Archive for May, 2008

TEACHING IN THAILAND
Friday, May 30th, 2008

TEACHING is something that occupies my days. It takes a fair amount of time on preparation and organising and then there\’s travel to the schools and back. I do not plan the lesson but assist in preparation and packing in boxes to take on the TVC truck to the schools. First school of the week […]

THAILAND
Monday, May 12th, 2008

KHAO LAK http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khao_Lak is a coastal and beach place about 11 hours drive south from Bangkok and as I don\’t have a map of consequence, no idea of mileage. Again I expected the smooth white sands, flat blue Andaman Sea however it was rough, dirty and windy and again I compare Australia\’s beaches and coloured […]

ITALY – Florence
Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

TEMPERATURE Today\’s temperature is 27° and quite warm enough for me. It\’s a general welcome to what I can expect of Bangkok and Myanmar. I always appreciated the cold on Erraid for the reason that I don\’t manage too well in hot weather. However, I have given away, left and swapped just about all my […]