I have to admit that before coming to Thailand, I knew very little about the country except that I have a lot of friends who have spent many a drunken week here diving, sunbathing, and all in all ‘chilling out.’ I also don’t remember the last time I ever saw Thailand in the international news [...]
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PAD…PPP…too many acronyms, not enough information
Posted in Bangkok, News, Thailand on December 11, 2008 | 13 Comments »
I’m definitely not in Kansas anymore…
Posted in Bangkok, Kanchanaburi, River Kwai, Tha Wang Pha, Thailand, Tourist sites on October 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Here’s some photos relevent to my previous posts. Lisa and I eating street food and beer at about 4 in the morning in Bangkok My favourite part of the Grand Palace – the demons and the monkeys. (The monkeys are barefoot). Everything you see that looks like it might be made of gold or gold [...]
Whiter skin in just 14 days!
Posted in Bangkok, Thailand on October 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Just a quick post since I’m actually not sure when I’ll next be on this thing. Tomorrow I’m off on a my two day trip to ride elephants/go bamboo rafting/visit an orphanage, then on Saturday we leave for our sites where my internet may be slightly limited, I don’t know yet. Tonight I meet my [...]
Ping pong like you’ve never seen before…..
Posted in Bangkok, Nights out, Thailand on October 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Sawatdee ka! (that means ‘hello’ or ‘goodbye’ ) So I’ve been in Bangkok for a couple of days now and it is completely insane. Sunday was my first day of orientation. We had a ‘welcome to Thailand’ talk by our coordinator Phil, who is really nice although he seems reluctant to give us any information [...]