Baan Khaolak Resort Khao Lak

A short 4-day week compared with the previous 7-day week. There were no lessons on Tuesday as Wat Muang Pracharam school had a sports day, so we were able to have Monday off to recover from the weekend English camp, and do our lesson prep on Tuesday instead.

Had a very lazy Monday nursing our hangovers on the beach until sunset, follow...

The first school we went to was Wat Muang Pracharam primary school, for two P5 (age 10-11) classes. The 3 American volunteers, Lane, Lauren and Emily, and a Scottish guy called Claudio, took the first lesson on 'Places of interest in Thailand', which was a bit hectic. Maria, the most experienced volunteer, took the second class on 'Things you se...

Kim und das Alleinsein =
Kim weckt mich mal wieder. Wir haben gestern nach einem 4 Tages Tauchboottrip gefragt. Die Antwort kam heute um 8 Uhr. Kim hat alles organisiert. Fähre, MiniBus, Boot, Kajüte, er fragt nach meinem Pass. Ich greife in meine Geldbörse und geb ihm mein ganzes Geld. In diesem Moment wird mir klar, dass ich dem Froschfres...

Krabi ( 17/4- 19/4 ) Khao Lak (19/4- 21/4) Live Aboard ( 22/4- 28/4 ) We arrived at the train station and then had to take a bus to get the rest of the way to Krabi (the main port to boat out to the other islands). I couldn't believe how clean the train station and the railway were compared to India. It's prohibited to use the railway as a restr...

Khao Lak 25th January 2009 The flight from Bangkok to Phuket took just over an hour. Martin and I met up again once we were off the plane. Despite having a bigger seat and being nearer the front the food and drinks offered to him were the same as us in sardine class. Did I laugh or what? By the time we found the right baggage carousel our bags w...

Still recovering from the devastating 2004 tsunami Khoa Lak is one of the most beautiful villages on Thailand's Andaman coast. Khao Lak sits on a narrow strip of land between the primeval tropical mountainous Lak jungle and the warm waters of the Andaman Sea. Although only an hour's drive from Thailand's holiday Mecca of Phuket, this part of th...

Just for kicks, here was a day's cost when leaving Bangkok--from Feb 20 or thereabouts I think, in $CDN . Internet $0.30 Fruit shake $0.90 Riverboat $0.50 Bus ticket to Ayutthaya $2.10 Water and Coke $0.85 Room at Tony's $9.40 Lunch $0.80 Water $0.22 Iced Cappacino $0.80 Night tour $3.20 3 Kabobs snack $0.50 Beers $6.75 Dinner $2.00 Internet $0....

It was a beautiful morning at 0800, by 0900 it was still beautiful but bloody hot and the humidity was already getting a grip. So, lathered in factor 50 (with extra in my rucksack for later!) we hopped into the truck to be taken to the start of our trek in the jungle. Fortunately we were going to be walking uncover of trees, so the sun wasn't g...

Lampang feels a lot more like real Thailand. There are very few westerners and everyone is friendly and curious to see us. We discovered the biggest and most diverse food market I have ever seen and bought 15-20 dishes to share at 5-10baht each (70baht to the pound). Items include fih souffle, chilli jam and nuts wrapped in leaves on a stick, sh...

In Thailand, all foreigners are called "falang", which is derived from the Thai word for France (the first of the pale races to land in the land of smiles). It's also a type of fruit, and the assumed name of every foreigner here. No name tag needed, it would be ignored anyway. You are now called Falang. Where are you going, Falang? Where are you...