week one

well everyone... it's been a week. i know i should try to keep the grammer of this correct, but if you sae the computer i was on, you would understand...

sooooooo. bangkok was rad, but too much going on. we hopped on a bus down to Ban Phe (ban pay) and then walked to find our school at the end of town. The walk was horrid, with all of our bags, we were hot, sweaty nd tired by the end. our school is on a street that runs into the beach. we're about a minute walk down to the beach, 5 if you want your own little spot of sand undisturbed by anyone else. it's fantastic. The king's birthday was on the 5th, so from monday the whole town started putting up lights, setting up huge markets, a giant stge for music nd dancing... it's been quite the week.

sunday we hung out around ban phe, met everyone in our program, made some friends...
school isn't hard. its actually quite easy and just a lot of busy work. may be harder for the older people who rnt used to writing a lot and reading everynight... but its really not bad.

wednesday we got to be in the parade for the king, all wearing our King's Polo's (yellow) and marched down into town then had the owner of TEFL take us out to dinner (the second free diner we have recieved)

today, saturday, the course payed for a boat to take us over to the usland of Koh Samet, with white sand beaches. we rented scooters but mine had no power, and on one hill, johanna had to get off, then the engine died. then the wheen locked up, then i fell into a ditch with it... whoops. the water here is so nice, so warm, feel great after sitting out in the sun

lets see, prices...

meals set us back about 25-60 baht, 70 cents to 2 dollars a piece
renting a moto for the day is about 8 dollars
gas is a dollar a liter (but thats ok with motos)

we've met some people teaching all over, and even have a couple contacts we want to try to use when it comes time for finding jobs. we have met two kids, Airlie and Trevor, from PEI, Canada, who want to work in the same city as us (Rayong, about 30 min from Ban Phe) so we may all get a house together. We hear jobs are plentiful and rent is cheap, so we're going to check it out tomorrow.

the week went by pretty fast, but it feels like we've been here a while.

our thai is getting a little better by the day, ordering food and drink is getting a little easier, and hello and thank you and do i look good in this... all the basics.

hope all is well, i bet it's getting a little cold at home... the best we get is AC'ing our rooms to get cold, but once it's off you just start sweating again... or at least i do.

ill be uploading pictures on facebook soon, so mom... remember to check those.

hi gradma and bompa! hope hawaii was fun

talk to you all soon. soon ill have a cell phone and number. and i may set up a scype account. talk to you soon