Author Archives: teachingsagittarian
Island Paradise
Who could think of a more beautiful place to hold a conference for teachers? EARCOS 2009 What conference can you take your children to and it’s ok? EARCOS 2009 Although it did take practically a whole day and two flights to get there from Bangkok, the hours of waiting were certainly worth it. We left … Continue reading
Chinatown
Heading downtown via the RiverTaxis on the Chao Phraya River is one of my most favourite ways to travel in Bangkok. It’s even better when the sun is setting too. Unfortunately that meant by the time we got off at Pier 15 and meandered our way through the side streets into the heart of Chinatown, … Continue reading
Damnoen Saduak
My friend Silvia was in town for just over a week and what better excuse to visitDamnoen Saduak, Bangkok’s floating market in the Ratchaburi Province. In just over an hour and a half we were zipping along the klongs in a long-tail boat (400 baht each), watching coconut buds being boiled, sieved and beaten into … Continue reading
Kanchanaburi Animoto Style
Animoto is an amazing online video tool! In just over 20 minutes I was able to make 3 30 second videos of the rest of the photos I took during our 3 day tour of Kanchanaburi, add music (all creative commons too) and embed them on this blog. All for the cost of $0.00. Gotta … Continue reading
Kanchanaburi Province – 3 Days
Wow, I’ve been so neglectful of this blog – hard to believe that over a month has gone by since my last post. To my dutiful 4 readers …… (yes Mum that includes you)… my apologies. We were fortunate enough to enjoy a rather long weekend February 7th – 9th (well teachers had 3 days, … Continue reading
Flickr 2009/365 – 35 Days in …….
I am really enjoying the 365 Day Flickr Challenge. Thanks to great photographers and encouragers like CogDog (aka Alan Levine), Dean Shareski, D’Arcy Norman, the 2009/365photos group boasts 214 members. Each and everyone of them, an inspiration to me. So with a tip of my “hat” to all you 2009/365 challengers out there that blog … Continue reading
First Visitors for 2009
I was told when we moved here that we might have a visitor or two to stay every now and again – given our location is – Bangkok, Thailand. Last week we had the delight of two lots of guests – our first for 2009 – and what a pleasure it was. First to arrive … Continue reading
Proud To Be A Kiwi
This was arrived in my inbox today, and I just had to share it, being the proud kiwi I am! An American decided to write a book about famous churches around the world. So he bought a plane ticket and took a trip to Orlando , thinking that he would start by working his way … Continue reading
Downtown City View
I looking through my flickr photostream this morning when I realised in the rush to fly home to New Zealand for Christmas, I’d forgotten to blog about our last night in Bangkok for 2008. My wonderful friends and I met up the top of the Banyan Tree Hotel, in the Vertigo Bar. You take the … Continue reading
Project 365 for 2009
Inspired by the posts about the 2008 366 Photo Challenge posts by Dean Shareski and Alec Couros, I’ve decided to take up the 365 photo challenge for 2009. My NikonD40, which I absolutely adore, has been phased out. You can imagine my panic when I returned home to New Zealand for Christmas to have the … Continue reading