When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Buddhist Proverb

Posted by on Sep 14, 2012 in Thailand | 1 comment Our second week in Chiang Mai was very relaxed (mostly!) with schoolwork in the mornings and every afternoon in the pool of our apartment block. Phoebe and I put in a couple of full days of schoolwork, however she is proving to be a bit harder to motivate when it comes to schoolwork than Imogen. While Imogen gets stuck in, gets the work done and often asks for more, Phoebe draws it out, is...
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A day at the zoo…and another temple!

Posted by on Sep 11, 2012 in Thailand | 0 comments A visit to the Chiang Mai Zoo was one thing that the girls had been looking forward to since first arriving in Thailand. This may be in part due to the book series I am currently reading to them called ‘The Secret Zoo’, all about the adventures of four kids into the world of animals and a secret world. Whilst zoos are not among my favourite places, we are not including Africa as part...
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A sensational day – by Phoebe

Posted by on Sep 5, 2012 in Thailand | 5 comments I woke up – it was my birthday.  Happy birthday to me!  I open my presents. I got a card from Mum and Dad and Immi, and one from Grandma and Granddad and Lara and Teddy. I got an Ipod and ‘Stitch’ to hang on it, a necklace, friendship bracelet and some lollies.  We then went in a van to the Elephant Park. We fed them, then got on them bare-back and went for a walk in the jungle and then...
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At home in Chiang Mai …

Posted by on Sep 1, 2012 in Thailand | 3 comments When looking into accommodation for Chiang Mai we enquired for an apartment as we were having a longer stay here of two weeks or more. We wanted a kitchen to be able to make our own breakfasts and snacks and to make dinner a few nights per week.  We hadn’t heard back from our enquiry with a definitive answer so we were hoping that ‘someone’ would by chance be there to meet us.  The...
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