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I've managed to get away from the babies because it is their nap time! I changed my first nappy today. I actually did 3, but two fell off. These aren't the nice disposable nappies you get in the UK, they are the material ones which you tie up with a pin. One boy was screaming and rolling around for about 10 minutes and it was so difficult.
The island was amazing. White sandy beaches, and it was great for me too with my pale skin because all of the lounge chairs were under umbrellas. The water was lovely and warm, you could walk straght in, without that shock cold feeling! There was a waiter service so you could order food and drinks from the beach chairs for a charge of 20 baht - around 40p all day!! The drinks were amazing, so dramatic held in a coconut shell with straws and umbrellas, all for about 80p! The whole day, including a ferry, 2 taxies, drinks, lunch, waiter service probably cost me about 7 pounds!!
I have been out every night since i got here. We mainly go into the city and go for drinks and watch live bands, or if we are tired, we go for a massage and for smoothies. One of the volunteers really likes starbucks, and they have a roof terrace, so we sit and watch the city.
I'm really used to the climate now. I love never being cold. The evenings are great, you can go out and never have to take a jacket. We always sit outside because sometimes the air-con can get too cold!
Tonight the volunteers living in the house at the orphanage are having a party. Each room will have a theme. As me and some of the other volunteers live over at the centre, we are decorating the kitchen and the living room. I think we are doing an under the sea theme.
On Monday, it was one of the volunteers birthdays so we went out for a meal and bought her presents. We went to a mexican resturant - it was so good that it wasn't thai food again! A few of us decided to go to an elephant park in the day. When we turned up there was like 3 elephants stood around and some random guy saying it would cost like 20 pounds to get in. We got straight back in the taxi....
Yesterday, we took the toddlers to the Pattaya Park, which is like a water amusement park. It was manic, there was like 30 toddlers who don't speak english. I learned the word for NO very quickly... Most of them were very well behaved though.
Anyway, it's lunchtime here now!!!
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