The tsunami several years ago that devastated Thailand only caused very high tides here but further south it destroyed entire villages and I remember seeing photos of the elephants being used to walk out into the water and retrieve bodies. They are still used for heavy moving and were very useful after the tsunami in removing trees and collapsed buildings to retrieve
These jobs with private transport companies are usually very rewarding and it’s sometimes kind of sad to wrap them up and this was particularly a good job so it was mixed feelings when we finished today. I had three transport drivers and one translator and all four went to great lengths to make my stay a good one.
I am working the next two days for a company called Air Products and they picked me up after class today and drove me nearly two hours further south to Rayong which is also on the beach and it an industrial, not tourist, location. Like in Sriracha, the hotel here is first class and almost out of place in the city which is mostly run down and dirty—a typical industrial port town.
I do two days work here and it will be refresher work with the students I had in Pattaya a year and a half ago so I will know them and it should be fun to see them again. Then, Thursday night it’s back to Bangkok and Friday morning I fly back to the States…..
1 comment:
sounds like fun
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