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Travel Blogs from Pattaya
Taxi bikes to Tesco Lotus and truck home
We got Taxi Bikes to Tesco's some 2km away. Taxi bikes are much safer, kids are standing on the footboard of their parents moped since babies. We wove through all the traffic, passing big old coaches spluttering out fumes. Arrived at Tesco Lotus, ...
First week at Father Ray....
... can imagine how everything pulls at my heart strings!
I spent the evening playing cards with the other volunteers - there is not a great deal to do in the evenings, play cards, watch movies. We are all on a budget and trying not to spend money.... I feel different this year being away - last year was my selfish time and this is my time to do something for someone else. Some of the volunteers are keen to do lots of drinking (I have promised i'll show them a ...
Stemming the flow and off I go...
... little tlc should stretch a few extra miles out of it until I can get a new one. So this morning I headed out to pastures new. Well not new, exactly but pastures cheaper. Pattaya is a far better bet, it’s got better weather, better food and it’s half the price. Also people talk to you, ex-pats actually say "hello" here.
So I have no functional GPS and no maps, only a rough idea where I’m meant to be heading. Luckily, and by a lot more luck than ...
Another Busy week
... a Nanny; I felt quite bad as I had selected four of my favourite kids, so when leaving the daycare for the snack bar a few of the kids tried to follow but weren't allowed to. I think in the next few days I will take another four of my favourites for Ice-cream, and then I will feel absolved of guilt!
On the social side of things the past week has also been fun; I hired a moped for the weekend and headed off to ...
Steak Tartare et Muay Thai...
Lever tardif comme d'habitude, rejoins les autres en bas, et prends un steak tartare de 250 g avec des frites, trop bon ca faisait longtemps... Puis vais reserver mon voyage pour Koh Tao, malheureusement le bus de Pattaya a Bangkok est plein donc va falloir que j'aille a Bangkok par mes propres moyens et ensuite aller a la station de bus pour prendre le bus pour le port d'embarquement. Depart du bus a 21h, arrivee a Koh Tao a 9h du matin.. Mon pote Miguel d'Espagne, rencontre a Kathmandu, ...