tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29197385550072929052024-03-06T06:06:10.023+07:00Michelle and Gareth's travel blogGareth Cheesmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02344656001803328758noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919738555007292905.post-47391330770806351612012-07-15T00:15:00.005+07:002012-09-05T17:31:36.644+07:00Final blog post from Asia - Bangkok<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKv0xx9T0z3IlJKnxdNiKKd6gDrhctbx01boSwjnJx-Safbpgp9Z47a80ZxgkXZm7ONW6wlFTbto9vdLWg57iHV0auY70uazADBBsWXzj7VdDWcbGeHfnJ2DQRYBgMZZYPMY5-_4uQadQ/s1600/SIZE_DSC02438.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKv0xx9T0z3IlJKnxdNiKKd6gDrhctbx01boSwjnJx-Safbpgp9Z47a80ZxgkXZm7ONW6wlFTbto9vdLWg57iHV0auY70uazADBBsWXzj7VdDWcbGeHfnJ2DQRYBgMZZYPMY5-_4uQadQ/s320/SIZE_DSC02438.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We have finished our 12 week trip by staying in Bangkok before flying home tomorrow morning. Bangkok is huge and has loads to do, we just scratched the surface with a few sights and a little market shopping. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The only problem with Bangkok is so many tourists come here that you get some unscrupulous people trying to rip you off nearly everywhere. Everything from "tourist police" trying to sell you a tour package after claiming a sight is closed, to shop owners selling your broken faulty items and tuk tuk driver tripling the fare compared to what locals pay. It just gets a bit tiring to be the constant target of scams. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We went to The grand palace today, where the king used to live and hold court, but that changed when he decided to move out to another palace to let the public walk around the outside of</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> the palace and visit the attached temple (gaining money from tourists to restore the palace). The attached temple houses a Jade Buddha statute that is so special only the king can dress him for the different seasons. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Just out side the palace walls is another temple complex with a huge reclining Buddha. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The reclining Buddha is a 15m high and 43m long. This huge statue of Buddha is covered in gold leaf and has mother of pearl decorating the soles of the feet. It is pretty impressive to see! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The grounds around the reclining Buddha have a number of Pagodas, other statues and landscaped areas. Both of us were very impressed with the very elaborate roof decorations that shine in the sunlight with thousands of reflective pieces in a series of mosaics. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In the afternoon of our last day in Thailand we explored a very random shopping mall that was themed with a different country on each level. We ran up and down all the levels so we could claim we visited 7 countries in under 4 minutes! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A crowning jewel of our time in Bangkok was seeing a giant furry Sid the sloth and Scrat from Ice Age 4. Again we run (chased!) and caught them and got photos!</span><br />
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Gareth Cheesmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02344656001803328758noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919738555007292905.post-85056956290393388622012-07-12T20:24:00.001+07:002012-07-12T20:24:25.699+07:00Going to the real "The Beach"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We had the opportunity to do an special trip to visit the principle location for the filming of the 2000 movie "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoygPJevn-Q" target="_blank">The Beach</a>" (yep the one with Leonardo DiCaprio). Above is the view we got as we finally got onto the beach. That longboat on the beach is what brought our luggage to the island, we didn't get to the island so simply. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">As part of the experience we got to swim to the island from our boat. The swim was about 200m to a little cave that is covered by netting. This is the view of the boat we had swam from. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">After going through the cave we went through a path and then going through the island jungle we came out onto the beach. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The beach was stunning and we were lucky to be staying on the island for the night. During the day hundreds/thousands of people visit but at night only 20 people are allowed to stay on the island. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We went for a swim as soon as we got the beach and the surrounding limestone cliffs were great, covered in lush vegetation. </span><br />
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<br /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">On the outside of the island there is a cave called "viking cave" where birds nest at night, which people harvest to make bird nest soup. There are also some great coral reefs where we found a nice big crown of thorns starfish and a nice puffer fish :D</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We then got treated to a fire spinner show. Two guys spinning sticks around and occasionally dropping them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We are getting close to the end of our adventure so we decided to spend a few days chilling on a tropical beach island. We headed down to Koh Phi Phi in search of rest, sun and a lovely beach. Koh Phi Phi is a fantastic little tropical paradise and we had a lovely place to stay but being rainy season we also got a fair amount of clouds and afternoon rainstorms. We woke up early for the sunrise and got this lovely pre-dawn beach shot.</span><br />
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English summer may be a problem.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Sadly the clouds were too heavy to get any good sunrise photos but we weren't all by ourselves on the beach we had this little crab neighbour. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In the day the weather improved and we went back to the beach to chill in some deck chairs, do a bit of reading and relaxing :D </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">As we were learning the basics we weren't allowed to take a camera down with us but we did have a film made of us which is about 20 min long and I promise when we get back you can watch it if you ask :)<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOVy60DYGyIKYB91sUUyr2kHa9kGMfdHUYdOcDhNPXdnFynWmZnBue006QgsntrbvvHNWm0YvnfozitSN1L5okBT7BEyhOPHttlUL8BmxAF7t3iaVEDlPREkDRlymItRxK2aXLjlgxQqE/s1600/DSCF2102.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOVy60DYGyIKYB91sUUyr2kHa9kGMfdHUYdOcDhNPXdnFynWmZnBue006QgsntrbvvHNWm0YvnfozitSN1L5okBT7BEyhOPHttlUL8BmxAF7t3iaVEDlPREkDRlymItRxK2aXLjlgxQqE/s400/DSCF2102.JPG" width="400" /></a> </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWQYg_L7U6Drn-6-nOWj5LovT5AlTZ0Cuz2-hcf4A3imePFLc0HsOYD2AHlMB6bAYT2DF3tTPCUwp0gnU8CmAPoUZsNW7qDns8NhIW_E0EhMbgxGXPtQHvvoepJA3DDMywqRNEN73VNY8/s1600/IMG_2049.JPG"><br /></a></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">After completing the open water course Gareth did an advanced course which included 5 more dives going down to a maximum depth of 30 meter (now think of a 10 storey building, if you know Chester that is nearly as high as the cathedral!)</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUF-9S1bOnCptNqYUEIsICklOpk6-qC13gRe_3fn_plBqXsxYKkuu4D4eGpL7a0cruYOn4kegZfS4_qfrWQeEl6PvaT4ZgNDx5jCgQfD0J8c49KE4N0u4AleXcQkrBz8BF3BNFUejGdEw/s1600/IMG_0032.JPG" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUF-9S1bOnCptNqYUEIsICklOpk6-qC13gRe_3fn_plBqXsxYKkuu4D4eGpL7a0cruYOn4kegZfS4_qfrWQeEl6PvaT4ZgNDx5jCgQfD0J8c49KE4N0u4AleXcQkrBz8BF3BNFUejGdEw/s640/IMG_0032.JPG" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">On the 2nd day I got the chance to specialise and learn about underwater photography. All the underwater photos in this blog were taken off a camera I borrowed to use that day. Now underwater light is absorbed, especially red and most of the pictures had a distinctly blue tinge. Some of these I have partially fixed in the computer after.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsPU5Zv7tFB_9K7LUKZ-KuVItvhbBu0uhc446JOOpiaclutp__euk_dXGZtTzrVoOss4XAsUnrTuDvddwCzshlyG3GNeqOT93k8HwcqkpIseBZjBVztHcm5relViYSqmGzCIZ8-QXIscY/s1600/IMG_0059a.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsPU5Zv7tFB_9K7LUKZ-KuVItvhbBu0uhc446JOOpiaclutp__euk_dXGZtTzrVoOss4XAsUnrTuDvddwCzshlyG3GNeqOT93k8HwcqkpIseBZjBVztHcm5relViYSqmGzCIZ8-QXIscY/s320/IMG_0059a.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSI5STdjUnI0d6reihbmViV2re7QIkL8w0z2bmpmxx_NkYWp_YgfU6SQvpOUQ8xOEoHs6kbATEvF5MNjKl4btmaELJ7IGJfb-5ThDTRDfTWbHoqbTiQHFncrYrMaZba3hh4Fcl9hs9jSA/s1600/IMG_0056a.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSI5STdjUnI0d6reihbmViV2re7QIkL8w0z2bmpmxx_NkYWp_YgfU6SQvpOUQ8xOEoHs6kbATEvF5MNjKl4btmaELJ7IGJfb-5ThDTRDfTWbHoqbTiQHFncrYrMaZba3hh4Fcl9hs9jSA/s320/IMG_0056a.jpg" /></a> <br /><br /><br />We saw everything from anenome and clown fish (nemo), to trigger fish, barracuda, masked butterfly fish, parrot fish and more.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqZuh0tQN6_bYBbmHgOe4o6Y11HpcgSfZ_a6YBhwAxyFSdyy-bjtImyzC6rsP7peXr5Rie7wGrTxFQ_8sCo4_Vn_vRth0wLQPeGjEC0WP5HNyMHeVpSfsyxZy9MvIAsYPr4_5fupPTMUg/s1600/IMG_0003a.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqZuh0tQN6_bYBbmHgOe4o6Y11HpcgSfZ_a6YBhwAxyFSdyy-bjtImyzC6rsP7peXr5Rie7wGrTxFQ_8sCo4_Vn_vRth0wLQPeGjEC0WP5HNyMHeVpSfsyxZy9MvIAsYPr4_5fupPTMUg/s320/IMG_0003a.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOiKemZqwiRJy7CGcmonyuCtEqcgU_mZL3QukuUe6VCSE3cjDqzVtLKUepNYhTbFwV8iHFptyB-wyzKhXHjsap98_39M5zDw-A6HRz1mCxrGlELbZfqaCAT0CXBEtOgoTybLroNJcE50U/s1600/IMG_0244a.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOiKemZqwiRJy7CGcmonyuCtEqcgU_mZL3QukuUe6VCSE3cjDqzVtLKUepNYhTbFwV8iHFptyB-wyzKhXHjsap98_39M5zDw-A6HRz1mCxrGlELbZfqaCAT0CXBEtOgoTybLroNJcE50U/s320/IMG_0244a.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Here is a pictures of a Moorish Idol and a crown of thorns starfish. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgkJrpYVKV6F4PaQLeljBdu7R04OogibtpPhFAAnpisxtDdfS8RyNLNAt3WqhRq1VjmBCAVYRCpRD3LMYPlUoF0UYmibKVABJij6TI-2ZZD87E2LNQA90Tmf7U5rgK68H-e6W8o1fTseA/s1600/IMG_0013.JPG"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgkJrpYVKV6F4PaQLeljBdu7R04OogibtpPhFAAnpisxtDdfS8RyNLNAt3WqhRq1VjmBCAVYRCpRD3LMYPlUoF0UYmibKVABJij6TI-2ZZD87E2LNQA90Tmf7U5rgK68H-e6W8o1fTseA/s400/IMG_0013.JPG" width="400" /></a><br /><br /> This picture of a sea urchin was taken at 30 meters below the surface, where almost all the colour (except blue) has been lost.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdM0Lrkw6q_khWUWtPkMY4eBHbMVLxGqEIcRT0xIBE_i5TmENKxbM4GRy76LqNkju4Q4SbgrJGm-FEkpMNCoaSnR-If2FpHm4ZhorBsZSexvoQO8rVAOfFy6ynOtZE-ZVnJ3hh_QSgrp4/s1600/IMG_0077a.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdM0Lrkw6q_khWUWtPkMY4eBHbMVLxGqEIcRT0xIBE_i5TmENKxbM4GRy76LqNkju4Q4SbgrJGm-FEkpMNCoaSnR-If2FpHm4ZhorBsZSexvoQO8rVAOfFy6ynOtZE-ZVnJ3hh_QSgrp4/s320/IMG_0077a.jpg" /></a><br /><br />This Grouper was about a 1m long and even had its own Remora attached to it. It looks very grumpy but is pretty harmless.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAF77SXMo3SGhvoppk4a3phdpz2jFW-l40I0hCOQ4f9dpDNfVe56Zd3tRmOFpemXqhoHbgW7iCEhfgbqRjAFEtzfDITA5mMFlRWv0ZD4hX173f0yOi45qb7fXA5LCKodEeNumT938S8YE/s1600/IMG_0347a.JPG"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAF77SXMo3SGhvoppk4a3phdpz2jFW-l40I0hCOQ4f9dpDNfVe56Zd3tRmOFpemXqhoHbgW7iCEhfgbqRjAFEtzfDITA5mMFlRWv0ZD4hX173f0yOi45qb7fXA5LCKodEeNumT938S8YE/s640/IMG_0347a.JPG" width="640" /></a> <br /><br /> This pictures has not been altered the colours really were this bright. These are Christmas Tree worms or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirobranchus_giganteus" target="_blank">Spirobranchus giganteus</a>. The bright colours are great and if you get too close they hide back down into their burrows and disapear. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6HA2QviI3Suu9ONt5cNoUcLSf8CRzA4kf737AeiinPUxUd5Sl_Jv-IbkImfxAuOWECYW-vsEefyezzaTjlYgRVoqHrD9Fffy1uBAZc0rJic1zUp20aiwKRG_5iw2OKoHMtrVCHlyjuCo/s1600/IMG_0128b.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6HA2QviI3Suu9ONt5cNoUcLSf8CRzA4kf737AeiinPUxUd5Sl_Jv-IbkImfxAuOWECYW-vsEefyezzaTjlYgRVoqHrD9Fffy1uBAZc0rJic1zUp20aiwKRG_5iw2OKoHMtrVCHlyjuCo/s320/IMG_0128b.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /> This is Skuie (sorry if I spelt your name wrong) who was my instructor for the advanced course. She took me on some great dives, my favourite being the night dive on a tiny little boat (only had 6 of us on it and couldn't fit many more) in rough choppy seas and into the inky black of the underwater world at night. Great experience and I got to see both a turtle and a blue spotted stingray.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2qfLFTxO6ULwoZK97w3y7jMVZ0vx1_j60xWRDLdEAPBX-C9TBq1ez5NDY4d3AclvLTCCJRoH5czyLb8-x7Uz0Elf3MDOJaWSchlA7vMkKvN9qt_IL3qv9PFKIxJZAFcRrddLtBLjPulk/s1600/IMG_0140.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2qfLFTxO6ULwoZK97w3y7jMVZ0vx1_j60xWRDLdEAPBX-C9TBq1ez5NDY4d3AclvLTCCJRoH5czyLb8-x7Uz0Elf3MDOJaWSchlA7vMkKvN9qt_IL3qv9PFKIxJZAFcRrddLtBLjPulk/s320/IMG_0140.JPG" /></a><br /><br /> <br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH1V7sgDHCf92hR6i4gYJuMk8Y6x88VsGn05bZbdXyelgmaXNje9VxJaaYoOULZ1Af9keqsg1ocySoCkeqJis0dTEbFLGnXTFU3LSuFF4BZBTpOUD0fscC1S6zFElLhC_Lg9_NFIiR7sg/s1600/IMG_0192.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH1V7sgDHCf92hR6i4gYJuMk8Y6x88VsGn05bZbdXyelgmaXNje9VxJaaYoOULZ1Af9keqsg1ocySoCkeqJis0dTEbFLGnXTFU3LSuFF4BZBTpOUD0fscC1S6zFElLhC_Lg9_NFIiR7sg/s320/IMG_0192.JPG" /></a></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1aHKvKD_NrG-91xu6B-C6vrTE02DtvOrf67MfGH1RIni1jRU-nJMSiys_YLFY20lnlPWkiYzFYZIXTt3rptWsRTXuu4-e00XJNnqc-G1_1kZxWdEM1dpXqmo8g2QmCq5tSCvEYwSDFks/s1600/IMG_0155.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1aHKvKD_NrG-91xu6B-C6vrTE02DtvOrf67MfGH1RIni1jRU-nJMSiys_YLFY20lnlPWkiYzFYZIXTt3rptWsRTXuu4-e00XJNnqc-G1_1kZxWdEM1dpXqmo8g2QmCq5tSCvEYwSDFks/s320/IMG_0155.JPG" /></a><br /><br /> <br />One of the dives for my advnaced course was down onto a wreck. Wreck 742 was originally owned by the US navy and then given to the Thai navy who after years of service sunk it a year ago to creat an artifical reef and dive site. and<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisu8OGRLNTHYMw_t73roYfoCno_zUt5_3QGcufMEUWFJ2l8lfKoiBAHc6icOXVvii7WCjSXKC154MAivpeKQeAjJjD00UnnMu03dEtehVnbjoA7bwVPFZAcISfnQWMZDQZmfAJzm8WPgA/s1600/IMG_0179.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisu8OGRLNTHYMw_t73roYfoCno_zUt5_3QGcufMEUWFJ2l8lfKoiBAHc6icOXVvii7WCjSXKC154MAivpeKQeAjJjD00UnnMu03dEtehVnbjoA7bwVPFZAcISfnQWMZDQZmfAJzm8WPgA/s320/IMG_0179.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOEMoRylXIAZn3uwK-xg4O8m8kxIEgZ5kXs6Ocw9B6GMspvWq41ZBisSLMppoVWbiZ8EGtiiNgW8HDatrugf8YyqWXOVxyMOUGWi4VRGq97jt47A_pVT0rw-Y9Z7bXNfVplrpBb7eUMio/s1600/IMG_0215.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOEMoRylXIAZn3uwK-xg4O8m8kxIEgZ5kXs6Ocw9B6GMspvWq41ZBisSLMppoVWbiZ8EGtiiNgW8HDatrugf8YyqWXOVxyMOUGWi4VRGq97jt47A_pVT0rw-Y9Z7bXNfVplrpBb7eUMio/s320/IMG_0215.JPG" /></a><br /><br /> <br /><br /> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKc1cBvMgbJt0WOZO62OTxLAzoPGql4JQmJ0IU6vibIqEOSrRyUc1SCzTqVzXm-4VDf8PjX9_EYUsYjVszyKtAP03yVi9zmqNQ9jz4rIKFyJEFr9KO1KDKBPesJ8EVxo9XYf0w0ffGX0w/s1600/IMG_0375.JPG"><img border="0" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKc1cBvMgbJt0WOZO62OTxLAzoPGql4JQmJ0IU6vibIqEOSrRyUc1SCzTqVzXm-4VDf8PjX9_EYUsYjVszyKtAP03yVi9zmqNQ9jz4rIKFyJEFr9KO1KDKBPesJ8EVxo9XYf0w0ffGX0w/s400/IMG_0375.JPG" width="400" /></a><br /><br /><br />It was great fun learning to dive (even if my mask did sometimes fill up with water). I hope I can dive again on future holidays. After 5 days on Koh Tao we left this lovely Island to continue on to southern Thailand.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPHIgXQVSEVrLPOqgoCAU2varg08t6ZuosPzCYbZSe_biZPHme7fDbhK0KGVp8Yi37TrVeSpiKBCAK3ygmFCTRz4keUW09MCNkMbdI8Sthg0ezqDdarpgzhzalf5zG1PQjONqZiE1tkyc/s1600/DSCF2052.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPHIgXQVSEVrLPOqgoCAU2varg08t6ZuosPzCYbZSe_biZPHme7fDbhK0KGVp8Yi37TrVeSpiKBCAK3ygmFCTRz4keUW09MCNkMbdI8Sthg0ezqDdarpgzhzalf5zG1PQjONqZiE1tkyc/s640/DSCF2052.JPG" /></a><br /><br /> </span></div>
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</div>Gareth Cheesmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02344656001803328758noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919738555007292905.post-52356318976276997902012-07-05T20:46:00.000+07:002012-07-05T20:46:43.426+07:00(a Week late) Pattaya the fun side<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiePz80pexqL3oQKclko0HuKEAy5siS5isJdR6ZTmJQLtrOyWgJefpHq421vOxhPJSKEKt9ioOY-Hiy2a3TYwy1yfGWY8C6Q48QPX9Mjz1lcGg4N41tvFxgJmbWnbQQkOqsfZCynga0VBg/s1600/SIZE_DSCF1962.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiePz80pexqL3oQKclko0HuKEAy5siS5isJdR6ZTmJQLtrOyWgJefpHq421vOxhPJSKEKt9ioOY-Hiy2a3TYwy1yfGWY8C6Q48QPX9Mjz1lcGg4N41tvFxgJmbWnbQQkOqsfZCynga0VBg/s640/SIZE_DSCF1962.jpg" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><br />We have been slow at posting due to the internet being very slow on Koh Tao island, so having now returned to the mainland we are catching up a little bit. Firstly before we left Pattaya Kerry took us on a fun day trip on a boat doing all kinds of fun stuff. We will post about Koh Tao after this. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8TFKZvvVbIH2itAo3fMuod7MOBJyJis0KSPKiu95bIlvadzo4MKZoOtXjILyr1pvTNQM6oa6NW72knbj1rxrE_9tXfFt-h6r36f8PpdM3yZXlKB9v7dlR170643QU33Xu6S6W_599eYo/s1600/SIZE_DSCF1893.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8TFKZvvVbIH2itAo3fMuod7MOBJyJis0KSPKiu95bIlvadzo4MKZoOtXjILyr1pvTNQM6oa6NW72knbj1rxrE_9tXfFt-h6r36f8PpdM3yZXlKB9v7dlR170643QU33Xu6S6W_599eYo/s320/SIZE_DSCF1893.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />First the little boat we were on docked with a floating platform where they do parasaliang. They stick you in a tight harness and take you out onto a platform. Then the person before you lands (after being in the air) and in less then 1 minute they switch over the lines so you are now attached. The speed boat accelerates away and you are pulled off the platform and up into the air. After a quick tour around in a big circle you come in for a landing and quickly switch over with the next customer. Great fun even if the harness was a little snug!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqfOG-nBZUa8FCllZ9m8HYcxGYLu4nunXAfl_pye8aRbYpR73bd0SGazMgOml3hTx1vYh-TSzTqP07jSHazzktSZM8zTI1WqBSfGcmzjL5ZdcXAhmh7-Y3zefT4gsnMypn4T4ENR4rg38/s1600/SIZE_DSCF1901.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqfOG-nBZUa8FCllZ9m8HYcxGYLu4nunXAfl_pye8aRbYpR73bd0SGazMgOml3hTx1vYh-TSzTqP07jSHazzktSZM8zTI1WqBSfGcmzjL5ZdcXAhmh7-Y3zefT4gsnMypn4T4ENR4rg38/s320/SIZE_DSCF1901.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />After that we went out and were taught how to fish from a boat. Gareth caught 1 fish. Lets count Michelle's fish........<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsqm1DU8sYGsdGqVgrwMcqLybdjqk9jUflSR-MTSKUCHMpxmE1kZi-RQOLYf7EiDJUQ_yGU3zNtcVQnZPstHC38MS8yCZVQN80IjMX8xOp8j7GSKUrMp03JOi3t2te2CIQehbcuoJzIGY/s1600/SIZE_DSCF1914.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsqm1DU8sYGsdGqVgrwMcqLybdjqk9jUflSR-MTSKUCHMpxmE1kZi-RQOLYf7EiDJUQ_yGU3zNtcVQnZPstHC38MS8yCZVQN80IjMX8xOp8j7GSKUrMp03JOi3t2te2CIQehbcuoJzIGY/s320/SIZE_DSCF1914.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Not 1 fish<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHx-4ID5jlVV5pHx09OsOFjbwSB-gePlDVsOPizfkj-jL0p4OtNLMShUuTFtPVqYAWgFH1H6rhZEMTND_bFC3GTKO98zjtGj7w-4pDwkyYo64kGGqnFCgzO8kna8YcuG3IwrQ369HTOtk/s1600/SIZE_DSCF1919.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHx-4ID5jlVV5pHx09OsOFjbwSB-gePlDVsOPizfkj-jL0p4OtNLMShUuTFtPVqYAWgFH1H6rhZEMTND_bFC3GTKO98zjtGj7w-4pDwkyYo64kGGqnFCgzO8kna8YcuG3IwrQ369HTOtk/s320/SIZE_DSCF1919.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Not 2 fish<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXNlj_PARorp2Fi0Pgzyt2vpg5shDgaHYI0Yu4ais8n5V3HprBQZ2Y9eU7izqVHKkVNixB0kWHynsRk5JXkgU7w9q3A-vANpOPJmFjwPDm-HBdiTOnufxjBwHRL0URWsNA8d4vRWRHR78/s1600/SIZE_DSCF1923.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXNlj_PARorp2Fi0Pgzyt2vpg5shDgaHYI0Yu4ais8n5V3HprBQZ2Y9eU7izqVHKkVNixB0kWHynsRk5JXkgU7w9q3A-vANpOPJmFjwPDm-HBdiTOnufxjBwHRL0URWsNA8d4vRWRHR78/s320/SIZE_DSCF1923.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Not 3 fish<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiskU67U9XfuXK0jxShwiiIJUREA4yen5n_M_-L4lxdJoO3TGlXd2DDxaYv1AdLy9f4Ni5Vja6lGvwlNkGdm6vZ0OFu0u-uYVln33aMmt-E4gnKRc-gT0ilZiHePGYSk9F5nvD8YHoauG8/s1600/SIZE_DSCF1929.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiskU67U9XfuXK0jxShwiiIJUREA4yen5n_M_-L4lxdJoO3TGlXd2DDxaYv1AdLy9f4Ni5Vja6lGvwlNkGdm6vZ0OFu0u-uYVln33aMmt-E4gnKRc-gT0ilZiHePGYSk9F5nvD8YHoauG8/s320/SIZE_DSCF1929.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Not 4 fish<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-tYtXIcpVvBeI9HUJ_wRzZcnudcMPYEyjfCNZuc8SX3YAiBkmVJoaV2NImDVL7uIn4x6uzSxcRKSWpnofThUu-woq2yQOXMzKBK6CJG3cS4Zgy3TzyDybVgxCTMB_VF_s9lKc4uHfdas/s1600/SIZE_DSCF1931.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-tYtXIcpVvBeI9HUJ_wRzZcnudcMPYEyjfCNZuc8SX3YAiBkmVJoaV2NImDVL7uIn4x6uzSxcRKSWpnofThUu-woq2yQOXMzKBK6CJG3cS4Zgy3TzyDybVgxCTMB_VF_s9lKc4uHfdas/s320/SIZE_DSCF1931.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Not 5 fish<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI2AqB6fa3NSq7ixQiYv3FnySc8lnykn1bt294-A-XtNHZy_XRxtcPGQuQHFE8V-0ScBYuUiZx-2Y8yceECKZ993tBiqBhGEDEG92icXFLuOHDIiyF4kMngqLW38RXp6G5CcsbpAwwokA/s1600/SIZE_DSCF1933.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI2AqB6fa3NSq7ixQiYv3FnySc8lnykn1bt294-A-XtNHZy_XRxtcPGQuQHFE8V-0ScBYuUiZx-2Y8yceECKZ993tBiqBhGEDEG92icXFLuOHDIiyF4kMngqLW38RXp6G5CcsbpAwwokA/s320/SIZE_DSCF1933.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />BUT 6 FISH!!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Michelle was very humble about this all day. ;P<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Kerry was feeling a little sea sick so she was allowed to drive the boat to help her feel better. She was a good pilot.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOSdWdkoEgLAeJettl0xzCrepv7cfNndz7L6B9-bVGJ-WvzmzRwQLjBXXPL8CK8n1IuqD44Y-6lBDw73SplDEpzAZeEYud4dHdfwGsvAKNwx6zgVvUstVzOfFPA4-KpKrHeQslrdxitew/s1600/SIZE_DSCF1934.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOSdWdkoEgLAeJettl0xzCrepv7cfNndz7L6B9-bVGJ-WvzmzRwQLjBXXPL8CK8n1IuqD44Y-6lBDw73SplDEpzAZeEYud4dHdfwGsvAKNwx6zgVvUstVzOfFPA4-KpKrHeQslrdxitew/s320/SIZE_DSCF1934.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfWOsPN32YCiy4Yzb0TmfeYleGrkIPWYT7vBs27dLMwUmCQcHC5z3vEkYj6a6Y0ingpSZ5x1iQrvomNEWYsyoSkJLs0rREjXMIeb8mJJK1-5jZpQOggLgSS-Wz6TBY1G3U5MIoTbAT0ag/s1600/SIZE_DSCF1939.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfWOsPN32YCiy4Yzb0TmfeYleGrkIPWYT7vBs27dLMwUmCQcHC5z3vEkYj6a6Y0ingpSZ5x1iQrvomNEWYsyoSkJLs0rREjXMIeb8mJJK1-5jZpQOggLgSS-Wz6TBY1G3U5MIoTbAT0ag/s320/SIZE_DSCF1939.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Next we stopped off at a little island for a banana boat ride. Great fun being pulled along by the jet ski. Until it turned sharply and we all flew off into the water. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-T_viZczm2tYiQTRMx3vXjZgfLGykVkN7a-nA87Ijx186XYSbJwL87_F5JRMueGQzq9ew-Lm_ZgkZsfOypdRlSfh4sBNqh2lf-ZuPlBRQ_AJUcnAJT4y4DXhxcz9LdXiny5fwwQYyv48/s1600/SIZE_DSCF1942.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-T_viZczm2tYiQTRMx3vXjZgfLGykVkN7a-nA87Ijx186XYSbJwL87_F5JRMueGQzq9ew-Lm_ZgkZsfOypdRlSfh4sBNqh2lf-ZuPlBRQ_AJUcnAJT4y4DXhxcz9LdXiny5fwwQYyv48/s320/SIZE_DSCF1942.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Then onwards to another island with a beautiful beach and a sheltered shallow bay to swim in. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicZtihILZNd3NQ4_XrH9C6jNKNmzy8Qqh3uhgcpWNtAO4Ww9tNS3QMJP5TaqetJRv_0-FcZPcKIL5bzbGlgTs12p-RfN1nRQM4UhWzUv0o7Js9LsRtShSWyhJNCywImZrCIt8_XMaEIB0/s1600/SIZE_DSCF1951.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicZtihILZNd3NQ4_XrH9C6jNKNmzy8Qqh3uhgcpWNtAO4Ww9tNS3QMJP5TaqetJRv_0-FcZPcKIL5bzbGlgTs12p-RfN1nRQM4UhWzUv0o7Js9LsRtShSWyhJNCywImZrCIt8_XMaEIB0/s320/SIZE_DSCF1951.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifnEV4jT61RPqr0Cpzxp1u7Hv8D9CuOigyOwAhYYNf9-CmX6hhFvTmQ4qTK0uMiIVb9MnrkJ27AYgWtg8SZmnXSalQBblU4hgzDVtw6RLZ4x6ph4ckA1nYHCaq2w-2YkqW2pW35Lr-gqA/s1600/SIZE_DSCF1952.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifnEV4jT61RPqr0Cpzxp1u7Hv8D9CuOigyOwAhYYNf9-CmX6hhFvTmQ4qTK0uMiIVb9MnrkJ27AYgWtg8SZmnXSalQBblU4hgzDVtw6RLZ4x6ph4ckA1nYHCaq2w-2YkqW2pW35Lr-gqA/s320/SIZE_DSCF1952.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja-c3PG1yFS4_FzTGuL-eiGt0YIW1dPL0o0G6bXwsnm5FatcvC3zepDzgTy8V4jClPuxy32cCi-CZ7AkI8Z2-wB4xczTleQAcSb5x7D-_3dBbHLQTOW5xLgcjQEntACu0nWZGVQUVyqPY/s1600/SIZE_DSCF1957.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja-c3PG1yFS4_FzTGuL-eiGt0YIW1dPL0o0G6bXwsnm5FatcvC3zepDzgTy8V4jClPuxy32cCi-CZ7AkI8Z2-wB4xczTleQAcSb5x7D-_3dBbHLQTOW5xLgcjQEntACu0nWZGVQUVyqPY/s320/SIZE_DSCF1957.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />After a nice long day island hoping we headed back, we tried to out run a rain storm that was chasing us back to Pattaya. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcUl7UpQAOTO11gVc8fHxCn3hTrdg7YkY3b6gjv70DzPF-CZA20fW9Kc4DzO6mHlM5LlzfwiyW_ZFtY_vkgnCclvBp7R9psrC6UgGsEKUMyaZbFAWTdrlC-bU7ViFEyPS6smVcUtmdXoU/s1600/SIZE_DSCF1964.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcUl7UpQAOTO11gVc8fHxCn3hTrdg7YkY3b6gjv70DzPF-CZA20fW9Kc4DzO6mHlM5LlzfwiyW_ZFtY_vkgnCclvBp7R9psrC6UgGsEKUMyaZbFAWTdrlC-bU7ViFEyPS6smVcUtmdXoU/s320/SIZE_DSCF1964.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This is us getting cold with Jemma (one of Kerry's friends from Pattaya who is lovely and great fun) <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicdDJljncyqT_EEy8IDaDr79yawypXCokC0mO6tF1MwYqwI4Ul5PiC0PvBuTcbNf-E7xfhAQkUQPTpRI2R3Z4ngVVPk3ycRb_oir5NhADIcsNwfloBj7Xjjw54O6qTviYeBCUGEDty5TI/s1600/SIZE_DSCF1972.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicdDJljncyqT_EEy8IDaDr79yawypXCokC0mO6tF1MwYqwI4Ul5PiC0PvBuTcbNf-E7xfhAQkUQPTpRI2R3Z4ngVVPk3ycRb_oir5NhADIcsNwfloBj7Xjjw54O6qTviYeBCUGEDty5TI/s320/SIZE_DSCF1972.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We lost and got drenched as we got off the boat and headed back to the hotel. So what did we do after a day on the surface of water, in the air above the water and in the water. Well go for a swim of course in the hotel pool.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtfnSDHDyRzjEExnWkSfZ5VXg9qre5YinUsE81jw5Xad0JjBBNwiU2ECcqODzWVCYUd8sspk43vRilMndwufjwx6KhXeaTfcy_O_-12xvRTJt4uWLvG0ThL2xkuzLZcR28K-nlxzhOGoI/s1600/SIZE_DSCF1990.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtfnSDHDyRzjEExnWkSfZ5VXg9qre5YinUsE81jw5Xad0JjBBNwiU2ECcqODzWVCYUd8sspk43vRilMndwufjwx6KhXeaTfcy_O_-12xvRTJt4uWLvG0ThL2xkuzLZcR28K-nlxzhOGoI/s640/SIZE_DSCF1990.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thank you Kerry for taking us on such a fun day and looking after us in Pattaya.</div>Gareth Cheesmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02344656001803328758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919738555007292905.post-72132035491950193942012-07-04T07:37:00.001+07:002012-07-05T18:53:22.054+07:00Gareth and Michelle are now qualified open water Scuba divers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<br /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />Just a short mini update. We are on Koh Tao with limited internet. But we are here for the beach, the sea and Scuba. We have both now completed he open water diving qualification. In the future we could go diving any where in the world we wamted. Gareth is also going to try and complete the advanced open water diver course. which includes going down to a depth of 30 meters (nearly 100 feet) and hopefully a night dive.</span></div>Gareth Cheesmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02344656001803328758noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919738555007292905.post-82411018847881019902012-06-26T22:39:00.000+07:002012-06-28T10:51:50.024+07:00Pattaya, Kerry and the Tamar Center<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Today we caught up with our friend Kerry (who is one of our regular commentators on this blog). Kerry is on a 6 month sabbatical to Pattaya to work with the <a href="http://www.ywamthai.org/tamar/">Tamar center</a>. Before we talk about this project we need to explain a little bit more about Pattaya. Pattaya is a tourist developed town but the tone for this development was set by the near by US navy base. Sailors on shore leave came to Pattaya to drink and sleep with girls. The whole tourist development is geared up around the commercial sex industry. The navy base is still here with regular influxes of sailors but Pattaya has grown to such a point that it doesn’t need sailors to find enough men looking for sex. Men come from England, America, Europe, Russia and increasingly Arab states primarily for sex. </span><br />
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In the lonely planet guide is starts it description of the city like this<br />
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The Tamar center reaches out to help the women and children who find themselves working in the tourist sex industry. The center runs a number of projects including doing outreach to the girls based in the bars and the girls working from the main beach front. A regular service they provide is free English language courses.
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">They run training and employment to help the women earn money outside of prostitution. This work includes card making, hairdressing, bakery, restaurant skills, IT skills and life skills. The cards are fantastic and you can buy them <a href="http://www.tamarcards.com/home.php" target="_blank">online here</a>. The coffee shop they run is excellent. I would recommend the cheesecake.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amazing hand made cards for sale</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Everything is centered on helping girls find dignity hope and a future. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The project runs a hair salon on a major bar street and many of the working girls come to get their hair styled. The salon provides a very gentle introduction to the team and is staffed by women who used to work as prostitutes but have gone through the training Tamer provides. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The hair salon in the outreach centre</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Dozens of bars line the streets with thousands of girls in the city ready to sell their body to </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">foreigner</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">s</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Kerry took us on a little tour of the town and we were both shocked with how blatant the prostitution was. Even though prostitution is illegal in Thailand there is no attempt to hide the work. It is everywhere in the city; from bars, clubs, massage parlors and girls on the street. It creates a very odd atmosphere and not a pleasant one. Whilst it has been nice to visit the local Starbucks, enjoy some home comforts (Kerry took us to a cafe for a British fry up!!!!) and it has been great to visit Kerry, we are glad that it is a short trip as we would not want to holiday here. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We have only told y</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">ou a tiny amount. The team is also involved in preventative work in the poorer villages that most of the girls come from. The team also helps girls who want to return to their villages. Kerry and the team are doing an amazing job in this city and greater things are yet to come! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Also in Pattaya we had the opportunity to go with Kerry and her very funny friend Gemma out of the city and on a boat trip to some local islands, we will get some pictures of that fun trip up later. We are now heading down to the south of Thailand to learn to dive and relax before heading home in a few weeks. We are going to Phuket via a flight to Kuala Lumpa. As we need to extend of Visa and it is easier to fly in and out of the country than to deal with the Visa authorities. </span><br />
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<br /></div>Gareth Cheesmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02344656001803328758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919738555007292905.post-24640110323124379102012-06-25T13:25:00.001+07:002012-06-27T15:34:42.676+07:00Elephant Sanctuary<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /><br />100 years ago their was around 100,000 Asian elephants living in Thailand. Now their is only about 5,00, half of these live in the wild and half are classified as domestic animals. Up until the 1980 elephants were used extensively in the logging industry. Moving heavy logs and trekking through dense rain forest. Then to save what rainforest they had left the government banned logging. Which was good for the rainforest but left thousands of domestic elephants with no way to make a living. Some where abandoned to the wild but growing up amongst humans meant they did not avoid human habitations and sometimes became pests eating crops. Some were illegally sold to the Burmese logging industry. Lots ended up in the tourism industry. <br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This elephant sadly is blind so has to feel for the food on the ground with her trunk. She also uses her trunk as a guide stick.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Sadly the strains of many tourist jobs damaged the health of elephants. Abuse and neglect of elephants is still wide spread. Domestic elephants (unlike their wild cousins) have no rights as they are treated as cattle. All across Thailand elephants are being dangerously exploited. Sometimes maliciously, like blinding an elephant for not obeying, but more often out of ignorance for the damage they are doing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The Elephant park exists as safe refuge for mistreated elephants. Starting with just 4 elephants they park has grown to now housing 34 elephants. From young elephants months old right up to old matrons over 70 years old. It was fantastic to spend the day going around the centre. Meeting different elephants, hearing their stories and how the centre is caring for them now. Feeding them, we found ourselves feeding the elephants all the time. They love to eat. After lunch a particular highlight for us was going down to the river and helping wash the elephants. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Some like to lay down it is just more relaxing!</span></td></tr>
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<br /></div>Gareth Cheesmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02344656001803328758noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919738555007292905.post-65298769616123479902012-06-21T18:43:00.000+07:002012-06-21T18:43:18.307+07:00AIDS projects in Thailand - The House of Grace - Sing Buri<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />Our first week in Thailand was visiting two amazing projects connected with Gareth's work (ACET aids education). We visited The house of Grace in Chanthaburi and a schools education project in Sing Buri. We stayed with two amazing missionaries called Alan and Maelynn who are both over 70 and have been working in Thailand for over 40 years. </span><div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The House of Grace looks after children who's parents have died from HIV and no family members can/will look after them. Some of the children are infected with HIV and some are siblings of infected. The house of Grace provides a safe loving place for them to grow up. </span></div>
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</div>Gareth Cheesmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02344656001803328758noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919738555007292905.post-11533223887630848482012-06-19T22:53:00.000+07:002012-06-20T22:48:36.803+07:00The Indiana Jones temple - climbing over rubble<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Trees love growing on top of the stone as it gives young saplings a head start in getting up higher to the sunlight. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We have been very busy leaving Cambodia and heading over to Thailand. So busy we haven't even posted all our temple photos from Angkor Wat and the surrounding temples, so here they are. Congrats if you have the patience to look at them all :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayon" target="_blank">Bayon</a> </span>(click the link for the history)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It was actually very busy when we visited, we just took photos carefully. </span></div>
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</div>Gareth Cheesmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02344656001803328758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919738555007292905.post-17624179003295540382012-06-14T00:27:00.001+07:002012-06-14T00:27:55.508+07:00Massive Waterfall near Siem Reap<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">These are our pictures from our trip to the waterfall at Phnom Kulen . It was good long drive (nearly 2 hours) from Siem Reap but we thought it was defiantly worth it. It was fantastic to see such a big waterfall in such a flat country. We also got to swim in the plunge pool at the bottom which was deliciously cool on the hot humid day. But the water was full of fish that bite you. Tacking off dead skin like the ones in tanks for your feet. These ones are bigger more vicious and will bite anything they think might come off. Gareth had an unfortunate incident involving a fish and a nipple, but no permanent damage was done. Michelle was clever and just kept swimming, avoiding being bitten.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Both of us sitting at the bottom of the water fall, having our feet bitten by fish</span></td></tr>
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<br /></div>Gareth Cheesmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02344656001803328758noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919738555007292905.post-43793886244256160022012-06-10T11:53:00.000+07:002012-06-10T12:19:24.334+07:00Angkor Ta Prohm - the Tomb Raider temple<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We have recently been to the Angkor temple complex, which houses around a 1000s temples (some so small you wouldn't notice them, others are huge religious monuments still in use today). During our stay in Siem reap we will be visiting the temple park, spread over miles of countryside, a number of times and will be sharing some of the many photos we have taken. According to </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighth_Wonder_of_the_World" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">this Wikipedia list</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> the Angkor temples are the 4th "8th Wonder of the World" we have visited so far on our trip, the others being , the Great Wall of China, the Terracotta Army and the 3 Gorges Dam. We think you could create a very extensive and excellent round the world tour visiting all the places that try to claim they are the 8th Wonder of the world. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Today we are posting pictures of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta_Prohm" target="_blank">Ta Prohm,</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">nicknamed the Tomb Raider temple as they </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">filmed some shots for the Angelina Jolie film here. (Michelle was in her element!) Unlike most temples in the Angkor site they have decided to not remove the tree's from in and around the temple. The trees have become a key draw for visitors, adding to the atmosphere of this ancient structure. The ruins and sculptures merging with the jungle all around it. Out of all the temples we have seen so far this temple was the most atmospheric. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>Gareth Cheesmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02344656001803328758noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919738555007292905.post-75385038864325873942012-06-09T21:48:00.001+07:002012-06-09T21:48:42.982+07:00Good Bye Phnom Penh - Goodbye Bob and Pam<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: left;">We have left Phnom Penh and the excellent home of Bob and Pam Toan and headed up to Siem Reap. Before we left Phnom Penh we visited a couple of local sites including Wat Phnom and the Royal Palace, with its silver Pagoda (don't let the name fool you it is only the floor which is silver not the whole thing and we couldn't take photos inside). </span>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Wat Phnom, named after a woman who<br />was an important lady in the city.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Birds at the top of Wat Phnom you can pay to release<br />at a Buddhist shrine to balance a bad deed you have done</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The final Project we visited in Phnom Penh was<a href="http://www.daughtersofcambodia.org/"> Daughters of Cambodia</a> a organization reaching out to victims of sex trafficking in Cambodia. The project looks to work with individuals who want to get out of the commercial sex industry but feel themselves trapped. The project outlines two areas of need for those wanting to get out of the industry, internal capacity (Emotional healing, self esteem and confidence) and external resources (being able to still provide food for a family for example). Using this two pronged approach Daughters of Cambodia seeks to help women (and a number of male ladyboy prostitutes) who want to leave the industry, to be able to leave by their own effort. This is seen as a more sustainable approach then making them dependant on charity hand outs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">commercial</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> sex industry is not a pleasant thing to be in and many of the women have suffered through some very cruel situation with the ladyboys in the project sometimes suffering worse then others due to social prejudices. Many of the victims of this industry are sold into it by their family (due to extreme poverty). In a few cases women may be ticked into being sold to a brothel by a boyfriend or close friend. Sadly a </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">family</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> will sometimes sell their daughter into the sex industry because she has been raped, once she has suffered that </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">trauma</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> she is then seen to have lost her 'value' as a potential wife and is now 'worthless'. Treatment within the brothels can be horrific. The Daughters of Cambodia website has a picture drawn by a 12 year old victim detailing some of abuse she suffered. Along with the practical training the project provides counselling and support for the victims. Helping them to recover psychologically and emotional from the abuse they have suffered. </span><br />
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Meeting in a lovely street cafe we chatted for a long time with Steve who is passionatly involved with Social Justice issue in Cambodia. Steve also was involved in setting up Justees, which we visted earlier in the week. Now Steve has focused his work in helping Khemar people stand up for their own rights. A large part of his work includes bridge building between non human rights groups and Christian projects. Helping both groups of passionate people work together on tackling social inequaility in Cambodia and helping linking protests with project work for the benefit of local people.<br />
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According to the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/dec/01/corruption-index-2011-transparency-international#data" target="_blank">Corruption Index</a> Cambodia's government gets a score of 2.1. This puts it just a little bit better the Libya, Venzula, Iraq and Haiti and more corrupt then Laos, Nigeria, Russia and Syria. Much worse then neighbouring Vietnam and Thailand. It is also sadly true that many of the people involved in the leadership of the Khemar Rouge are still in government positions. Corruption may be called endemic in Cambodia. With extra bribes or "fees" being asked for by everyone from policemen to teachers who refuse to teach a child teh whole curriculum unless they get paid extra "fees". Sadly many government workers are badly paid (with some months not getting paid at all) so charging bribes can be the only way they can support themselves and family. We heard one almost comic story of a foreign couple driving a car being pulled over. The police fully inspected the car and all their papers, looking for any even minor fault they could charge a bribe for. They found nothing. Eventually the police just admitted to the foreign workers. "we're thirsty can you buy us a coke?"<br />
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The darker side of this corruption is currently publicly played out by land-grabs. These are times when individuals or companies with money/influence will claim a bit of land (by paying off the right people in government) regardless of who is currently living on the land (usually the poorest in the community). The land grabbers will the forceably evict the people and destroy their homes to make way for a new development, hotel, office block or residential complex. The corrupt developers are very cleaver and will often pay off the community leaders with large cash sums or new cars. This makes it harder for people to organise themselves. Also playing on the old divide and conquer tactic some developers will give a little compensation to some of the displaced people and none to others. Stirring up resentment and again making it harder for people to get organised. All over Cambodia people are having their homes and livelihoods ripped away from them. Steve works with local Cambodians to help them organise and protest to stand up against this corruption. One cause, Christians for social justice, is currently involved with is <a href="http://freethe15.wordpress.com/">Freethe15.wordpress.com</a>. This campaign looks to help a group of Khemar protesters "arrested while demonstrating peacefully on the sands that now cover what used to be Village 1 in Boeung Kak. Two days later, they were brought to court, and charged" These peaceful protesters have received on average of 2.5 years and they were denied proper legal treatment. Please visit the website to learn more about this terrible injustice. </div>
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Christians for social justice have a central theme of non-violent protest. Steve runs workshops helping local people to explore non-violent protesting. The workshops explores the roots of violence and how people respond has a huge impact. A simple summary could be "If you respond with Rocks they respond with bullets". But Non-violent protesting results in less violence and better responses. You stand up for what is right not by doing something wrong. If you want to read about a local lead campaign against a rainforest land grab click here <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Prey-Lang-Its-Our-Forest-Too/139354142798072" target="_blank">Prey-Lang-Its-Our-Forest-Too</a>.<br />
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It was great to learn about this project doing great work linking together various groups all interested in social justice in Cambodia, focusing on non-violent methods and equipping local people to lead the way. </div>Gareth Cheesmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02344656001803328758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919738555007292905.post-51074437846861883792012-06-07T11:56:00.002+07:002012-06-07T11:56:32.252+07:00Prision Fellowship Cambodia - Project Phnom Penh<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /><br />We meet up with Adam and Colleen Hutchinson to talk abpout the work of <a href="http://www.pfcambodia.org/index.htm" target="_blank">Prison Fellowship in Cambodia</a>. This is a member of the international prison fellowship. Gareth's Mum and Michelle's Aunt both have worked with UK Prison Fellowship projects. Prison Fellowships across the world are projects with a heart for helping those effected by prison. In each country the exact work will be different meeting the needs of the local people. The Prison Fellowship in Cambodia has the wide aim to</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />The project has been running for over 10 years and they have grown to be the primary providers of education and reintegration services in Cambodia. They have a small number of foreign workers and a large majority of Khemar staff working in prisons all across the country. They take a holistic approach looking at how to best help the individuals. So the education they provide will give practical skills to help them get a job, mechanics or sowing for example. But they will also provide classes on emotional and social education helping the prisoners to be better prepared for life outside when they are released. Prison sentences in Cambodia can be very long. Some people this project have worked with went into prison during the civil war, obviously Cambodia has changed a lot since that time. Working to help ensure smooth reintegration is at the heart of the work they do. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I was very impressed to hear how the project also works with other people involved within prisons. For example they have provided training for prison staff on things such as I.T skills, communication skills and non violent approaches.This has been proven to help improve the relationship between guards and prisoners. It was this holistic all round approach that we were most impressed by! We believe the project is making a significant improvement to lives of people impacted by prisons in Cambodia, both the prisoner ans the wider community.<br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div>Gareth Cheesmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02344656001803328758noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919738555007292905.post-50864439049290886722012-06-05T18:19:00.001+07:002012-06-05T18:19:05.497+07:00Chab Dai - Project Phnom Penh<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Today we visited, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1895729263">C</a></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.chabdai.org/" target="_blank">hab Dai</a>, </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">a project that instead of being just a single project, works as a </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">coalition</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. A </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">coalition</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> of over 50 projects all working with the issue of Human </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Trafficking</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The issue of human trafficking is not limited to one country or continent but is a global issue, yet in each country it will have its own specific styles and issues. In Cambodia poverty is a huge driving factor in people ending up being trafficked. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The sensationalised media accounts of trafficking usually shows people being snatched and dragged away in chains. This is far from the common way people end up in the trade. Helen Sworn (the coalitions International director, who we got to meet and talk with) estimated that less then 2% of trafficked people have that sort of experience. Most trafficked individuals are trapped by much more subtle approaches. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">For example, a recruitment agency may be set up in Cambodia that will send out recruiters into the countryside, to poor rural villages. When at these villages they will talk to families about all the good money their children (usually but not exclusively female) could make by working as home help in Malaysia. The recruiter will promise to get the girl trained, organise VISAs, transport and set them up with a paid position in Malaysia. Only after they have finished their long recruitment enticement will they mention that the girl must be 21. This then leaves the parents to choose if they wish to fake their daughters age on paper work or by using an aunts I.D. If they agree the girl should be recruited the parents will be given a $50 payment, which is a substantial amount of money for rural areas. The girl will be taken to a "training centre" in Phonm Penh were they will be given a few basic training sessions with hundreds of other girls. They girls are locked in the compound where hundreds of individual's are now unable to leave. There are a growing number of reports of the terrible conditions in these holding centres, wide spread accounts of physical abuse, neglect and even sexual abuse. If the parents try to get their child back, maybe if they heard that the training may be something else then they were promised, something dangerous, they can come to Phonm Penh. But they can only get their daughter back if they pay $800 to cover imaginary training costs, transport and administration, no one has this much money! The girl is now trapped. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">After the victims paperwork has been sorted out transport is arranged to get them into Malaysia. The victim on arrival will have their passport taken away by the agency for "safe keeping" and sent to work in a house. She now has no I.D. in a country she doesn't know and a language she probably cant speak. The conditions for these trafficked girls vary depending on where they end up. Some will be neglected and abused. Some physically abused, some sexually abused. The exact work they will do depends on many factors but can include sexual exploitation. All are trapped, unable to come home with no rights, working hard for tiny amounts of money. If they try to escape they may be picked up by gangs who will sell them. Either selling them back to the original agency or possibly to brothels and into the commercial sex trade. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This example is just one way people may end up in the human trafficking trade. It is a good example of how people may be tricked into it. With the level of restriction increasing at each step and with options of escape being cut off. All this for the sake of profit! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">They do an enormous amount of good by helping dozens of agencies working in Cambodia. Helping with training, aid with writing policies, encouraging coalition and more. They do a vast amount of monitoring and evaluation and are currently undertaking a 10 year research study into the risk factors that lead people into trafficking and sexual abuse. It has been great to meet such a well structured and forward planning project. I think that many UK organizations both christian and secular could learn a lot from the way Chab Dai looks at long term strategic development. </span><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We have reached a significant shift in our travels moving away from tourist routes, sight seeing and history and are currantly staying with the wonderful Bob and Pam Toan (who we know from Chester). Bob and Pam work in Cambodia for <a href="http://www.interserve.org/" style="text-align: left;">interserve</a>, supporting workers who come to Cambodia to help with various projects. Staying with Bob and Pam has given us the opportunity to visit a number of projects, helping to meet the individual and social needs of people in Cambodia. Our first stop was <a href="http://www.justees.org/" target="_blank">Justees</a> please find some pics and more info below.
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The project aims to be self sufficient by selling the t-shirts it prints as its principle income. The t-shirts are made by a sewing co-operative under fair trade conditions. The t-shirt designs are made by either, the two heads of the project Dave and Steve (we meet Dave, a lovely Australian) or by graphic designers both local and international, who give their work for free. All their T-Shirts have a social justice message and are very well designed (in our opinion).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">After talking with the staff and Dave for a bit we bought a few t-shirts and sadly said good bye. If you go to their website you can see they will deliver world wide. The T-Shirts are great and you will be supporting a great social enterprise project. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Today we followed the route of the Men, Women and Children who were taken 15Km away from S21 to the killing fields. They were then forced to kneel blindfolded by a large pit with propaganda being blasted out of speakers. The Khemar Rouge executors would then beat the victim across the back off the neck with a metal bar, a hoe or an axe. Then just to be certain the victim had its throat slit. The victims bodies where dumped into these large mass graves (the biggest holding 450 people). </span></div>
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Hey just a short mini update to say we have arrived safe in Cambodia after a night and a day of travelling. It was great to be meet off our coach by two lovely happy faces of people we know Bob and Pam Toan. We are about to spend a few days with them meeting lots of projects run in Phnom Penh. </div>Gareth Cheesmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02344656001803328758noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919738555007292905.post-11482941291449067452012-05-30T22:49:00.000+07:002012-05-30T22:49:19.716+07:00Motorcycle tour of Vietnam countryside<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Our thanks to Owen (find him at <a href="http://www.owee58.com/">www.owee58.com</a> and at the Tide Hotel in Nha Trang) for taking us on this unique trip off the beaten tourist path. </span></div>
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</div>Gareth Cheesmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02344656001803328758noreply@blogger.com3Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa province, Vietnam12.2387911 109.196748812.1146496 109.0388203 12.3629326 109.35467729999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2919738555007292905.post-86200691487217855012012-05-29T08:23:00.001+07:002012-05-29T08:26:15.281+07:00The Nha Trang Hostel view<div><p>We arrived safe into Nha Trang last night. Bit late, every train in Asia has been late so far. It was dark when we arrived but I am very happy with the Hostel's view this morning.</p>
<p>Our Hostel owner writes a very interesting blog about Vietnam. http://owee58.com/ </p>
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We went to My Son which was a large temple complex built around a 1000 years ago. Similar to Angkor Wat but much smaller. Sadly like other things we have visited in Vietnam. It has been badly damaged by the recent military action. One of the main temples was so strong that they Americans couldn't destroy it with air raids and artillery. So their solution send in a helicopter sapper team. to blow it up. Sad to see so much destruction in such a pretty landscape. </div>
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