Pralom'S House Phetchaburi

... herded into the back of a pick-up truck. At some point, the truck stopped and the driver told us to get out. We asked where we were and where the cave was, and he just pointed up an abandoned road. After a rather confusing game of charades, we were still none the wiser, but decided to cut our losses and start up the path. After a little walking and a lot of swearing, we came across the cave, Khao Luang. For those of you who have seen ...

... of my time at the WRC working on the team Primates 2, along with my friend Annika. We've both really enjoyed it and have become very close to the animals we work with. We work mostly with macaques, although we have some involvement with the gibbons too, because we are responsible for providing enrichment to all the primates at the centre. That's the best job I could imagine and I don't think I could ever ...

... This morning I was on Primates 1 again. I spent most of the day working on the same jobs as Helen, who is from Liverpool. I get on really well with her, although I can't help noticing that all the people I'm making friends with are the people who will be leaving soon! We did water duty for the primates, helped unload the food truck, and cleaned out a pond in an enclosure containing some pigs and a porcupine. I don't think the porcupine likes me too much as ...

... karaoke bar (I've been to both before) and sort of napped on the couches until it was time to go. Wish it would have been a better night, but regardless, it's done! Pictures of us in the tuk-tuk going from the restaurant to the bar are here as well. I feel this entry is scatterbrained--I'm on 3 hours of sleep. Stupid bar! Have to go- pictures for now!

... 28). In other news: -Charlotte my roommate got a tattoo a few days ago. It's her name, written in Thai, on her lower back. It was only a few hundred baht and only took 20 minutes to do. Yes it is pretty, no I am not tempted. -Charlotte actually leaves today, and then I'll get two new Dutch girl roommates on Sunday. By the time I leave myself, I'll have gone through 5 roommates. -ALSO, good news--Liz and I decided to travel together to the islands when we leave the ...

... a baby cockroach crawling up my shirt AND 2) 5 baby scorpions crawling under the door to my room... I think many people would be uncomfortable with these things. My old roommate Maria, for example, I immediately thought of when I saw the baby scorpions and the big mama scorpion. :) However, I also wish my friends, family, and the travelblog world to know the many things that I love about being here right now. Here are some ...

... with them again. I also meet an English couple and a Thai chick so we all swapped stories and had a few beers. But it was early to sleep and when I woke in the morning I wasn't feeling to great (not from the beer either), I managed to get to my hotel and crawl into bed but three hours later i was being taken to hospital. I had forgotten to take my travel tablet and I had a severe case of motion sickness to the point where i was falling over every time I tried to stand up and ...

... was still hard doing their mindful mediation. I was always a bit more free and relaxed with mine. The last couple of days, we had free time to do our own thing. All in all it was a great experience, though sometimes it was a bit weird, when you look around at all of us. Walking super slow, swinging your arms back and forth all the time, everyone in the same kind of outfits. Though the lack of talking wasn't as bad as I had ...

Field Trip! Unlike the school field trip this time we had permission to drink as much as we liked, as long as we did the work...fair enough I say. Our field trip to Kanchanaburi province, close to the Myanmar border, was a rare oppourtunity to meet real Thai Villagers and put all the classroom theory into practice. A 3 hr journey by bus from Bangkok, Kanchanaburi is blessed with some of Thailand's natural beauty as well as cursed with some of its most ...

Hello Everyone, hope you're happy. I am in Kao Look Chang, working hard and completely exhausted! After saying goodbye to Danny and heading to the station it felt a little strange to be alone but also exciting to be starting the volunteering. The train journey was long, hot and crowded but spotlessly clean as men in uniform kept walking up and down the carriages sweeping and moping all the way, very efficient. I was desperately trying to stay awake so I didn't miss my ...