Title – Monastery
Date – July 2005
Location - Koh Samui - Thailand
Wat Plai Laem is a Buddhist temple on the north east corner of Koh Samui. Moving into a hut adjoining it, this beautiful temple lent me this stunning view from the porch of my hut. What a great place to relax after a day working as a Dive Master just down the road.
But it’s certainly worth checking out where you decide to live.
Two weeks after moving in it seemed that the temple was gearing up for it’s annual festival. A weeks worth of late night music culminating in a rock concert on the last night that no ear-plugs could drown out.
Beyond The Blue run Gap Year and Independent Travel Safety & Awareness workshops designed to suit the individuals attending. Whether you are going for a two week trip, a two month one or a two year round the world adventure, we have the knowledge and experience to help you make the right choices both during your planning stages and when you are away enjoying everything the world has to offer.
Please visit our website at www.safegapyear.com
Image – ©Peter Mayhew
Title – Sunset Serenity
Date – July 2005
Location - Koh Samui - Thailand
The serenity of this sunset would be impossible describe in words.
Beyond The Blue through our Gap Year and Independent Travel Safety & Awareness workshop help individuals to gain the confidence they need and the information required to travel safely and to be able to relax in environments like this one.
Please visit our website at www.safegapyear.com
Image – ©Peter Mayhew
Title – Thai Bungalow
Date – July 2005
Location - Koh Samui - Thailand
Deciding to stay for a prolonged period of time in one location can be a great way of really embracing the local culture and way of life and certainly helps with your budgeting. Here in Thailand this Bungalow can be hired for under US$100 a month and cheaper accommodation is available in other parts of the island and certainly other parts of the world. That is the equivalent of about £1.75 a day.
Beyond The Blue offers Gap Year and Independent Travel Safety & Awareness workshops to those planning to travel for the first time to a new country(s). We offer advice from years of experience travelling round the world learning through trial and error and our experiences in other industries. We know the best ways are to deal with all the situations you come across and we will give you a wealth of tips and information to make your trip safe and enjoyable.
Please visit our website at www.safegapyear.com
Image – ©Peter Mayhew
Title – Thai Sunset
Date – July 2005
Location - Koh Samui - Thailand
Sunset is a peaceful time wherever you are, but it helps when you are sitting on the beach sipping a cocktail and deciding on which seafood option to go with. Koh Samui is a great place to kick-back and enjoy all the amenities on this island that has blended traditional ways, with modern facilities and dedicated itself to tourism.
If you are looking for a place to come and have pure unadulterated fun, then this certainly is the place for you; it boasts a vibrant night life and bars, restaurants and clubs to suit almost every taste.
Beyond The Blue provides advice to anyone undertaking travel to new parts of the world. Some people choose remote locations and some choose urban ones. Here in Koh Samui it’s a little of both and with the beautiful beaches comes the urban sprawl of areas like Chaweng and this combination brings its own problems. Our Gap Year and Independent Travel Safety & Awareness workshop helps prepare you for the dangers of both environments and all the adventure you have planned.
Please visit our website at www.safegapyear.com
Image – ©Peter Mayhew
Title – The Grand Palace
Date – August 1994
Location - Bangkok - Thailand
The Grand Palace in the centre of Bangkok was for many years the residence of the king and the centre of government in Thailand. Now that the king is a figurehead rather then an absolute monarch and ever since the current kings brother was shot there, ending hundreds of years of it being the royal residence, the palace has been partially opened to the public to show off its extravagance. These guards stand 10 feet tall at the entrance as a demonstration of the power of the Palace.
‘To appreciate a country completely, it’s worth considering visiting both the palaces and the slums.’
Beyond The Blue is a company specialising in organising workshops to help individuals who are planning to travel the world. We help you acquire the information you will need to understand the nature of the country you are visiting. Our Gap Year and Independent Travel Safety & Awareness workshop covers all aspects of personal safety and teaches those attending how to read body language and better communicate in order to avoid conflict in all its forms.
Please visit our website at www.safegapyear.com
Image – ©Peter Mayhew
Title – Snakes
Date – August 1994
Location - Bangkok - Thailand
Many people consider snakes amongst their biggest phobias. Some people even go so far as avoiding whole countries because they have heard the horror stories about the number of venomous snakes that inhabit them. Australia for example has over 140 species of snake of which about 100 are venomous. Yet Australia suffers only about 1 or 2 deaths a year from snakebite out of a population of 21 million!
Admittedly the estimates for the world read a little differently, with somewhere in the region of 100,000 deaths thought to be as a result of snake bite occurring each year; but as the Australian figure suggests, the vast majority of these deaths occur in remote and agricultural areas where people are bitten while working in places like rice fields, where they are bare footed. In ‘developed’ countries like Australia where people wear good modern footwear and no longer have the need to do manual labour without suitable equipment, the death by snakebite rate, is almost non existent.
So by following a few simple rules no one really has anything to fear from snakes. I know how rarely snakes are seen, because as a snake enthusiast I go out looking for them and rarely come across them; even when I turn over branches and stones looking.
Beyond The Blue offer workshops to help you gain the skills and information needed to take a trip to wherever in the world your plans take you. Our Gap Year and Independent Travel Safety & Awareness workshop provides you with the facts and allows you to get past the myths that are out there; we are interested in providing you with the content and not the headlines.
Please visit our website at www.safegapyear.com
Image – ©Peter Mayhew
