Earthoria Travelcasts

Earthoria P19: Leaving Thailand

Sun, 1 Jun 2008 12:52:00 GMT

Tina discusses the highs and lows of her time in Thailand, as well as her reasons for moving on. We then receive a blessing from a monk at Wat Phratat Doi Suthep, the temple on the mountain overlooking Chiang Mai.

Earthoria P18: Audio diary of a CELTA course in Chiang Mai

Sun, 1 Jun 2008 12:02:00 GMT

Tina and I did the intensive 4-week CELTA (TEFL) course with ECC in Chiang Mai, Thailand over two consecutive months. CELTA qualifies you to teach English to adults and is recognised as one of the best English teaching qualifications in the world. We made this audio diary along the way.

Earthoria P17: Erotic oil massage course, Chiang Mai

Tue, 27 May 2008 11:12:00 GMT

In Tinas last week in Chiang Mai, we went to Sabai De Ka Thai Massage to do a one day sensual oil massage course with a lovely Thai lady called Kloy. What a way to spend a day....!

Earthoria P16: Meditation retreat with Wat Suan Dok, Chiang Mai

Wed, 21 May 2008 08:59:00 GMT

Tina and I go on the Wat Suan Dok meditation retreat. The retreat is organised through the Wat Suan Dok Monk Chat program, and it departs from Wat Suan Dok, Chiang Mai, Thailand at about 2pm every Tuesday.

Earthoria S07: Our cat goes into labour

Fri, 16 May 2008 10:17:00 GMT

Our Thai cat 'Pudsey' goes into labour in Chiang Mai and makes some extraordinary sounds.

Earthoria S06: Storm in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:35:00 GMT

Sounds only. It is coming to the end of the dry season, and Chiang Mai has just been subjected to several weeks of intense heat, hardly relieved at all this year by Songkran, the water festival. It has been so hot that I have started to find it quite difficult living here. A good nightâs sleep has become a thing of the past, and you find yourself sweating around the clock - you wake up damp, and go to bed damp. Not very pleasant at all!

Last night the weather finally broke, and the sounds you hear in this audio file are the sounds of the first storm following this build up. Iâm happy to say itâs now gray with temperatures probably back around 30 degrees again! Bring on the rainy season!

Earthoria S05: Chiang Mai street sounds 1

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:56:00 GMT

Sounds only. This was recorded in our street in Chiang Mai, Thailand at about 6pm on a weekday night - in early April. Every night the cicadas start screeching at about the same time, and in the background (if you listen carefully) you can hear the sounds of the local community 'announcer' chatting away through the loud-speakers strategically positioned on lamp posts at the end of our road.

Earthoria P15: Pai, Thailand

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 11:00:00 GMT

Pai (pronounced 'Bai') is a small town in northern Thailand about 140KM north of Chiang Mai on the main Chiang Mai - Mae Hong Son route. Years ago Pai was a quiet market village, mainly inhabited by Shan people, but nowadays it thrives on tourism thanks to its arrival on the 'backpacker map' of Northern Thailand. Nowadays both Thai and foreign tourists are making their way to Pai in droves - the numbers of Thai tourists has increased dramatically since 2006 after Pai featured in two popular, Thai-made romantic movies. There are also frequent music festivals held in Pai - including the Pai Reggae Festival that also features briefly on this podcast.

Earthoria S04: Sounds of the lotus swimming pool in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 07:13:00 GMT

Sounds only. This was recorded on a Saturday afternoon in Chiang Mai, Thailand. I had gone to the pool to relax and wind down after a hugely stressful month, and this is what I was subjected to....

Earthoria P14: Care for Dogs - dog shelter, Chiang Mai

Sun, 6 Apr 2008 04:55:00 GMT

Tina visits Care for Dogs, a dog shelter based outside Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Earthoria P13: Pun Pun - Sustainable organic farming in N. Thailand

Mon, 3 Mar 2008 07:39:00 GMT

In this podcast, I met up with Peggy and Jo - the two founders of Pun Pun organic farm and restaurant from the Chiang Mai area, Thailand. During the interview, we discussed their views on Sustainable living and farming, Earthen house building, how they started out, and the philosophy and vision driving their work.

Earthoria P12: Visa run to Mae Sai & Tachileik, Burma

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:25:00 GMT

If you are a foreigner living in Thailand, you'll probably be familiar with the concept of a 'visa run'. Depending on what visa you enter Thailand with, you may be required to leave Thailand after 30, 60 or 90 days. There are a few points that you can do this, but two of the most common are the crossings at Mae Sot and Mae Sai. Both these crossings require that you walk over a bridge, enter Burma and get your passport stamped.

This month I decided to do my crossing at Mae Sai as it can be done in one (albeit long) day from Chiang Mai. 13 hours later I returned home.

Earthoria P11: Safe Haven Orphanage, Thailand

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:25:00 GMT

This Podcast is a short interview I did with Tasanee founder of Safe Haven Orphanage on the Thai/Burma border. It was recorded in December whilst motorbiking around Northern Thailand with my sister. The interview is also contained in the much longer Podcast 1483km by motorbike in North Thailand. Any questions or comments, please post them on our blog at: www.earthoria.com

Earthoria S03: Vegetarian restaurant in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Tue, 5 Feb 2008 13:44:00 GMT

Sounds only. I recorded this at around 7.30pm on a weekday night at our local vegetarian restaurant on Suthep Road in Chiang Mai. I popped to the restaurant and had a Khao Soi - one of the traditional northern Thai 'curry' dishes. Dinner cost 25THB (about $0.60) and was incredibly tasty. As I ate I was treated to some wonderfully cheesy background music, as you will hear in the recording!

Earthoria P10: Koh Lipe island, Thailand

Tue, 8 Jan 2008 09:54:00 GMT

Join us on Koh Lipe, a small island surrounded by emerald green seas and coral in Southern Thailand. Koh Lipe lies in Satun Province, near the Tarutao National Marine Park, on the Andaman (west) coast of Thailand adjacent to Malaysia. This podcast was recorded over a 2 week period during Christmas and New year 2007/2008.

Earthoria P09: 1483km by motorbike in North Thailand

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:00:00 GMT

Last week I completed a long, 1483Km motorbike trip with my sister Laura through Northern Thailand.

Starting from Chiang Mai, we headed North East through the mountains to Mae Hong Son (via Pai), before heading South about 650KM along the Thailand/Burma border via Mae Sot to our final destination - Umphang. Surrounded by national parks and wildlife reserves (and classified as a UNESCO World heritage site), Umphang is one of the most beautiful but least accessible districts in Thailand.

Earthoria P08: Loi Krathong Festival in Sukhothai

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 07:39:00 GMT

Come with us to the Loi Krathong festival in the ancient Thai capital of Sukhothai. Loy Kratong is a yearly festival celebrated on the full moon in November in Thailand. This podcast begins before I traveled to Sukhothai, sitting on a sunny bank by a lake in Mae Sot near the Burma border, and ends with a firework display in the Old City of Sukhothai, before returning to Chiang Mai.

Earthoria P07: The wild Sunflower fields at Doi Mae U-Kho

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:55:00 GMT

Join us on a road trip to the wild sunflower fields of Doi Mae U-Kho in Northern Thailand (Mae Hong Son province). The sunflower fields bloom during November and early December, painting the entire mountain of Doi Mae U-kho in gold. The flowers are also known as Bua tong in Thai or Golden lotus and are actually Mexican sunflowers. This podcast includes a stop off in Mae Sariang and a visit to Ob Luang National Park.

Earthoria P06: Coffee enema - do it yourself at home

Sun, 4 Nov 2007 04:34:00 GMT

Tina explains how to do a detoxifying Coffee Enema yourself at home...

Earthoria P05: Peace in Burma protest

Tue, 2 Oct 2007 05:51:00 GMT

Last Friday evening, I raced down to the Three Kings Monument in Chiang Mai to meet Tina and attend the Peace in Burma protest. This podcast includes an interview with Su Su, a founding member of Youth Solidarity in Burma, plus an interview with two Cambodian Monks at Wat Suan Dok.

Earthoria P04: The Sunday Market, Chiang Mai

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:54:00 GMT

Every Sunday Chaing Mai hosts a huge art and crafts market called The Sunday Market. We headed down there to try and capture some of the atmosphere...

Earthoria S02: The sounds of Ob Khan National Park, Chiang Mai

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:30:00 GMT

Sounds only. A few minutes of the sounds of Ob Khan National Park, South of Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Earthoria P03: A night-time motorbike trip to the Brasserie through Chiang Mai

Sat, 8 Sep 2007 12:03:00 GMT

Last Friday evening I decided it was far too long since I went to the Brasserie - a Jazz/Blues bar on the river Ping in Chiang Mai, Thailand - so I rode across the city on my motorbike attempting to ânarrateâ on the way.

Earthoria S01: Night time sounds in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 02:11:00 GMT

Sounds only. This was recorded from outside our house in Chiang Mai. We fall asleep with these sounds every night - from the Cicadas and barking dogs on a dry night, to thousands of mating frogs after the rains, it is never quiet outsideâ.! Is it any wonder we both sleep with earplugs?!

Earthoria P02: Whirling Dervishes of Rumi from Turkiye

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 02:10:00 GMT

It was a rainy Thursday evening in Chiang Mai, Thailand and we had heard the day before that at Payap University there would be a free performance by some Turkish Whirling Dervishes.

Earthoria P01: Thomas teaches Tina to ride a motorbike in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 02:05:00 GMT

Tina has been wanting to learn to ride a proper motorbike for a while now, so on a cloudy Saturday morning in Chiang Mai, I gave her some lessons in the road that we live in.