Lertlah, Our House and the Soi

Well, we have arrived. After some initial issues with housing, we have settled into our 2-room apartment in "Our House," an apartment building across the street from our work. We were put in a hotel room about a half hour from Lertlah when we arrived. There are a lot of other teachers that live there as well, but for some reason we were given a room we had to pay for by the day, instead of the month. The first building was called Kornkarn and it was in a very interesting part of Bangkok. The Soi (Soi is "street" in Thai) was very interesting and venders were everywhere. There was lots of excellent food (we had the best pad thai for dinner one day) and things to buy. There was also a huge department store (Tesco) nearby with every possible amenity and an outdoor market that was also had a lot to offer. Unfortunately, Kornkarn was really far away from where we work so we decided to move to a different apartment building called "Our House." We initially thought only bachelor sweets were available but we managed to get a 2-room apartment for about $200 a month. Unfortunately we don't have a guest room anymore but we also don't have to commute to work. We will post pictures of our house soon, once we get our laptop up and running.

We have had two days of orientation at Lertlah school. This is where we will be teaching. Lori will be teaching P4 (grade 4) but I am still not sure what I will be teaching. On the first day I was sent to Campus 2 while Lori was sent to Campus 1 because no one knew where I was working. Fortunately they didn't give me a job at Campus 2 either so I went to Campus 1 and hopefully I will get to stay here (we did move into our new apartment afterall.) So far we are getting our personal things in order like banking, shopping, phones, etc. We didn't buy a phone yet but we will and will share the number. Apparently incoming minuites are free so once it is up and running feel free to give us a call. The time change is 12 hours to Winnipeg, 10 hours to Kelowna and 2 hours to Korea.

So that is all for now. We are safe, getting over jet lag and enjoying the food. This weekend we are going to Hua Hin, a beach resort, so that should be pretty good as well. For those of you who have noticed the difference in temperature between Winnipeg and Bangkok, Winnipeg will get up there eventually. So far we haven't experienced anything Winnipeg doesn't get for at least a week or two in summer.