Bua Kaeo Phetchaburi
35/23-26 Petch-Kasem Rd., Amphur Muang Phetchaburi, Thailand
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Escaping to Phetchaburi
... friendly and always do their best to help you whilst giving you a big smile. After a few drinks we headed along the river to a small thai restaurant with small tables that you had to sit at cross legged on the floor. Not great but definitely a new experience! From here we headed across the river to a western looking bar where we spent the rest of the evening having a few too many beers and cocktails. Nice!
29/09/11
Today we had a full day ...
Taking an elephant for a walk
... to better health and also socialised again into groups, so that eventually they can make the transition back to the wild, although some of them have been so badly treated that they may never reach this stage and may have to stay at the centre. We had lunch at the centre and met a lot of the volunteers that were there. You can volunteer from 1 week to 6 months. Most people we spoke to were there for a couple of weeks before continuing on to tour round ...
Trapped by Monkeys!
... a shame if people visited the Hua Hin area and didn't see some of these temples etc. Also, some of the temples are really showing a lot of wear and Wat Yai Suwannaram in particular had bits falling off it, they obviously need money to maintain and restore the temple but don't have it at the moment so would really benefit from a few more people visiting. You don't actually have to pay to go into the temple but can leave donations which ...
First Week of School...
... to see the differences in how we approach situations.
Thai class is going to be extremely difficult especially learning tones, writing, and having conversation. I was given my name which is เก๋ it is pronounced Kě (ghey) which means chic. chan chue Kě kha = my name is chic. It is definitely not the easiest of languages to learn, but I am excited because we are also able to go on trips with our teacher ...
Eine süße Stadt
... Süßwaren, die man auch an jeder Ecke angeboten bekommt. Interessant sind aber vor allem die vielen Tempel, die überall in der Stadt verteilt stehen und die beiden Höhlen, die ebenfalls als buddhistische Heiligtümer funktionieren. Das Highlight ist die ehemalige Residenz von König Rama IV. der auf einem kleinen Berg (er ist nicht mehr so klein, wenn man ihn erklimmen muss!) mitten in der Stadt vor vielen Jahren hier die Aussicht genossen hat. Der ...


