SE Asia

a trip by Kris and Kate

From: November 10th 2006

Until: December 6th 2007

Our first adventures in SE Asia. Three months travel followed by 3 months volunteering on an elephant camp in Thailand. We fell in love with Asia and decided to make it a longer term thing. We did a TEFL course and then taught for 6 months in a primary school near Bangkok.

Trip Length: 13 months
Blog Entries: 56
Photos: 809
Words: 65972

Blog Entries

Date	Blog Title	Location
November 10th 2006	Qatar and the oryx	Middle East » Qatar » Doha
November 12th 2006	Oh my god I can't believe it I've never been this far away from home	Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok
November 13th 2006	Say 'no no no' to strangers	Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok
November 16th 2006	Bridge over the river Kwai	Asia » Thailand » Western Thailand » Kanchanaburi
November 18th 2006	Where the farang and the elephants roam...	Asia » Thailand » Western Thailand » Kanchanaburi
November 20th 2006	By 'eck it's Gorgeous	Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Ayutthaya
November 22nd 2006	Chiang Mai's Bizarre Bazaar	Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai
November 27th 2006	Easy as Pai	Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Pai
December 2nd 2006	Loose in Laos	Asia » Laos » West » Luang Prabang
December 4th 2006	Happy Vang Vieng	Asia » Laos » West » Vang Vieng
December 6th 2006	Vientiane: The Big Bad CIty	Asia » Laos » West » Vientiane
December 10th 2006	Bangkok, Part II: The Return	Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok
December 15th 2006	Our Island Paradise	Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Jam
December 22nd 2006	On an island in the sun, we'll be playin' and havin' fun...	Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Lanta
December 22nd 2006	Krabi Krabi Krabi	Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Krabi
December 26th 2006	Merry Christmas from the Tropics	Asia » Singapore
January 2nd 2007	Happy 2007 from Singapore	Asia
January 10th 2007	It Doesn't Rain But It Pours....	Asia » Malaysia » Sabah
January 15th 2007	Meeting the big ginger guys in the jungle....	Asia » Malaysia » Sabah
January 23rd 2007	Kuching, Cats and Colonialism	Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak » Kuching
January 31st 2007	Gatecrashing the honeymoon	Asia » Cambodia » South » Sihanoukville
February 8th 2007	Scary Pattaya	Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Pattaya
February 11th 2007	Finally meeting the monkeys	Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand
February 21st 2007	Festivals and families	Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Pattaya
March 16th 2007	Monkeys to Elephants...	Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Pattaya
March 26th 2007	Trat, Trat and double Trat	Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Trat
April 12th 2007	Let's go away for a while, you and I...	Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Ko Chang
April 12th 2007	Back to school	Asia
April 16th 2007	Elephants and Songkran	Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Pattaya
May 5th 2007	Grammar, monks and cute Thai kids	Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Rayong
May 9th 2007	Last few days of the TEFL course	Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Rayong
May 27th 2007	Teacher Kate and Teacher Kris	Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok
July 1st 2007	Skool	Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok
July 1st 2007	Our weekends	Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok
July 4th 2007	Teacher Respect Day	Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok
July 27th 2007	Birthday in Bangkok	Asia » Thailand
July 31st 2007	Visiting Bangkok as a tourist again	Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok
August 5th 2007	Chilling with the folks in paradise	Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Samui
August 25th 2007	The Happy Couple	Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok
September 9th 2007	Jurassic Park	Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok
September 22nd 2007	Schools out!	Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok
September 30th 2007	Giving alms	Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok
October 7th 2007	Tomb Raiding	Asia » Cambodia » North » Siem Reap
October 19th 2007	Life's a beach, then we fly......to Hanoi.	Asia » Thailand
October 22nd 2007	Back in Pattaya	Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Pattaya
October 28th 2007	Motorbikes are very Hanoi-ing	Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Hanoi
October 28th 2007	Halong way away off the coast of Vietnam	Asia » Vietnam » Northeast » Quang Ninh » Halong Bay
November 1st 2007	Chilly Sapa	Asia » Vietnam » Northwest » Lao Cai » Sapa
November 12th 2007	If a woman fancies a ladyboy - does that make her a lesbian?	Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Pattaya
November 14th 2007	Back to Chiang Mai....	Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai
November 17th 2007	Up North on the Mae Hong Son Loop	Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Mae Hong Son
November 19th 2007	Cave Lodge - just don't read the book!	Asia » Thailand » Northern Thailand
November 25th 2007	Pai and Peace	Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Pai
November 28th 2007	The Temples of Sukothai	Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Sukhothai
December 4th 2007	Bangkok: home, sweet home...?	Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok
December 6th 2007	The final furlong.....	Asia » Thailand

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Kris and Kate

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It started in November 2006, when we quit our jobs, rented out our house, sold our belongings and set off in search of adventure in South East Asia. Backpacking around SE Asia followed, along with working with elephants in Pattaya, a TEFL course in Thailand, teaching in Bangkok, Madrid, Bournemouth.... "Where next?" you might ask. Well, the pull of the East was too great, so we hot-footed back to Thailand, and then onto Vietnam. We spent a year teaching in a language centre in Haiphong in the North of Vietnam. Then we went searching for the bright lights of the big city and taught ... full info