On Ko Lipe we ended up staying at a place called Pooh's ( with a little winnie the poo on the card) but turns out the owners name was Pooh they were really friendly and made amazing Barbecue chicken and fresh fish ( yum!) They had a Golden retriver called Sam ( haha) who was five months old and was super friendly and playful and also very naughty everytime they would clean the place up sam would come in proudly carrying a massive bug or a piece of wood that he had found and would dirty the place up again [View Full Entry]

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We arrived in Ko hi by ferry from Ko Lanta under a dark stormy cloud and we knew the inevitable was going to happen. Ko Hi is a very small island lined by one long thin stretch of white sand. The water was a similar turquoise blue of Ko Phi Phi and we were looking forward to getting out and snorkeling. We knew that finding some budget accommodation was going to be tough and expected to pay a little more, however after walking the beach from top to bottom we were surprised how nasty the budget stuff was. We took the [View Full Entry]

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I think this is the 4th or 5th time we have landed in Bangkok. You feel more at home after so many alien airports and landscapes. We changed spare Singapore and Malaysian currency into Baht checked the exchange rate at around 50 to the £ about 30% less than 4 years ago and looked for the cheapest ticket into town. The air conditioned airport bus is only 150 Baht so we clambered aboard and after 45 minutes were deposited a short walk from the top of Koahsan road (police station end!). Despite my optimism we found most hotels either full or [View Full Entry]

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Internet was so expensive in Koh Tao that I didn't really get a chance to update. Now we are in Trang, which is on the Andaman Coast. We are on our way to do a visa run in Malaysia since we found out that the Thai government stupidly changed the rules on us. When we came back in the country from Cambodia, we only got a 15 day stamp and we were confused but quickly found out that they only give you 30 days if you arrive via the airport and 15 days if you cross at a border crossing as [View Full Entry]

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As some of you know, Berm and I have embarked on another travel adventure. This time we are in Thailand for 5 weeks. I've travelled to Thailand before, about 5 years ago, but am excited to be here with Berm, and with our friends Adam and Kym from Vancouver, and Daniel (aka Monk) from Seattle. We escaped the snow and slush in Vancouver on the 27th, and made it to Bangkok about a day and a half later, after approximately 17 hours of flying. The sights from the window of the taxi that took us into the city of Bangkok at [View Full Entry]

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We just wanted to let everyone know that things are fine with us here in Trang. We are well south of the events in Bangkok and from what we have heard, this will not last long. We are not planning to be in Bangkok until Dec 7 as we fly out on Dec 9. We are in the South of Thailand in a place called Trang. We, very litterly, missed the boat today. But we are fine and despite what the Canadian newspapers are saying, people are still leaving for Bangkok. In fact two couples today couldn't get onto a bus [View Full Entry]

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Sorry I haven't written a blog in about 2 weeks (even with mommy nagging me about it almost every day) but it has been a crazy few weeks and I haven't really had time to write or really felt like writing for that matter. But here it goes... Monday 11/10: Work was good, it was just Sam and I which was really weird since I've been used to having either Ashley or Nicole with me the whole time, but Sam is really good with the kids too. I don't believe anything really special happened, at least nothing that stuck in my [View Full Entry]

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So this weekend we decided to hit up Koh Phi Phi again because a lot of the people in our group hadn't been there yet. It was Sam's last weekend, and Nicole was supposed to leave Friday but decided to leave Monday and come to Phi Phi with us. We left around 6:30 in the morning on Friday to get the 7oclock public bus to Krabi. The ferry ride from Krabi to Phi Phi was nice and quick and the weather held out and didn't rain at all on the way there. It was nice seeing as how the last time [View Full Entry]

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So as I start to write this entry it is Tuesday night here in Thailand and Tuesday morning for the rest of you guys and hopefully you guys are all heading to the polls or thinking of doing so later today. I can't wait to see who the next president will be. It is going to be very weird to come home to a country under a new presidency and in great economic trouble. So on to more Thailand. Monday 11/3: After not feeling so good on Sunday my cold got even worse and I woke up on Monday with a [View Full Entry]

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By the way that last entry was regarding the weekend of October 23rd and not the weekend of October 31st. Monday 10/27: So this weekend we got some new volunteers, 7 to be exact. There are 3 volunteers under the age of 30 and the rest are 50 and up. Its really weird having other people here besides us. They are all very nice and seem to be very excited about being in Thailand. Work today was the same as usual. WinWin who last week had actually seemed to be getting used to being at Day Care and had stopped crying [View Full Entry]

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