Flying without wings
Having
completed their data collection yesterday morning the students were looking
forward to the `fun` part of the trip. Wednesday evening saw the students
honing their culinary skills at the Baan Thai cooking school. (Official photos
will be available on the cookery school website
http://www.cookinthai.com/webphoto.php)
Mr Gillmore impressed us all with his spring rolls and Mr Willis` green curry was OK. Some of the students also tested their resilience by attempting to eat hot chillies, raw (not to be recommended).
This morning we were all up early again to get into the rainforest for Flight of the Gibbon. A lot of the students (and Mrs Dolan) had to overcome their fear of heights to take part in this exciting zip wire course, which included the world`s longest zip line in a rainforest! All in all it was a great experience, and we were even lucky enough to see some gibbons!
The students are now taking part in the Chiang Mai Amazing Race - a n exciting team competition involving various challenges and questions.
Mr Gillmore impressed us all with his spring rolls and Mr Willis` green curry was OK. Some of the students also tested their resilience by attempting to eat hot chillies, raw (not to be recommended).
This morning we were all up early again to get into the rainforest for Flight of the Gibbon. A lot of the students (and Mrs Dolan) had to overcome their fear of heights to take part in this exciting zip wire course, which included the world`s longest zip line in a rainforest! All in all it was a great experience, and we were even lucky enough to see some gibbons!
The students are now taking part in the Chiang Mai Amazing Race - a n exciting team competition involving various challenges and questions.
On
Monday we set out at 7am and were at the first data collection site by 9:30.
The students took a little while to get used to the data collection equipment
and the coldness of the water but managed to get the first site completed in
just over an hour. They became more efficient as the day wore on and by the
last site they were in and out in 45 minutes. We arrived back at the hotel at
6:30pm which left just enough time for the students to have a shower (and wash
off the day's accumulated river dirt) before heading into Chiang Mai for
dinner.
Tuesday followed a similar pattern although our first site was close to the Myanmar (Burma) border so it took us slightly over 2 hours to get there. The rest of the day went smoothly and the students were becoming experts at the data collection process. We had a good buffet lunch at the Royal Ping Resort and were back in the hotel by 7pm before heading in to the night bazaar for dinner.
Tuesday followed a similar pattern although our first site was close to the Myanmar (Burma) border so it took us slightly over 2 hours to get there. The rest of the day went smoothly and the students were becoming experts at the data collection process. We had a good buffet lunch at the Royal Ping Resort and were back in the hotel by 7pm before heading in to the night bazaar for dinner.
This
afternoon we have a chance to hone our culinary skills with a Thai cooking
course, then it's up early tomorrow for Flight of the Gibbon!
Mr Ben Hough
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