Hello All

Here we are in Chanthaburi.  And here's my blog all thanks to my mate Debbie who gave me a "Blogging for Dummies" book as a leaving gift.

The town is about two hours south east of Bangkok, heading towards Cambodia.  It is know for its Gem Markets and the Waterfalls (which we intend to check out at some point). There was a massive Gem Festival recently and there were stages and stalls dotted all around the Old Town.  Now I say Old Town because Chanthaburi is very spread out and there seems to be three "areas", two of which are defined by the shopping centres (Robinsons and Big C) then the Old Town where we are living.  Both shopping centres are around 25 minutes walk from our house.

The corner shop viewed
 from our front door

The house is provided by the School and therefore is free, we only have to pay for water and electric.  It has a roof, fly screens and the bedroom upstairs has air-conditioning - all of these are essential when living in Thailand.  What it doesn't have is any white goods and this includes a fridge.  So although I'm now officially a housewife I can neither cook nor do washing.  This is very tragic.  Fortunately, we have a corner shop across the road that provides these facilities at a very reasonable price.