Thailand
Ah…wonderful Thailand, Land of Smiles. We both lived and worked there for 2-3 years, in Mae Sot and Chiang Mai. This section contains various posts, videos and podcasts from Thailand. If you have any questions on Thailand, or living in Thailand (especially Chiang Mai or Mae Sot), please feel free to post them as comments.
Sound file: A relaxing Saturday by the pool?
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] [Download MP3 | Add to iTunes | Subscribe to Podcasts] I finished my month long CELTA course last weekend and decided to go and lie by the Lotus hotel pool at Kad Suan Kaew shopping center in Chiang Mai. I had intended to sleep and wind down after [...]
Video: “Care for Dogs”, Chiang Mai
Street dogs are probably the most common sight in Thailand (and other developing countries). Whether you travel to Chiang Mai as a tourist or live here, it is impossible to overlook the street dogs. When I first arrived in Thailand, I was shocked to see so many dogs, some in terrible condition and I always [...]
Podcast: Care for Dogs, Chiang Mai
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] [Download MP3 | Add to iTunes | Subscribe to Podcasts] Care for Dogs is an animal welfare organisation based in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Listen to an interview with Karin Hawelka, one of the Care for Dogs founders by clicking the play button above. Care for Dogs was set [...]
Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep and the white elephant legend
The legend goes that a monk named Sumanathera from Sukhothai had a dream; in this dream he was told to go to Pang Cha and look for a artifact. Sumanathera went to Pang Cha and found a bone, which many state was Buddha’s shoulder bone. The relic displayed magical powers; it shined, it was able [...]
I’m off to do a CELTA for a month
From tomorrow, free time will be a thing of the past for a month. Why? Because I begin the CELTA course with ECC in Chiang Mai. I will be released back into civilisation (all things going well) around the 4th April. [You can now listen to our audio diary of doing the CELTA in Chiang [...]
Podcast: Pun Pun – Sustainable organic farming
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] [Download MP3 | Add to iTunes | Subscribe to Podcasts] In this podcast, I met up with Peggy and Jo – the two founders of Pun Pun. During the interview, we discussed their views on Sustainable living & farming, Earthen house building, how they started out, and the [...]
The 10 best things about living in Thailand
Following on from my slightly negative (but honest) post on the 10 most annoying things about living in Thailand, as promised here are the ten best things about living in Thailand as I see them, again in no particular order. 1. The people Thai people are generally exceptionally friendly, accepting, smiley and non-aggressive. They also [...]
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