The weather in Trang has changed. The monsoon has passed us by, and winter is here. The temperature is still a hot 32C!!!! At least it cools in the evenings now to a manageable 26C. School today was lovely. The kids are just adorable, and they are more comfortable with "Farang Teacher" now. It will be hard to leave them. Thursday is our last day at school for the week. It's rather nice to have a long weekend every weekend. Tomorrow Dale and I are going to Ao Nang, which is a two and a half hour bus ride away. It is a tourist spot, but we both want to do the "James Bond tour", so we will put up with the tourists for a weekend!
This afternoon we were taken to a weaving village-not really a village, more a shop with a small factory behind. It blew me away to see the intricate patterns they were weaving in silk by the old fashioned weaving machines. Two ladies were changing the colour of yarn half way through a piece of work. They had to tie every single strand by hand. They reckoned it would take them 4-5 days.
Trang, would you believe, has a "Tesco", but it it is not a food supermarket, more a clothes store. In it there is a blow up Santa Clause, just for the few Christians who live here. Only 2% of Thais are Christian. Other than that, you would not know it was Christmas. It will be a very short lived Christmas for me this year!!!
I have downloaded photos today onto the computer. I will put some onto the blog site on the corresponding days, so scroll down the blog to view.
Bruce,-It was lovely to hear from you. I wasn't sure if you would see my blog site. I am happy that you have caught up with it. Kirsty, great to get your message. Will probably talk to you at Christmas. Chris and David- always lovely to hear from you. How's Liverpool going David. It was on an English news that Arsenal beat Chelsea, but we haven't seen other results.
This afternoon we were taken to a weaving village-not really a village, more a shop with a small factory behind. It blew me away to see the intricate patterns they were weaving in silk by the old fashioned weaving machines. Two ladies were changing the colour of yarn half way through a piece of work. They had to tie every single strand by hand. They reckoned it would take them 4-5 days.
Trang, would you believe, has a "Tesco", but it it is not a food supermarket, more a clothes store. In it there is a blow up Santa Clause, just for the few Christians who live here. Only 2% of Thais are Christian. Other than that, you would not know it was Christmas. It will be a very short lived Christmas for me this year!!!
I have downloaded photos today onto the computer. I will put some onto the blog site on the corresponding days, so scroll down the blog to view.
Bruce,-It was lovely to hear from you. I wasn't sure if you would see my blog site. I am happy that you have caught up with it. Kirsty, great to get your message. Will probably talk to you at Christmas. Chris and David- always lovely to hear from you. How's Liverpool going David. It was on an English news that Arsenal beat Chelsea, but we haven't seen other results.
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This little message is coming from Lake Bolac Secondary School. 4500 of us arrived by bike from Halls gap this morning, a distance of 88 km. This is day 7 and is the first time we have had a tail wind. Another 106 km tomorrow. Rode the first section with Chris and Laura who arrived yesterday. Lovely pictures of the little kids. I am sure you will be doing a great job and leaving will be a real effort. I expect the floor will be finished when I get back on Sunday. They were doing a great job. Your mobile went flat about Tuesday and don't have charger, so have been out of touch with most. One of our stops was in Cressy and the local bowls club did good business selling drinks and bananas to 4500 bike riders.
blow up santas must be a minority fetish!
Anyway sounds like an enjoyable time still, some great photos.
We had a great time in Perth and caught up with H & L for tea. H if you read this comment I hope I spelt your nickname right, you too L.
It must feel like time is racing by, unlike dad I would imagine by the end of the week.
take care
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