Seaside Bungalows Chaweng

... of pitch and epenthesis in Thai pronunciation. Language acquisition is a incredibly complicated process. I felt like I was dissecting a butterfly in science class. We peeled away layers of English to peek at what functioned underneath. We broke out the microscopes and watched verb tenses wriggle and squirm beneath our lens. And then we put this new understanding to use with lesson planning.<br><br><br>The next stage was to travel near the Ko Samui Airport for our first teaching ...

... in, but you then have to pay for seriously overpriced beer, I think 150B. You have to buy at least 1 drink. but still worth while.<br> <br><br>Finally there is the 'black roses', a thai rock band that we made friends with. They do covers of big rock songs and let Victoria sing 'Sweet child 'o mine' with them all behind her. We are trying to get the video up here soon but it's a BIG file.<br>

... hung out on the beach listening to music and talking (umm I can do that almost anywhere!). It was a fun experience though. As you walk down the beach there are many different DJ's playing all different kinds of music. There were also people doing fire dancing, which was fun to watch. We stayed on the beach until 5:30 in the morning, when we took a taxi back to the pier, got our stuff and headed for the ferry ...

... old chat over a beer :) The next day we got up really early and headed off to Khao Ra, the highest point on the island - about 640m up. We left early to try and avoid the heat, but it was still really hot... he had heard that a lot of people take tour guides to get up there, although I have no idea why... the route is really clearly marked with water bottles hanging from branches the whole way, and we actually had a ...

... lanterns were let off into the sky, which looked wonderful. Hattie and I, old as we are, had had enough of the party by 3am and tried to get the first available ferry home. It was packed, mostly by people who had no doubt been there a lot earklier than us. Once the boat arrived, everyone was pushing forwards and I ended up facing the wrong way as I got onto the gangway to come home. It was one of those cases where I ...

... Thai beer. We made plenty of local friends since many roam up and down the beaches all day trying to sell everything from masks to beach toys and jewelery to tourists. They are constantly asking you to buy from them; we discovered that befriending them stopped the hassling. We were lucky enough to be there during the infamous Full Moon Party which takes place (you guessed it) during every full moon. It's basically known to be one of the ...

... for what he looked like on the outside, as it was what was inside that was important and that he was going to change the way he looked. So he completely changed the way he looked out on the outside and people still gave him donations but now it was for who he was and not what he looked like, which is why he is so fat and happy. We took a ferry from Koh Samui to Koh Phangan. We took a long boat to the beach to the bungalows we were thinking about staying in. Alison had stayed ...

... Band who played alot of Irish songs in Tropical Murphys. Headed to a beach the other side of the island and apart from the lady selling cheap dresses there wasnt much about it. A bit dirty, crowded, noisy and the sea was full of floaty stuff. Bit mingin. Beach beside us a bit better but not much - 45 million speedo's and massage being offered by everyone. Although one woman asked Carol about massage and pedicure and she saw her ...

... Got up and Laura Dunc and I went for brekkie, then headed down to the beach for a chilled sunbathing day. We had only been there about an hour, when a load of Thai people came walkng down the beach, singing and dnacing to drums, while handing out roses to the tourist! It was a nice touch and showed they were making the effort to celebrate with us. We got up and went for some food, before going back to our rooms to get ready, had even bumped into the people ...