http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Trang/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Thailand , South West Thailand , Trang en-us Wed, 09 Dec 09 08:01:04 +0000 Wed, 09 Dec 09 08:01:04 +0000 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Trang/blog-395355.html 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Trang/blog-392553.html 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Trang/blog-382158.html 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Trang/blog-364370.html 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Trang/blog-360325.html 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 newsp http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Trang/blog-349020.html 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 1110 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Trang/blog-346832.html 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 630 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Trang/blog-343516.html 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 113 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Trang/blog-341580.html So I have honestly been so bad at this whole updating my blog thing and I wanted to apologize. I've just had a lot on my mind lately and just haven't really felt like writing. Friday 1031 So after the knife making thing we headed off to Koh Lanta...again. This time hopefully the weather would be ten times nicer then it was last weekend. It was a 3 hour drive on a van that was VERY uncomfortab http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Trang/blog-340869.html By the way that last entry was regarding the weekend of October 23rd and not the weekend of October 31st.Monday 1027 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 wa http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Trang/blog-340864.html This weekend was a really fun laid back one compared to some others. There were only four of us that decided to go together Kiri Nicole Sam and myself and we ended up island hopping instead of staying in one place the whole four days. We started off our weekend going to Koh Phi Phi and boy was that a shocking adventure. The minute we landed we couldn't stop thinking how could anyone come here http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Trang/blog-339133.html Monday October 20thTuesday October 21st we nicole ashley and I headed to work as usual. About an hour into the day this nurse ladyshe is actually the director of the nursing college came and asked if we wanted to go on a tour of Trang Hospital. So we headed off. we got to go into the operating room although there was no one in there and we got to see all the different wards and the most am http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Trang/blog-337132.html So I'm pretty sure that from now on i'll be writing blogs for the week before just because I never have time to just sit every day and write about what I did that week. So yup.Monday 813 Another busy day with the children we did a lot of dancing and signing and played with playdoh you know the usual. After work Sam Kiri and I road the bikes to Tesco in a thunderstorm it was POURING out bu http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Trang/blog-337130.html Sawadee ka Sorry for how late this blog entry is but the internet here at the CCS house was down all last week and when we went away this past weekend they didnrsquot have wireless there either. So here is everything weI did 1061012. EnjoyMonday 106 Today was the first day back from my first weekend away here in Thailand and let me tell you it was an early one. Having to be back at work http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Trang/blog-334064.html Swadeka hello in ThaiSo a ton as happened since my last blog. The Thai cooking class was fun we cooked some an interesting dish known as Thai Sticky balls which are pretty much rice flour balls boiled in water and then added to coconut water. It was very interesting and the texture was sorta like bubble gum I didn't like it very much but it was definitely an experience. Later that night so http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Trang/blog-331871.html Hello Everyone So its been two days here so far and I'm IN LOVE with Trang of course. The people working here at CCS are so unbelievable. There is Jack not his real name but thats what we all call him the assistant program director and Keum pronounced Kim the program director and Mamma T the cook and sorta like our seregate mother while we are here and OnI'm not totally sure what she http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Trang/blog-329254.html Hello everyone. So I finally arrived in Trang this morning around 10am about 11 pm your time. It is so unbelievably gorgeous. Every where you look is green and not green like back home more like..I dunno.. maybe Ireland green. Its great. And there are all these rubber trees everywhere. I will try to take some pictures tomorrow. I am a little scared though just because there are a lot of taboos h http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Trang/blog-328152.html If I could describe Thailand in one word it would be hilarious. But seriously hilarious. First off all of the other teachers are super fun and funny and just like me. They try to be as weird but really let's be honest I am as strange as they come. We teach for 3 hours a day. My first day was a little shaky. I tried to talk and got a whole lot of blank stares. It made me feel great. Noth http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Trang/blog-287715.html Itrsquos already been about a month since Saai and I visited her family in Trang a city province in southern Thailand. One month Whatrsquos up with the slow updates Ok ok..Irsquove been procrastinating. These things do take time and Irsquove been pretty busy with other things. What other things I started my new teaching job at St. Johnrsquos teaching 7th12th graders http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South-West-Thailand/Trang/blog-276487.html