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Here’s the story of how we ended up on the OTHER side of Thailand than what we had planned for.

During the training we did in Phuket, everyone receives their teaching placement. We were told we would be in Bangkok - in “a big school in Bangkok”. So Tim and I made plans to NOT hang out in Bangkok on our “vacation” and see the rest of Thailand.

- For vacation news, see the blog post before this.

Once we finally got to Bangkok, we got another hotel room by the school we were told we would be at, and settled in to get ready to meet with the school Director and sign our contracts. As it turned out two of our classmates, Krissy and Brian, were placed in our school as well.

On the meeting day, the 4 of us met up and headed to the school. It is a HUGE Catholic school that is all over Thailand. Very expensive to attend, and very well respected. We were in teaching heaven (well, not quite - but we were in teaching luxury). So we signed our contracts and went apartment looking…after walking around in the rain for about an hour…we found it…

As we wandered past the street venders - we came to a clearing with lush plants, and a sign saying “Welcome to Sathorn Saint View”. There it was…an amazing apartment. Think Rooftop pool, AC, Hot Shower, Cable/Satellite TV, twice a week complimentary laundry service, free wi-fi, rooftop gym, lobby bar/resturant with DAILY specials for residents, in-room fridge and microwave, etc. Yes, this was it!!!

We put down our deposit to move it in 2 days and skipped back to the hotel.

The next morning we wake to an email about our contracts. They are null and void because the new director didn’t have the power to hire us. Soo…we were out of a job. And our placement company didn’t have any more spots in Bangkok.

After we were switched to a new placement company we were offered a job in Ubon Ratchathani - right on the Laos border. Since school started a few days later, we took the job.

We are now 10 hours+ from Bangkok and all of our buddies, lost our apartment deposit, and are in a place that is close enough to take day trips to Laos..

Sawadee Kha..
Apes