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KHAO LAK to KUALA LUMPUR
Monday, June 9th, 2008

It has taken me some time to write this so Khao Lak and Kuala Lumpur (KL and KL) seem so long ago. Son Peter visited me in Khao Lak and because he was returning Phuket to Bangkok by air, and it is the \’winter\’ season with not so many travel options as offered during peak […]

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 […]

ROMANIA – Transylvania
Friday, April 25th, 2008

MOSNA [work in progress so excuse] Here  I am again and being reminded of the beauty that is this country. Bucharest and west to Medias not quite so pretty but once in this area, the green hills which just rise up out of the ground so steeply and which had been terraced many years ago […]