ST100mph

Well, as you may remember, I had my backpack taken along with all of my precious photo's. You may also remember that some 3 months ago, when I first arrived at Kaeng Krachan, I was invited to the local schools end of term celebrations & prize giving evening. Well....... the headmaster there had asked me if he could copy the pictures from my camera so that he could use some of them for teaching. So Bill phoned him & he said that he still had some on his PC. OK it's only a small part of what I lost, but some precious memories, and it just goes to show, "What goes around comes around". When we went to his school to down load the pictures, he asked if I would give a quick English lesson to ... read more

Ok...... It's a while since I added an entry to my blog, so this is my catch up with lots of pictures. It's now less than a week untill I return home to the UK.... read more

OK! Now you can see some of the things that I have been up to this week!... read more

Yesterday I returned to the WWF office to start where I finished up last time. There are 2 new members of staff here, Pom & Bill. They will be a big asset to the great work carried out here by the WWF Team. The plan for this week is to go to Pala-u to work with the WCS (World Conservation Society) to look at the man Elephant conflict there; (2 weeks ago the Elephants raided the villagers pineapple crops). My main objectives here are to draw up a specification for future volunteers here, and to see all aspects of the conflict from both the villagers, and the Elephants point of view. The local WCS officer for this area, Thongbai, has some really good ideas for resolving this problem once & for all. It will involve an ... read more

Last night Sharon flew home to the UK. We have had a great time together over the last week on Phi Phi Island, and the last 3 days in Bangkok. Here are some photo's of the highlights.... read more