Rabiang Rua & Village Wing Phetchaburi

... Temple Girl!!! While in one of the temples Orla was stopped by a monk and asked to cover her whorish shoulders. So we had to leave that temple and contend with stares of disgust form the monks. We headed to another temple and didnt even attemp entry as Temple Girl had us as marked people. So back to the hotel to cover her up.<br><br>We then took a walk to the temple ...

... glory. After trying to imagine how cool it might have looked, we found our tuk-tuk and made our way back to town, where we got lunch before boarding the local bus to Hua Hin. ****NOTE**** (5 March 2009) Tony and I have finished Thailand and are leaving for Cambodia tomorrow. I am trying to get the blog up to date as quickly as possible but finding the time is proving difficult. The remaining entries from Thailand will be available soon!

... which, once construction work has been done, will enable the centre's elephants to be taken off their chains forever. The rate at which progress takes place at the centre has really astounded me, especially given the lack of funds available to a charity of this type. Socially the centre has been a great experience too. I've had a lot of fun and made some life-long friends, and it was really hard to say goodbye.

... upset by what humans have done to the other, more 'damaged' animals at the centre. Anyway, my day of 'work' ended sitting around a macaque enclosure watching two babies who were divebombing into their pool repeatedly. In the evening a group of 7 of us (me, Sid, Sarah, Sophie, Helena, Nat and Ali) headed off to Hua Hin tonight. Some of them are leaving, and the rest of us took tomorrow off so that we could all stay the night. We stayed at a really fancy hotel ...

... in the room for less than 1 day before moving out (I'll tell the story next time I write). Nationality: Australian. I've met more Aussies here that I really enjoy than any other nationality; in fact, I've met more wonderful Aussies here than I actually met while living in Australia for 6 months. Book: I've read both The Falls by Joyce Carol Oates and The Jane Austen Book Club, and ...

... were squeezing. They were going to take her to an animal hospital 3 hours away to be seen and operated on by a bone doctor. Unfortunately, only about an hour into the trip, Sunday died, so they came back. Awful. The air about the center the whole day was just bad. Everyone was upset about that. Only a few of the more experienced volunteers were allowed in quarantine, so most people hadn't worked directly with Sunday, but everyone had known who she was and Emma's ...

... but you actually have to go into their enclosures to hide their food around. That sometimes means you get attacked by red biting ants in the grass. And it always mean you have to scoop up their large piles of poop while you're in there. (You tuck them away in a side enclosure while you do this and hope that the several locks don't give out). Getting them tucked away in their alternate enclosures (to keep it safe while you ...

... not even the fake showers get you clean! This is going to take some getting used to. The gibbons are cute at least. Especially the babies :) That is all. I will write again in a few days when I have some more perspective. love, Katie

... the jist that we needed a wagon type transport thing they use out here! We got a lift to a hotel which turned out to be dead cheap and very friendly with 4 mad noisy dogs. Thought we'd go get some tea - we walked down the road (1km) around the corner and another corner (another 1km) still nothing - no taxis of any kind! yep a ghost town with no foo places in sight. What we did see was an elephant being rode through ...

... weather for ducks... and mosquitos, as it happens. Two types of mosquito transmit malaria and dengue fever respectively: these are the anopholes and aedes species. It is only the female that actually sucks blood, in order to lay eggs. As normaly they feed on nector from plants. The Aedes mosquito is stripped, (black and white), and has more sensory organs than any other mosquito species. She bites during the day and lays her eggs in artifcial water ...