Koi Samui
2008-07-19, Koi Samui, Thailand. By: janterrym

Wow, the beaches here are unbelieveable beautiful. Koi Samui is quite touristy, but we are enjoying it very much. We treetop ziplined today and it was a lot of fun to zip through the treetops - the v...

SE Asian Awards Ceremony
2008-07-12, Bangkok, Thailand. By: Damo

Welcome to the long-awaited, much anticipated and highly acclaimed South-East Asian Awards Ceremony.* *[i]Only includes nations in SE Asia that Damo has visited.[/i] This amazing region acted a...

Ko Samet and Kanchanaburi
2008-07-16, Bangkok, Thailand. By: juchem

Hello! In the last few days I've been to Ko Samet, a small island close to Bangkok, not too bad, where I walked a lot and to Kanchanaburi, the city of the famous Kwai River's bridge. The history of th...

Just go with the Flow...!
2008-07-16, Kanchanburi, Thailand. By: janterrym

Well, we called Shaun & us how to upload a journal! We spent 1.5 hours one night describing everything about Bangkok and even trying to upload pictures, only to lose it all! It was a sweltering ni...

Phuket - Ko Phi Phi - Krabi - Ban Kruit
2008-07-08, Bangkok, Thailand. By: juchem

Good news everyone, I'm still alive! Sorry for the long time without posts, it's because I'was exploring some desert beaches in Souther Thailand! Heheh! From Bangkok I went by bus down south to Phuket...

Bangkok days
2008-07-07, Bangkok, Thailand. By: SilverAsia

So, update. Let's start with the most important part, my birthday! I woke up, cursing the time (I had to be at the Chinese embassy to try to get my visa AGAIN at 8am). I have to say, I am glad I sw...

Bangkok woes and yays
2008-07-01, Bangkok, Thailand. By: SilverAsia

I know, I am updating a lot, but I found super cheap internet that is reasonably fast, so I am making use of it. Now, let me start off by saying I am happy to be back in Thailand, I find it much mo...

Cambodia!
2008-07-01, Bangkok, Thailand. By: SilverAsia

Day 11 We traveled to Phnom Penn via the border by fast boast, which was great. We saw a lot of the Mekong river along the way, and we saw the abrupt change in housing as soon as we crossed into Ca...

Vietnam Continued
2008-07-01, Bangkok, Thailand. By: SilverAsia

Day 8 We spent the next two days in Ho Chi Minh City, which was actually very nice, my second favorite city after Hoi Ann. Hands down, my favorite part of the whole GAP tour was taking a cyclo...

The way to Bangkok, Bangkok and the way to Phuket
2008-07-01, Bangkok, Thailand. By: juchem

Hello everyone! I left Kuala Lumpur for a big journey by train, around 2 days, to Bangkok, the Budhaland! Bangkok is crazy, huge, like Sao Paulo, plenty of temples and there is the worlds backpacker p...

What we have been doing (overview)
2008-06-14, Bangkok, Thailand. By: cmorey

Well, We have been very very busy bees over the last few days, and the late nights are killing me (Yes Emma - late nights :) up past 12 the last two nights :) ) so I really haven't had the chance to ...

Never Too Far Away
2008-06-12, Chiang Mai, Thailand. By: Damo

Having unexpectedly spent over a week in Mae Hong Son, I was forced to rush through the areas further north, where I would definitely like to spend more time some day. Due to it being part of a conse...

Giving Thanks
2008-06-12, Sompoi, Thailand. By: SilverAsia

Today we had the neatest ceremony. For the last week when we've been going to visit the students, many of them had been gathering flowers and picking through them for the nicest ones. I figured they w...

A laugh
2008-06-11, Sompoi, Thailand. By: SilverAsia

So, went out for lunch with the teachers after a gruling hot morning watching a boyscout marching compeition. We went to a place where you order plates of raw meat and vegetables,a nd grill it you...

Cultural Windows & A Hell of a Lot of Fun
2008-06-11, Mae Hong Son, Thailand. By: Damo

“Welcome to Myanmar. That’ll be 500 baht. Thank you for visiting Myanmar.” And with that, I strolled back across the bridge to Thailand where I received a fresh 30-day stamp in my passport, rea...

Day 2 - Brunei to Bangkok
2008-06-10, Bangkok, Thailand. By: cmorey

Day 2 ¡V Brunei to Bangkok. Today has been a very VERY long day. Stew decided that we needed to be up at 6 as there was a shuttle that was leaving for the airport at 8 ¡V and we had to on that o...

My everyday
2008-06-11, Sompoi, Thailand. By: SilverAsia

6:30am- wake up, throw open one set of shutters, cringe as the cacaphony of roosters becomes many, many decibels louder. 6:45- "Shower". This consists of going to the bathroom on the balcony (walle...

Rwar!
2008-06-10, Sompoi, Thailand. By: SilverAsia

So, I am hiding in the air conditiong at my host family's home because I kind of (well, actually, I REALLY) lost my temper at some missionaries that came to the school today. My friends know I have...

Discussing Culture
2008-06-08, Sompoi, Thailand. By: SilverAsia

Yesterday we spent the day on the road, heading down to see Sisunee's Dad who had a severe stroke two months ago, and has lost almost all speech and motor coordination because of it. It was really...

Becoming teachers in Thailand!
2008-06-07, Trat, Thailand. By: SEA1

This is the final entry for the last country we will be travelling to on our outre@ch. Time has gone so fast! We had a long journey to Thailand with a night train in India to Kolkatta followed by a...

On a lighter note
2008-05-31, Sompoi, Thailand. By: SilverAsia

The last entry I wanted to stand alone, it's weighing on my thoughts. On to the fun! Recipe for Kelsey's Thai Mocha 2 spoons instant coffee 1/2 pkg Olvaltine 1 scoop coffee whitener 1 scoop sug...

Sompoi thoughts
2008-06-04, Sompoi, Thailand. By: SilverAsia

(**Note about the pictures- the teachers are all shutterbugs, and LOVE to have pictures taken of them. I just chose my favs to go up, but I have 50 more!) For the last few days in the evenings I ha...

Teaching Lessons
2008-06-05, Sompoi, Thailand. By: SilverAsia

So, I am settling down and enjoying the lessons. It's too bad I leave in just over a week! Hangman is the most popular game I have tried with the students, I usually write something funny and they ...

Bye Bye Thailand, Hello Malaysia!
2008-06-04, Phuket, Thailand. By: mariat

Today I looked in the mirror and realized what I have become...a dirty backpacker. Some may remember me as the type of person to walk down cobblestone roads (and even up London tube stations!) in high...

Teaching in Thailand
2008-06-02, Sompoi, Thailand. By: SilverAsia

So, everything is swimming along as it should now that my health blip is over. I figured it was a good time for an update on teaching in Thailand! A bit of background- I am the first ever farang...