October – December 2008

06 Oct – Last weekend’s choice of how to fill my time presented me with a bit of a dilemma. On one hand, I could have stayed on Koh Chang and volunteered to teach English to a load of snotty nosed local kids (a.k.a. the island’s future) at …

January 1

1 January – Will Koh Chang make it into the Guinness Book of World Records? (Deep down, you know the answer to that already, but read on.) From the Thai Govt. Public Relations Dept:
Biggest postcard in the world from Koh Chang.

Thai and foreign tourists participate in writing New Year greetings …

July – September 2008

17 July – Last update for a month or so as I’ll be away on holiday. The photo above was taken yesterday when we decided that, as there hasn’t been much rain recently, it’d be good fun to trek up 45-degree slopes to the top of Khao Jom, the …

April – June 2008

4 April – ATVs . . . at the start of this high season the one ATV rental place was shut and the dream travelling to a distant land and racing around on a patch of roadside dirt was one that looked destined to remain unfulfilled. However, over …

January – March 2008

6 January -Happy New Year, but it isn’t. Out of respect for HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana and in order to avoid falling foul of the government’s decree that all merry making activities in Thailand should be suspended for 15 days to mourn her passing, there will be no attempts at …