Hey everyone. I guess I'm not going to update this thing every week like originally thought. But I think every couple weeks to a month will be okay. Its been another busy couple weeks.
Teaching has been going good. One of the teachers at my school from Canada decided it was time for her to go home. I ended up taking over her classes. I am now teaching 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade Science. I am enjoying it. Its amazing how much these Thai kids actually spend in a classroom in one day. Pretty much from 8:00 in the morning until 5:00 with an hour break. If you ask me, I think they need some more free time. A number of kids also go to after school programs and learn more. I agreed to tutor some students from my school for twice a week. They have a three week break in October. Right now I'm starting to plan on where I am going to go. I think I'm going to to up to the country of Loas and do some rafting and trekking. From what I have heard about Loas it is one of the most breathtaking countries for beautiful mountains and scenery. I also might get certified to go scuba diving.
Live in the city of Nakhon is pretty easy going. The language berrier is very hard. I am starting to learn a little bit. Peaople start to recognise you around town. People yell "Teacher Martin Hello". Above is picture of an elephant that was walking by. I got to feed it. It has been pretty hot and dry lately. But from what I hear October is monsoon season and I have never seen anything like it before.
The Princess of Thailand came a to the city last week. They ended up canceling school and basically shutting the city nearly down. Everybody gathered out by the rode to watch her drive by. It was quite interesting. I bairly saw her drive by. No one can be above royalty in Thailand so we had to sit down when she drove by. She had a pretty huge entourage of people.
About two weeks ago it was my roomates Bday and we took the train down to the City of Hatyai where he used to teach. Hatyai is a pretty big city next to the Malaysian border. It has a unique feel to it. Alot of Chinese influence in the city. Lots of good food and shopping. It used to be a huge tourist center but there have been some terrorist bombings in recent years. Nothing recently. The train ride itself is pretty cool. Lots of Beautiful scenery all the way down there with the windows wide open in the train. Above is a picture of what it looks like from the train. A young man looking outside. The people walk back in fourth on the train selling fruits and crafts. It is pretty cool. It was a really social atmosphere.
This last weekend I went with a group of teachers up to the beach of Kanom. This beach is not really on the tourist track. But it is really nice. Just beautiful white sand with crystal clear water. Supposedly you can see dolphins alot. But we never saw them this weekend. The owner of a pub was having a promotion. He offered free boat rides and kayaking all day. I even got to do a little wake boarding. It is only an hour south of Nakhon. I am defiantly going to have to go back.
Tomorrow is the Queens bday (mothers day in Thailand) So we don't have school. I'm going to go hit up a waterfall.
It has now been over five months since I left the states. I'm getting used to it. But I sure do miss alot of stuff. Especially friends and family. But you really cannot beat an experience like this.
I have new pictures posted. You can click on the photo on the pool to the top right and it will take you to the website where the pictures are.
Peace
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