Nakhon Sawan Lagoon

... and another, smaller one in the centre of town on the same main road. We're paying 390 baht for a very pleasant room that not only has the dreaded aircon but a fridge and a balcony. Still having trouble with the language, I can't get my head round this tonal thing. Not having a decent book doesn't help but even then, you need to hear how each word should be spoken, as there are 5 tonal levels. Anyway, we smile and point a lot which seems to ...

... himself all came as well. It was fun - food as always was good and it was funny to see all the teachers out together. Jimi became the Directors new best friend and has been promised golf next time he comes to visit - he was also given one of the 'lovely' Ayutthaya shirts that all the teachers wear on Friday...and we were given some as well - we'ed managed to escape them up to this point - damn... Our second visitor is CAZ!!!!!! Who has been traveling for ages to get here a ...

... 4 to finish hers, but by the time I was free again the Handicraft teacher had made mine, which was probably a good thing, cause everything I ever made that was supposed to float, sank, so it was all good in the end. That evening we went to Ayutthaya, with our Kratongs, to a Hotel beside the river that was hosting a Loy Kratong party. We went with the majority of the English dept. which was fun. The hotel had an outdoor buffet, that had loads of food ...

Our project and office is based in Mae Sariang town, Mae Hong Son province, Northern Thailand. Mae Sariang is a small town and often overlooked on the tourist route. Neighbouring areas are much more touristy, partly because there's not a lot of tourist information on Mae Sariang with only a few sentences about it in the Lonely Planet. However over the past few years Mae Sariang has seen a growing number of visitors, as people ...

We took a 3 hour bus ride from Bangkok to a city called Lopburi. It is no different than any other city in Thailand other than one thing. Monkeys! They are all over the older part of the city swinging from Lamposts, telephone wires, shop fronts and anything else they can get their hands on. There are hundreds of them and they are what pulls the tourists to this part of the world. The locals don't really like ...

We departed from Chiang Rai on our morning bus for a quick four hour journey to Sukothai. Sukothai, was for a brief period (1238-1376), the capital of Thailand. Construction practices during this period allowed for use of wood for residences, and the more valuable stone was reserved for temples, city walls and religious sites. The result of these practices is a fairly well preserved city wall with a collection of beautiful ...

WARNING. The following is a bit of a rant and has nothing to do with our current travels. I was recently asked how we did the blog. Specifically, whether we used a pda or used internet cafes. This reminded me of a blog entry I intended to do months ago. We use internet cafes to do the blog. Why cafes you ask? Well, back in September, 2006 we purchased a Dell Axim X51v prior to the trip to do everything wireless ...

... turned into a contest of who could shout out the English number first, him after he said it in Thai or us after we translated it in our heads. He usually won. At one point Shana jumped up shouting BINGO, only to realize a second later she had translated the number wrong. This created a humorous show for our fellow BINGO players, and a good deal of embarrassment for the two of us, especially since we were the only Westerners there. After TWO dinners and some Thai "carnival food", (we ...

... Yummy. We did get to see the Asian counterparts to the crazy baboons of Cape Point. The Thai people in the countrysides are so nice. Not at all like their city counterparts who like to outright lie to tourists to cheat them. I guess many countries are like that. I don't think I've ever really sat on the back of a pick up before now, and especially not as extra baggage. I've always wanted to, and the perfect time would be when ...

Another one of those 'travelling days where you spend more time sitting around waiting for transport thjan actually travelling anywhere. Our train was a good 35mins late, and when it arrived (in the blistering heat). We could only get reserved seats in 3rd class, no air con, and when it arrived it was absolutely rammed. We had slim chance of actually getting on the train let alone getting our reserved seats. We did get on the train, complete with ...