Adventure 4: the waterfall Leaving bright and early we headed out to see the local waterfall- I had seen many street signs for this waterfall so I was excited for this one. We stopped and picked up some chicken and sticky rice from a street vendor for our outing snack.There was a really nice 20-30 … More Waterfalls & Caves
Adventure 2: Hot Pot/Sushi Buffet The town we are in is called Nong Chang and is quite small. For the most part it runs along a main road with little shops and family run restaurants along it. We buy our necessities at their equivalent of the dollar store and/or 7 Eleven. Everything’s quite cheap and … More Adventuring with Pong #2&3
One the huge perks of volunteering with this couple is that in exchange for teaching the husband takes us ‘on adventures’ during the week. At first we didn’t think much of this because they very casually said ‘we will go somewhere tomorrow- so wake up at 8 o’clock.’ But we quickly caught on that these … More Adventuring with Pong #1
More to add…. Nong Chang is a small town about 3 hours north of Bangkok. It is where we are volunteering to teach English. So far Jeanette has shown a much better aptitude for teaching than I have, but so far I think the students have enjoyed all of the lessons that we have prepared. … More Photos from Nong Chang
To pick up where Jason left off- following our comfy train ride we spent 3 nights on the west side of Bangkok in an area called Thon Buri- bringing our total nights in Bangkok to 7. Despite having heard multiple times that 2 or 3 days in Bangkok was enough to tire from it, we’ve … More Thon Buri (West Side of Bangkok)
After leaving Koh Tao, we planned to spend a few more days in a different part of Bangkok before we would travel up to the school where we volunteered to teach English. Since the overnight bus was so uncomfortable to the point that neither of us got any sleep, we decided to try the overnight … More Overnight Train Back to Bangkok
Life as a Local in Syros, Greece 