Our Thai Life

Celebrating Loi Krathong
  We wrote about our first Loy Krathong last year and time has really flown by.   Along with Christmas, school holidays, Wai Kru and Sports Week; Loy Krathong is a milestone in the Thai year. Traditionally it marks the official end of the rainy season but to us it also […]

Loy Krathong

What we wear...
Here in Thailand each day has a lucky colour (actually they also have an unlucky colour as well…). It’s how children learn the days of the week and many Thais will wear the colour of the day. The day you were born one will determine your lucky (and unlucky) colour. […]

The Thai Colour Code

5-a-side in Thailand
  A parent of one of my students invited me to play seven a-side football with him on Monday nights, and having barely kicked a ball during our first year in Thailand I gratefully accepted his invitation.   When we arrived we sat together and waited for the rest of […]

International Player

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  After a rather long settling in period in our new town, we’ve taken up some exercise classes which have become a big part of our weekly routine. We’ve found that they are really fun and really rewarding, largely for reasons not related to exercise.    Turning up to the first session […]

The Unexpected Perks of Exercise Classes