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Ban Phe Slideshow
Ban Phe
Travel Blogs from Ban Phe, Thailand
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March 16-20 2008
This is a top pick! ... from Bangkok. It was only $4 each for the bus, which ended up being pretty bumpy with hardly any leg room. We arrived at Ban Phe and waited about a half hour for the ferry to Ko Samet. The ferry ride took about a half hour and we arrived in ...
back in Ban Phe
... transportation, what they charge, what's a cheap hotel, and where's the best $1.00 dinner. I feel like a local. The only problems with Ban Phe are 1) it's a fishing village so it smells like cat food every where you go ( you get used to it) and 2) there ...
Good News
Just for the record, if you heard about those teachers getting shot in Thailand - that's in southern Thailand. The school's name is Ban Prea and I'm in Ban Phe - see the difference? Anyway it has something to do with the teachers making the school go ...
Home until the New Year
FINALLY! I have unpacked my suitcase and have finally stored it away. Mike and I arrived in Ban Phe last Saturday. After the chaos of Bangkok, this little fishing village is a dream come true. It is here that we will take the TEFL International TESOL ...
Koh Chang 'em High
... like a rally driver all the way to the border - some three hours drive away. As soon as you cross over from Cambodia into Thailand you notice the massive differences. All of a sudden there are cars on the roads; in fact all of a sudden there are roads. ...
studying so hard
This class is hard! I thought I would have an advantage having taught before but it is ALOT of work! We have class from 9-5 everyday and at least 2 hours of homework. Yesterday we had to read 49 pages of the driest research you ever read. And I'm ...
A few notes from the past week
... ) we hopped back on the bikes and rode home through the cool air. Sunday was the best day we have had since settling in Ban Phe. Between the two motorbikes we managed to transport six people, towels, small speakers, and books to the beach we had rode to ...
Ko Kerfuffle
... so we thought.... The driver was waiting for us on the other side but was extremely annoyed to learn that Katie and I were going to Ban Phe to catch our boat whilst all of the other passengers were heading to Pattaya. He turned to us at this point, and ...
It is impossible to adequately sun lotion your...
...own back (and that is a fact) hence the bright red patchy look I am sporting right now. Aye, the sun finally came out, and I decided the time was right for me to show off my slightly flabby, porcelain white body to the masses of Ko Samet. I'm ...
first swim in the gulf of thailand
local beach right across the road from my hostel. I stayed in the hostel for a total of 4 nights and I was the only guest the whole time. ...
Sun Sea and Sand
After a late start we got on the motorway in the direction of Lop Buri or Saraburi. We decided that we'd make our mind up on the way as to where we'd stay over as they were fairly close together and in the same direction. It was early evening by the time ...
Christmas Thai Style
So there isn't really a "Thai-style" Christmas seeing as the majority (95%) of the country is Buddhist. The closest that we got to the holiday madness was a Christmas tree outside of the Tesco Lotus, just two days before Christmas. My classmates ...
Lights, Camera, Action!
I woke to the sound of the sea lapping against the shore this morning – John was still asleep when I opened my eyes and I just lay there with a huge grin on my face. Six weeks we've been away now and I love travelling even more now than ever before ...
My Brain is Going to Explode
It's a wild and crazy week. I could fill up this blog with what I've seen, tasted, heard, felt, dreamed and it would take years. I'm a bigt fat balloon of Thai Culture. I'm a sweaty mess. My feet have swollen totwice their size. I wake up in the morning ...
Buddha Loves Me
I rented a scooter for the week. It's a sweet ride. It red, sleek, brand new and custom made for this farang. I've spent all week cruising up and down the beach, driving back and forth to school. It' been brilliant. I met this Thai family who owns this ...
Pad Thai
... . Perhaps, this is where the foot problem is coming from. The best story so far is our taxi back to our hotel. We hitchhiked into Ban Phe (abut 2 Miles from our hotel) to use the internet, shop, go to 7/11. When we started to back we couldn't find a ...
Me and Thirteen Monks
I taught thirteen monks English yesterday. When I arrived they all stood and chanted, "Hello, teacher." I think I must have blushed a thousand shades of red before I could answer, "Welcome Students." These young monks (between the ages of 14-18) come ...
I got a cell phone!!
... shredded papaya salad -- so good) and wrote on the beach. I woke up this morning feeling amazing. I might not stay in Thailand. I'm looking into other jobs in Taiwan. The program I'm with is very disorganized. Our teaching group is over 60 students. ...
One step closer to the title!
... not appreciating the sheer number of teenagers making their getaway here for the long weekend, we decided to hang around in Ban Phe. Fortunately, we stumbled on an Irish bar/guesthouse and more importantly they were showing Man U vs ...
Thailand so far
... ,M@cGarden (see what they’ve done there? Yeah, neither do I), which is to be our home for the next four weeks. Ban Phe is a small fishing town, used mainly as a transit point for weekending Thai’s and tourists travelling to the island of Koh ...
Bye Bye Ban Phe
Yesterday was our final day of teaching and we are leaving this morning for Bangkok, before heading up to Chiang Mai on the sleeper train tomorrow night. Last night Rhi and I had a few unscheduled drinks with the two guys I’d met at the gym, Ham ...
Fried grasshoppers and leaping threads of string
If you’ve never tried whole fried grasshopper and fancy finding out what it tastes like, pop to B&Q and pick up some fibreglass. Then deep fry it. I imagine this would replicate exactly the taste of fried grasshopper. At the market every ...
Windsurfing
... to kayak out to rescue me. I jumped in his kayak and he sailed the thing back. Last night I went to check out the gym (Ban Phe Fitness). Pretty cool little place run by an American and his wife. I got chatting to a few of the Thai guys and one of ...
Teachers day
... Today was Teachers day in our school, once a year the children give thanks to their teachers ( teachers are really respected in Thailand). When Clare and I arrived at school there was a lot of excitement in the school and all the children were dressed ...
Do you know the way to Ban Phe?
... wall to about chest height. All for 350 baht/night or $10 US. But before you get jealous, remember that Ban Phe is a tiny fishing village so once you step outside, it smells like you’re living in a cat food tin. And ...
Working World
... bugs me is she’s a recruiter so while I would get 30kB /month, she would get 10-20kB kickback. This is SOP in Thailand I know, but I don’t have to like it. So I’m going to keep my options open for a while. No point in ...
Get in line for the sunshine!
... har vi ogsaa lavet andet end at dase I solen. Vi har bl.a. besoegt en nationalpark (alle parker og skovomraader er i dag nationalparker I Thailand). Det var stort set en jungle, med et bjerg, hvor der var et flot vandfald oerverst oppe. Dette skulle vi ...
TEFL does exist
Laura and I have not posted in a while so I will try to sum up the last couple of days in a brief entry. The TEFL bus picked us up in Bangkok and dropped us off at the Hotel Chain on Rayong beach. The place is not the Hilton, but by far exceeded my ...
Updates:
So I haven't written in a while because the hotel where I am staying 'in Ban Phe' for our program, is actually pretty far outside the city. Therefore I have NO access to internet...unless I take a 10 minute ride on the back of a songthao (pick-up truck ...
Teaching Monks
... for me. Some people are heading to Ko Samet for the weekend, but I really just want to take it easy. My plans include going to Ban Phe, doing laundry, cleaning my room, running, lying on the beach, and preparing my lesson plan for Monday morning ...
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