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hi there jez and bernie here,
just about to embark on a 12 month tour of south east asia including a 3 month teaching stint in thailand just handed in my notice at work after 17 years of service
going in about 4 weeks getting excited
jez



Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Lanta June 13th 2011

we left koh lanta after staying there 3 months, the last month we were caretaking a resort whilst all the staff took a months break , it was hard work but we both enjoyed it, sad to leave this island after spending about 6 months of the last 13 months on lanta, all the staff were brilliant where we were and we will never forget them. we have many memories of our stay but i will miss, The sound of the waves going to sleep and when we wake up, Early morning coffe Watching the fishermen sail out to sea, Wild monkeys running around before resturant opens, Elephants been washed in the sea after work, and of course Walking the dogs on the beach. its coming to the end of our 13 month trip in s ... read more
me and kidd
a walk on the beach
time for cigarette

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Lanta March 19th 2011

we are back in koh lanta where we spent 3 months last year, something about this island what draws you back, the friendliness of the people or the laid back atmosphere i dont know but there is something about this island, After travalling for the best part of 11 months its good to be still for a while and not live out of our bags and not be planning our next mode of transport, we are in an apartment with kitchen and most of mod cons , finally we can cook our own food My good friend from uk showed up last week to celebrate my 50th birthday, we rented tuk tuk for a couple of days and trimmed it up with balloons etc and went to the beach had photos with elephants and did a ... read more
me berni n steve
chicken tikka
you can have your cake

Asia » Cambodia » South » Sihanoukville February 20th 2011

we stay for a week in kep where we teach at a village school , the kids were ace they were really switched on and wanted to learn , it was a bit strange really as these were village kids and inbeteen lessons they were back working on the land working the cattle or in the rice fields and hey these kids were like 10 years old , we sail a half built boat around the islands with the schools staff and the aussie couple who run the school and have chicken curry just off rabbit island. on to otres beach what a beach this is perfect, our last night on otres mr lemore the owner of our accomadation insisted on paying for our food and drinks and breakfast he was a fine fellow didnt understanord ... read more
beach seller
mr lemore
lesson time

Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City » District 1 January 18th 2011

trying to get to the other side... read more

Asia » Vietnam January 17th 2011

crossing the border into vietnam takes about 40 mins from kep , these border crossing remind me of an old cowboy town with the red dust dirttrack and the casinos and bars and just the atmosphere , after walking over no mans land we get on the back of a motobike each and off we go to hat yai this small town is very quite however we do manage to get somehow involved in a wedding party on the street outside our hotel dancing with the ladyboys we spend xmas on the phu quoc islands on the beach and swimming in the sea. onward to the mekon delta and life on the river, a very dirty looking river where everything revolves around it , and i do mean everything, people washing , lots of industry, washing ... read more
can kid
off shopping
who will buy my fruit

Asia » Cambodia » South » Sihanoukville December 12th 2010

hello there kanchaburi is where we visited the bridge over the kwai river very nice place the bridge is smaller than i imagined but it was a very moving place with a tragic past onward to cambodia we was in no mans land looking at cambodia not knowing what to expect it looked a bit loke stepping backwards with people pushing massive carts over the border into thailand however this place is more advanced than thailand the people speak very good english and the infastructure is ok good roads etc did the temples at siam reap a bit like a setting from indiana jones this is where tomb raider was filmed so we follow in the steps of angelina jolie phnom phem we were there at the time of the water festival disaster we left about ... read more
our digs on kwai river
bridge over the kwai
temples of anchor

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok November 10th 2010

we left lanta on 23 october and extended our visa for one month very sad to leave lanta as we struck up loads of friends and leaving the animals was even tougher i even ended up walking joey the monkey on the beach he took quite a shine to me so we were both upset when we left we had a week in phuket wich was quite nice we stayed in the old town very picturesque with ols chinese and portugese buildings the phuket you see on tv is at patong beach its a bit like blackpool but 20 times more however we found plenty other beaches witch were good now in bangkok and tomorrow thursday 11 nov we go to the bridge on the river kwai thats if its not been flooded out ( thailand ... read more

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Lanta October 13th 2010

heres a trailer of a film i am making about lanta and catching dogs i went out with dog catchers from soi dogs in phuket who were here on a 5 day sterilization programme... read more

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Lanta October 5th 2010

back in thailand its nice to be back we entered thailand through the east coast of malasia , the books say dont go this way its dangerous with thais and muslims fighting not a problem just loads of army checkpoints up through east thailand not many westerners we found our way back to krabi for a few days then back to ko lanta where we are back at time for lime with the dogs and cats its harder graft this time as well as looking after the animals we do the garden till about 1pm have some lunch and back on later to walk an feed the dogs and cats we are doing easily a 7- 8 hour day and its hard work 6 days a week however last week we hired a motorbike drove down ... read more
fisherman

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Lanta September 10th 2010




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