Hello. I think you all know that CELTA is finished. It has been a busy week with celebrating etc. We moved into our new house in Bang Niang on Friday and it's really nice. The door opens straight onto the living room and then there is a hall way that leads back to the kitchen and the bathroom. Off of the hallway is the bedroom. We have a covered porch out the front and it's on a small track with other houses on it just off of the main road. Our neighbours are divers and very friendly. It takes about 15 minutes to walk to the beach and less then 10 to the bar Mike's playing at. There is a fabulous market by the bar and some lovely restaurants around. Mike took me to meet his friends at his favourite noodle bar who are really lovely. They spot us whenever we're out and about and wave or stop to chat. We're going to swap Thai lessons for English lessons together.
There aren't very many English people there as most tourists come from Scandinavia or Germany. But there are a lot of tourists and a lot of touts from tailors and restaurants bugging you. Last night we stopped and introduced ourselves to the tailors and had a long chat with them so that they'll stop trying to sell us stuff. They're now very friendly and one of them wants to take lessons with me as he says his English is too broken. It is pretty good if you ask me but everyone here puts a lot of importance on formal grammar.
So now I am back in Phuket for a week to do the course on teaching kids rather than adults. Our local place The Old Tricycle is holding a halloween party and we've been asked to go so go we shall. There's still a fair few of the CELTA crew left at the moment.
So here are the pictures of Bang Niang...any one fancy a holiday? Love Jo xxx
Rainforest at the bottom of our road.
Sunset over Bang Niang beach.
The big coconut tree outside my house.
The sea!
Mike outside our house.
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