Thailand

TeaPlanatation — On our third day in Chiang Rai we hired some twist-and-go scooters and headed for the hills. We’d asked our friendly guesthouse where would be a good place to drive and they’d recommended heading for Doi Maesalong. Doi is the Thai word for Mountain, and our host told […]

Here in Chiang Rai: The Motorcycle Diary

Koh Lanta — Stepping off the ferry at Koh Lanta after 3 days on Koh Phi Phi felt like returning to Thailand and ‘real life’. There were motorbikes and songtaews on the roads (there were roads!) and we could smell grilled chicken from the road-side stalls. You can see local life; children […]

Here on Koh Lanta

Koh Phi Phi — I was slightly apprehensive about going to Koh Phi Phi. I had read and heard a wide range of opinions – from ‘you HAVE to go there, it’s the most beautiful place in Thailand’ to ‘don’t go there, it’s totally ruined’…who was I supposed to believe? So I stopped reading, […]

Here on Koh Phi Phi

Chinese New Year — Mum and Dad Millington visited Thailand! We showed my parents the bright lights of Nakhon Sawan and enjoyed some quality time together. They survived the heat, chillies and motorbikes and even made an appearance on the school T.V. station! One of Nakhon Sawan’s main attractions – a […]

February 2015

LotusFlower — Well 2015 is flying by so far, I feel like I’ve barely had time to sit down this month but it’s been great – no January blues here! I thought I’d share what we’ve been up to it a bit of a monthly roundup New Year with family We […]

January 2014

New Year in Nakhon Sawan — This a rather late New Year post but frankly we’ve been far too busy eating our weight in chocolate and cheese with friends and family to notice how quickly the New Year is already running away from us! 2014 was quite a year for us, it saw us […]

Sawatdee Pi Mai

Winter sun on Koh Samed — About a month ago, a lucky combination of public holidays and other days of school gave us a surprise week long holiday. Making the most of the time off work, we decided to hop down to Koh Samed with our friends for a bit of beach action. […]

Here on Koh Samed

Loi Krathong Festival, Thailand — Our first week back in Nakhon Sawan after the October holiday coincided with the Loi Krathong festival which celebrates the end of the rainy season. Thais Light ‘krathongs’ (traditional made from banana tree and leaf but these days can be anything from plastic to bread) and set them off […]

Loi Krathong

Bottle Beach — We swapped the postcard beach of Haad Salad for the waves, rocks and power outages of Bottle Beach and I loved it! Haad Salad was beautiful, it was everything a beach lover would want from a Thai island – the soft white sand, lined with palm trees leading you […]

Here on Bottle Beach

After travelling for 18 hours by train, bus and ferry we arrived on the infamous party island of Koh Phangnan. I was bit nervous about coming here because the island is so well known for it’s full-moon parties and we are far too boring to wear rave paint and […]

Here on Haad Salad

Giant candle festival in Thailand — Thanks to the start of Buddhist Lent and the offical start of the rainy season here in Thailand, we enjoyed a nice long weekend in July. We were considering treating ourselves to some gin and tonics in Chang Mai but then one of our Thai friends invited us to […]

Here in Khorat

Wai Kru in Thailand — Thursday it was ‘Wai Kru Day’ at our school. Wai Kru means Respect for Teachers and the focus is a ceremony where the students ‘wai’ their teachers and present them with flowers. *(Wai is the traditional Thai greeting; a slight bow with palms pressed together as if praying. The position […]

Wai Kru