Blogs from Wiang Pa Pao, North-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia

Wednesday 7/8/15: Slept great last night and woke up with a lot of energy. Apparently the clouds did as well. During breakfast it ended up absolutely pouring down rain. Due to the weather, we were not going to the pre-school for the morning session. Kate said that Thais don't like the rain. I interpreted this as, they don't like to drive in the rain. So, as an alternative we loaded up into the back of Aum's pick up truck, rain coat on and drove to the White Cup Coffee shop. This was quite a treat! We settled in on the patio and I ordered an espresso and chocolate mouse cake. I'm definitely a girl that can't resist cake! As we ate and chatted we enjoyed the laid back atmosphere. I wrote in blog, some read, some ... read more

Egeszen mas hangulat uralkodott Andrea masodik tanfolyaman, mely januar kozepetol a vegeig tartott. Idei legnagyobb csoportunk, 44 diak ment fel 9 asszisztensel a faluba, alig birtuk betenni a kocsikba az embereket, annyian voltunk:) A falu foutcajat ellepve tamolyogtak le a farang tomegek a buszokrol, platokrol, majd elolancot formalva feltranszportaltuk a csomagokat a gyonyoruen megepitett iskolaba. Nagyon orultunk, hogy a nagy platform ismet igenybeveheto, szepen, uj fabol es kicserelt bambuszbol, 11 par szamara adott gyakorlasi lehetoseget, es mind az 50 en elfertunk rajta amikor eloadas volt. A feeling igazabol lasabban alakult mint szokott: az eddigi kis csoportok a 4/5/6 ik napra osszekovacsolodtak egy korre/csaladda, mig a mamut csoportunkban 3 napba telt amig egyaltalan megtanultam a diakok nevet. Ez a csoport foleg Kanadaiakbol allt, legalabb 10 juharszirupivo volt, es komoly d... read more

Hey Guys!!...sorry that i confused you all with saying i had written a blog...it didn't publish for some reason but luckily saved it so the first day is there for you to read! Esther and i are now starting to work our way down through southern Thiland...much more beautiful then Bangkok...after a few days of the capital we became quite bored of it! After having an incredibly exciting overnight sleeper train journey for 12 hours plus a 5 hours journey on 3 buses we arrived in Krabi! So so beautiful but still quite a tourist area! Today we did an island tour to the islands of Phi Phi....saw the beach of where the film the beach was shot....amazingly beautiful but still covered with tourists! Other islands (right in the middle of nowhere) were so idylic...whiter then ... read more