Welcome - July Odyssey.
Well, I have made it out of the yahoo nexis and into the world of open source, on line, blogging... whatever that means.
Hopefully this will be more reliable and have less ads than the last one... we will see.
For those who are new to this concept, check out my previous site at: http://www.geocities.com/aluishusgoodthing/odysseywelcome.html
This gives you a pretty good idea of what it is all about. Basically I am working and traveling, so instead of sending those soulless mass emails that no one reads anyway, I put all the crap on the net, send out a link, and it is up to the interested to look it up for themselves.
The last update was not since February, so there is allot to catch up on. When I left you I was boarding a plane to sunny Perth to catch up with family and friends. This I did. I have even drafted the March Odyssey that, I swear will be online shortly.
The last update was not since February, so there is allot to catch up on. When I left you I was boarding a plane to sunny Perth to catch up with family and friends. This I did. I have even drafted the March Odyssey that, I swear will be online shortly.
After only one month in the city of lights I was on the road again. To give the edited highlights: I flew into Singapore and had few days skipping around, then it was a bus to Jahor and onto Malacca - an old Dutch/Portuguese/British settlement on the west coast of Malaysia. From there it was onto KL for a few days. keen to check out my new place of residence in southern Thailand, I boarded a Malaysian railways train to Hat Yai where I connected with Thai-rail to arrive in Phun Phin, a few kms from Suratthani.
Here I checked out the town and did some research on my new employers. They passed my 
inspection but I thought I might keep my options open, so I headed up to Bangkok to see what else was available. Unfortunately the idea of living and working in the outer suburbs of BKK did not appeal. So I caught up with a friend who was working up there... Hi Simon, and he was good enough to show me around some of the less salubrious side of the "City of Angels". I also headed over to Ra le Beach, near Krabi for a spot of diving and to enjoy the Thai new year celebrations - Songkran. This is a giant water fight, with buckets of water being tossed in every direction to provide a brief respite from the summer heat.
inspection but I thought I might keep my options open, so I headed up to Bangkok to see what else was available. Unfortunately the idea of living and working in the outer suburbs of BKK did not appeal. So I caught up with a friend who was working up there... Hi Simon, and he was good enough to show me around some of the less salubrious side of the "City of Angels". I also headed over to Ra le Beach, near Krabi for a spot of diving and to enjoy the Thai new year celebrations - Songkran. This is a giant water fight, with buckets of water being tossed in every direction to provide a brief respite from the summer heat.Before starting the new term I headed over to Ko Pa-ngagn to experience one of the infamous full moon parties. I was thoroughly unimpressed.
I have started work for a small privately run school called "The Language" who subcontracts me out the a local government school in the centre of Suratthani called Suratpittiya. I could not have found a better place to work. The kids are amazing and the staff bring in all manner of Thai culinary delights to tempt out palates. However, this can be the subject of a whole new chapter.
In the meantime, suffice it to say that against all probability, I am alive and well, living the expatiate lifestyle here in the southern provinces of Siam - a land of smiles, contradictions and corrupt constabulary, which can be best explained by the acronym - T.I.T. or "This is Thailand!"
Till next time take it easy and I will try and do better at staying in touch.
Peace out
Al
I have started work for a small privately run school called "The Language" who subcontracts me out the a local government school in the centre of Suratthani called Suratpittiya. I could not have found a better place to work. The kids are amazing and the staff bring in all manner of Thai culinary delights to tempt out palates. However, this can be the subject of a whole new chapter.In the meantime, suffice it to say that against all probability, I am alive and well, living the expatiate lifestyle here in the southern provinces of Siam - a land of smiles, contradictions and corrupt constabulary, which can be best explained by the acronym - T.I.T. or "This is Thailand!"
Till next time take it easy and I will try and do better at staying in touch.
Peace out
Al
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