I have recently spent 6 days working in the rice fields ploughing and planting.It was great fun and an excellent way to be accepted by the locals. However it was also long days, bloody hard work, so damn hot and scarey as hell because everyone thought it was fun to throw something at the ting tong farang's legs and scream SNAKE.In recent weeks i have also been up in the hills mushroom picking, regularly been at the road side early in the morning giving the monks Alms food, visited the local temple on numerous occassions for breakfast and annoyed the hell out of my mate by calling him while i was on a motorbike. Interested to know what "Thai": things others living in Thailand have been involved in as im looking for something new. Cheers 

Well, I think you found something new (for farangs anyway).

Actually, a more detailed story on this would be interesting. Care to indulge my sense of your adventure?

Bobby mate.....dont think he's a saint of any kind, its what we call in our country as community service

Drink and fuc*********!

<<Bobby mate.....dont think he's a saint of any kind, its what we call in our country as community service >>

lol my bad. Although it should still be an interesting story Steve.

haha sounds fun going native..lol

Oh...my family uses a machine to plough and reap the rice.

They gotta work for the planting manually, though.

:-) snake! run!!! :-D

playful bunch! ;-)

555 Community Service - so how many more hours/days have you got left to serve?

done all the back breaking stuff with rice - ploughing, planting, weeding, harvesting . . . and yep it's a great new experience. Actually I think it's something that some of these Thai city kids should get out and do, so they will realise that life on the other side isn't full of BMWs, Benz', fancy shopping malls and department stores, etc.

As for yourself, as Manee said, there are some great out-of-the-way homestays that are not commercialised, and the people are very hospitable; however, if you don't speak Thai, then sign lingo will suffice.

Bobby - when i have the time i will post some pics, now getting ready for a 14+ hour trip to Koh Chang

Steve - Hey Saint Euan has a nice ring to it.

Ghee - They say it don't hurt so much the 2nd time, just relax

Duanja - can we borrow the machine please

FXN - a great experience, somethings money just cannot buy

Manee - Have spent more time in a temple than i ever spent in a church back home, but no plans to make it a full time thing

Hyper -yep back breaking but worth all the effort

i recently convinced an old bird to give me money for my family's sick buffalo back in england !!

would like to try some of being native one day..can you teach me bro? seriously!

how is charon?

You picked rice for a week?

Interesting. I've never done this beforeeeeeeeeee

glad to hear you still alive

cheers!!!!