Baan Amphawa Resort & Spa

... students from grades 1 thru 6. The students are separated into two groups. One of the teachers takes all children in grades 1-3 and the second teacher takes all students from grades 4-6 and all the students have to study together at the same time. Now you can imagine the complications that result from this problem. Imagine how some children are forced to lag behind, floundering, and not being able to achieve their full potential. Now Noiy and Bronwyn cannot provide for the ...

The COC camp that AFS held for us was the first chance to see the other girls in Thailand with us besides Casey. They seem to be doing well also. It's nice to just hang out with friends and talk. I haven't spoken so much English in ages. Not speaking a language is so limiting, it's nice to be away from that for a bit. We even listened to Mitch Hedburg.

We went to Samut Songkram on Saturday morning. The resort we stayed at wasn't quite what I expected. It was kinda out in the middle ...

... to playing with his son until it started to get dark.

His wife made us a great dinner with heaps of vegetable tempura, rice, and an assortment of other delicious veggies. Her older sister and her son came over for dinner too and we all had a good time. Naturally, I couldn't speak any Thai to them but my friend's wife speaks Japanese pretty well so I'd speak to her in Japanese, my friend in English, and they would translate. How international! Ooh, la la!

... a sprcha v jednom:). Rano jsme dali snidacku v nejake restauraci, ada chtela kafe a dostala teple mliko, ja si dal kontinentalni parecky a toasty, ke kterym mi pro jistotu prinesli i maslo a marmeladu. Pripojuji par fotek do galerie. Vsechny zdravime. Zase nekdy, ahoj. Pozdravujem zviretstvo. Tatovi diky za byt. Kytky pry zaleva pi dlouha. Tak at se neprechlastaji. APe

... parecek, servis na molu, posatka spi na lodi, kapitan v rucniku). Lod odrazila vcas, zustali jsme na horni palube. Bylo rano a jeste nepalilo slunce. Potkali jsme par lodi rybaru a dospali cestu. Ko tao nas privitalo nadhernym vyhleden na ostrov, pristavem i pruzracnou vodou. Na lodi uz jsme dohodli ubytko - dive centrum sunshine. Odvezli nas na korbe pickupu. Prostredi, cena super. Na dalsi den jsme se rozhodli pro potapeni. Petr, astmatik vysel v dodazniku tak ...

... xo la suerte no me acompanya. hoy el dia mas lonely soul de mi vida. iba a coger una linea de tren que salia remarcada en la lonely planet aunq avisaban de su complejidad, y de ahi su encanto, yo pensaba q estaria lleno de aventureros. me voy desde khao san pegandome el ultrapateo para encontrar la estacion q ni me sale en el mapa. no es ni una estacion, es un rail q sale de entre dos ...

The little village that we loved so much yesterday, with the hustle bustle of our little floating market turned into a ghost town today. It turns out that Amphawa is a place that the Thais come for weekend holidays - but it empties out during the rest of the week! Never mind - it made it an incredibly peaceful place for us to relax today. After our first sleep-in since we have been away (til 9.30!) we drove out to the touristy floating market (the one where all ...

After each blog entry, I remember the little things that I meant to share with you but always forget as I rush through the entry. So we thought we'd just share some random thoughts about things that we like, that we don't like and any other interesting observations. The Good.... * the mixed fruit shakes (banana, pineapple and coconut blended with ice is our favourite!) * the cheap and tasty Pad Thai and Green curries from the night markets and food centres ...

After dragging Debbie away from the gorgeous pool at Kanchanaburi, we headed off for a little village southwest of Bangkok that was based on a river and a series of canals.  As we got closer I have to say I was a bit worried about what I was getting us into.  I had read about Amphawa on one website, but it didn't feature in either the Lonely Planet book nor in the Travelfish guide so it was really hard to find out much about it, much ...

After an embarrasing incident at the airport, which I will not go into I am now in Thailand for another 2 days!! After stuffing around and not doing anything for the last couple waiting for my flight i didnt want to waste some more. So after making my way to a number of hostels at 1am in the morning I found one and slept, setting my alarm bright and early to make the most of my time. I woke early to get the 8:35am ...