nong khai
Well Nong Khai is very hot right now. The weather has improved and it doesn't rain so much and the sun comes out. lovely weather if by the beach but a bastard if cycling around everywhere.
Have had few travellng firsts in the last few days - side saddle on the back of a bike, on the back of a motorbikle, cycling aaginst the flow of traffic - all great fun.
Been to Bar Nana the local club a couple of times. Hilarious. You sit around a table and have waiter service and all dance around the table. they have shows a couple of times a night. maybe a traditional costume. Usually some real 90s gear, especially for the lads, and 90s dancing. Most of the lads are in rude boy outfits and sunglasses and the girls in next to nothing. the songs are mostly in Thai but they you get something random like Boom Boom Boom by the Outhere Brothers!
Tomorrow evening I go to Namsom where i start teaching on Wednesday (mon and tues are buddhist festival). don't seem to be many resources at all so wilkl have to sort out wordsearch sheets and so on.
For those of you on Skype, i the computer i am on has it so at weekends i may be on but in namsom it is very doubtful!
The river Mekong, which separates Thailand from Laos, is beautiful and we have been to eat at the waters edge twice. the food is superb. wonderful. the people are all very friendly but this region is the poorest in all of thailand and where 70% of bangkok's prosititues come from and the same for taxi drivers. So hoepfully teaching english will given them a chance to get a better life.
off to a market this evening. flip flops broke so need some new ones!
bought some shoes to teach in yesterday from Tesco (!!!) or just outside for 99Baht (about 1.40 ish) bargain.
Have had few travellng firsts in the last few days - side saddle on the back of a bike, on the back of a motorbikle, cycling aaginst the flow of traffic - all great fun.
Been to Bar Nana the local club a couple of times. Hilarious. You sit around a table and have waiter service and all dance around the table. they have shows a couple of times a night. maybe a traditional costume. Usually some real 90s gear, especially for the lads, and 90s dancing. Most of the lads are in rude boy outfits and sunglasses and the girls in next to nothing. the songs are mostly in Thai but they you get something random like Boom Boom Boom by the Outhere Brothers!
Tomorrow evening I go to Namsom where i start teaching on Wednesday (mon and tues are buddhist festival). don't seem to be many resources at all so wilkl have to sort out wordsearch sheets and so on.
For those of you on Skype, i the computer i am on has it so at weekends i may be on but in namsom it is very doubtful!
The river Mekong, which separates Thailand from Laos, is beautiful and we have been to eat at the waters edge twice. the food is superb. wonderful. the people are all very friendly but this region is the poorest in all of thailand and where 70% of bangkok's prosititues come from and the same for taxi drivers. So hoepfully teaching english will given them a chance to get a better life.
off to a market this evening. flip flops broke so need some new ones!
bought some shoes to teach in yesterday from Tesco (!!!) or just outside for 99Baht (about 1.40 ish) bargain.
posted by charlie at 8:31 pm
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home