it’s recalcitrant teenagers,

  Teaching tinsy-whinsy primary students in rural Thailand,

  Teaching newbie English teachers on Koh Samui,

  Back to Oz for a whirlwind visit,

   
  And back to China and university age students.

  That’s a big year!

• Blue Samui

  Saturday, April 28th, 2007

  Here we are living on Samui a lovely tropical island in Thailand. Is it all it’s cracked up to be?Samui’s great in some ways - clear air, less dogs (and no real angry ones), good variety of food - although sometimes worrying - one ring road with silly and fast traffic, insane prices on food, […]

• Getting to Ko Samui

  Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

  There are roughly 3 ways to get there:-

  Flying to Samui itself was roughly 3500 Baht one-way from Bangkok (quite expensive - as Bangkok Air has a monopoly)
  Flying to Surat Thani - and catching the ferry across
  Bus or train all inclusive of ferry price (the bus/train alone can take 12-14 hours!)

  Cheapest is (of course) bus (or […]

• Children’s Day at Bang Kaew

  Friday, January 12th, 2007

  Little ones, mums and dads came from near and far - some dressed-up for the special day. In a flurry of doing hair and make-up (boys and girls inclusive) we had alternating hurry messages between the stage and the school PA system.

  After some stuffy speeches by stuffy officials (which in typical Thai style were talked […]

• Christmas, not what it used to be?

  Monday, December 25th, 2006

  It’s weird. Knowing there’s all these other holidays that we don’t celebrate, getting involved and witnessing them has somehow diminished Christmas for me (and others around me). It becomes just another holiday that is celebrated somewhere in the world, but not here.
  China was the best place for Christmas as they have taken on the commercial […]