Earthoria Travelcasts: Episodes
In Spanish only. The story of a Guatemalan war victim. Kidnapped and tortured by the army, Filipe was shot twice and witnessed the execution of some of his fellow prisoners. Un victima de la Guerra civil en Guatemala conta su historia en Espanol.
We have now entered week 5 of our Spanish studies at the Co-operative of Guatemalan Spanish Teachers in San Pedro La Laguna, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. This podcast contains an update on our wonderful new house by Lake Atitlan, plus a trip to a cemetery during a fiesta for the dead. We finish up by discussing ...
Thomas and Tina move in with a Guatemalan family in their second weekâs Spanish course at the Cooperative Spanish Language School in San Pedro La Laguna, on the shores of lake Atitlan in Guatemala. <br />
This podcast was made as Thomas and Tina embark on their first weekâs Spanish course at the Cooperative Spanish Language School in San Pedro La Laguna, on the shores of lake Atitlan in Guatemala. We'll be publishing a new episode each week that we study here. Next week: Living with a Guatemalan family.<br />
Tina and Thomas arrive in Lake Atitlan, a beautiful lake in the Guatemalan highlands surrounded by volcanoes where they will be studying Spanish at the Cooperative Spanish School, San Pedro for several weeks and living with local families.
Thomas and Tina arrive in La Antigua, Guatemala at the start of their journey through Central & South America. La Antigua is the cultural centre of Guatemala - a stunning Spanish colonial town, surrounded by volcanoes and founded in 1543.<br />
Sounds only. This audio compilation contains radio clips, sounds recorded in our street, music recorded at our local temple, insect noises and lots more. The final song is a tongue-in-cheek tribute to the friends I made in Thailand.<br />
This podcast is a bit of a departure from the usual in more senses than one. Firstly, it's from Spain and secondly it's not about enemas, or massages... it's about 'the beautiful game' - football. It features the sounds of the Spanish celebrating their Euro 2008 win in <a href="http://www.earthoria.com/vejer-de-la-frontera-spain.html">Vejer ...
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.<br />
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.<br />
In Tinas last week in Chiang Mai, we went to <em>Sabai De Ka Thai Massage</em> to do a one day sensual oil massage course with a lovely Thai lady called Kloy. What a way to spend a day....!<br />
Tina and I go on the Wat Suan Dok meditation retreat. The retreat is organised through the Wat Suan Dok <a target="_blank" href="http://www.monkchat.net/">Monk Chat</a> program, and it departs from Wat Suan Dok, Chiang Mai, Thailand at about 2pm every Tuesday.
Our Thai cat 'Pudsey' goes into labour in Chiang Mai and makes some extraordinary sounds.
<p>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 <a href="http://www.earthoria.com/songkran-2008-chiang-mai-the-water-festival.html">Songkran, the water festival</a>.
It has been so ...
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 ...
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 ...
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....<br />
Tina visits Care for Dogs, a dog shelter based outside Chiang Mai, Thailand.<br /><br />
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.
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 ...