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Tag Archives: Hilltribes
Hoi Ku Pah School
Swimming in the river is not the first thing that springs to mind when you think of Teaching English as a foreign language, but sure enough, last Friday, the students of Hoi Ku Pah and I went for a not-so-quick … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching English, Thailand
Tagged Culture, Hilltribes, Hoi Ku Pah, Karen, Karen Hilltribes, teaching, TEFL, Thailand
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A Monk’s Cremation
My experience of cremation ceremonies in the past has been limited to loved ones dying, and the resulting ceremony tends to be an understated affair, characterised by dark colours and sombreness. Not so in Thai culture. Monks are treated with … Continue reading
Posted in Living with Locals, The Karen
Tagged Buddhist, community, Cremation, Culture, Hilltribes, monk, Southeast Asia, Thailand
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Family Life
Whilst I cannot claim to be any kind of expert on Thai or Karen life, it did not take much time here to realise that there are some profound differences between family life here and that in the UK. For … Continue reading
Posted in Living with Locals, The Karen
Tagged Culture, family, Hilltribes, Karen, Mountains, Thailand, Travel
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A Collection of Conversations
Conversation 1: It was not late, but it felt it. It was a few weeks ago and the nights were still drawing in quickly and thickly. Nuan and I were drinking Lao Kow (“White Whisky”) on the porch outside. One … Continue reading
Posted in Living with Locals, The Karen
Tagged Conversation, Culture, Hilltribes, Karen, Language, Thailand, Travel
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Pretom
The Pretom school in Mae La Luang is part of the same school as the Matteyum I work in but is located elsewhere in the town. Every day I ride my bicycle through the temple grounds to get to it. Usually … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching English, Thailand
Tagged Culture, English, Hilltribes, Karen, Living in the mountains, Mountains, south east asia, teaching, TEFL, Thai, Thailand
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Matteyum
Thai school is different to English schools in a thousand ways. This is the first of three blog posts I will write about each of the schools I am in. Matteyum is the equivalent of secondary school. The matteyum I … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching English, Thailand
Tagged Adventure, Culture, English, Hilltribes, Karen, school, south east asia, Southeast Asia, teaching, Thai, Thailand, Travel
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My home.
Nuan’s home, the house I live in, is on the edge of the village. The only building beyond it a small church, red in colour and used only once a week for a few hours on a Sunday. You would not … Continue reading
Posted in Southeast Asia, The Karen
Tagged Adventure, Culture, family, Hilltribes, home, Karen, life, Living in the mountains, Mountains, No amenities, remote, TEFL, TESL, Thailand, Travel
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