Kc Over Water Villas Koh Samui Chaweng

... my range of teaching. It is amazing that I could simply drop back into Thailand, stumble into former colleagues, and get immediately turned onto new opportunities.


In contrast, this spirit is lacking in Korea. There isn’t much room for promotion at a hagwon job. The long-term rewards in Korea seem to be limited to higher salaries or university jobs. Korea’s expatriate community isn’t as tightly networked because most teachers depart after only one year. It ...

... reise tilbake til Ko Phangan men Krabi ligger jo bare noen timer fra grensen. Vell fremme dagen etterpå tar jeg enda en fantastisk beslutning: Jeg reiser til Phi Phi Don. Sukk. På vei over fra Krabi passerer jeg Bamboo Island, plassen der jeg ferierte og sov i telt med adventure for noen år siden. På avstand ser det ut som en haug med mose som hviler på et tynt lag med krokanis. Det er rart med krokanis, jeg spiser det aldri i Norge men når det plutselig ikke er ...

... his vigorous method of stretching us and bending us beyond what is humanly acceptable! The next day we could hardly raise our hands to our drinks from the pain! Mum decided it was too hard work and too hot in Thailand for yoga so I went to a session alone..(unfortunately) Mike was very athletic and decided to wear short shorts so in one particular posture a ball popped out. Between gagging and trying my best not to look I tried to concentrate on my pose..it was a little bit ...

... Ibiza and Mardi Gras. every month on the night of the full moon THOUSANDS of people gather on Haad Rin beach to party all night and well into the day. there are many bars that blast every type of music from Drum and bass to techno to your top 40 club hits. its crazy to see too there are so many people all over the beach it looks like an overcrowded ant hill. well, due to the full moon party's reputation the whole island fills up a few days before hand so its very ...

My final days in Hong Kong were some of the best I have had. Despite the short interludes spent cramming several hours before each of my two exams, I spent the last week partying at the karaoke clubs, drinking at the open bars, and saying my final farewell to my favourite city. Matt Filipenko and I packed up our bags last Saturday (Dec. 20) and set off to Bangkok to begin our Christmas celebrations. I met up with Kassia ...

... to come out to Thailand and spend the holidays out here with me. Unfortunately, they wanted to go to Phuket and Phi Phi. I can't really blame them, as those were the first two islands that I went on my first trip to Thailand in 91. But at least I was able to minimize the damage to 2 nights on Phuket and 1 on Phi Phi. I thought that maybe Phi Phi wouldn't be too bad and maybe the Tsunami had fixed all the over development that I had heard about ...

... price and about 100 times better tasting. Ko Samui has 6 main beaches to choose from, we picked Hat Chaweng. Our second choice would have been Hat Bo Phut. We took a scooter over to Hat Bo Phut and the fishermen's village there; is definitely worth exploring (we ran out on time so didn't stop -unfortunately!) With our hired scooter, we rode around Ko Samui to look at the main sights (using a map from the hotel). We found the big Buddha beach and ...

I wake up leisurely and enjoy a mediocre breakfast with my new Swedish friends. As I´m on my way out to catch the ferry to Samui, I run into Emma and Nicky, AGAIN. We chill on the beach as I wait for a later ferry and finally say goodbyes, until we meet again in Beijing at least. The ferry over lands me in what I can only compare to Cancun. Samui´s beach (Chaweng ...

... if they were actually subjected to AIDS education in Thai schools. Hopefully the hospital, TAO, and schools can start to work together more frequently in this area. Officialdom, despite Camus' caution, is our only option in PC Thailand, but thankfully, imagination is one of the only tools PCVs come equipped with. P.S.- more about PC Thailand's work with HIV/AIDS can be viewed at www.pcthailandgigs.org, a resource website we created for PCVs in Thailand and other PC countries.

So... 30 Peace Corps Volunteers, a Buddhist monk, and a Catholic priest are in this temple in a town over-run by monkeys. Sounds like a bad joke, huh? Well last week, the HIV committee organized this little field trip for the new group of Thailand PCVs. There is a city in Thailand a few hours North of Bangkok called Lopburi. Famous for its rich history (it's over 4,500 years old), military presence, and higher education, Lopburi is much better known amongst Thais for its ...