Khao Lak School Project
KHAO LAK AND RAWAI SCHOOL PROJECT
03rd MARCH 2007 / CHILDREN’S
DAY
Back row from left: Hajo Von Keller (President SKAL), Nathalie (Evason
Management Trainee), Claude Sauter (Vice President SKAL), Khun Nop
(Evason Sport & Activity Manager) together with the children
and teachers.
The Skal Phuket decided to organize a Children’s day for the
three schools in Khao Lak and one in Rawai, which Skal Phuket is
now also sponsoring. A total of 12 children (6 from Khao Lak and
6 from Rawai) joined the children day together with their respective
teachers.
On the 03rd of March in the morning we all met at the Phuket Zoo
for the first visit of the day.
The children had a lot of fun watching the elephant show and the
monkey show and you could see real happiness in their eyes. It was
also a good visit for us (Hajo & Claude) as we were visiting
the Zoo for the first time, although we thought the Zoo could do
with some maintenance and cleaning. Anyway, the kids enjoyed themselves
and this was the most important.
At about 12.30, we all felt hungry and went to have a nice lunch
at a seafood restaurant next to the Phuket Zoo. Lot’s of food
were display, but after 2 hours all plates were empty and all tummies
full! With Hajo, we thought, ummm now it’s time for a nap…
but this was not on the children agenda! They knew, we still have
more things to do in the afternoon and the nap was postponed to
some other time!
Back in the mini bus (graciously offer by AsianTrails and Hoteltravel.com,
thank you Beat & Fredy!) and drive down to Phuket Aquarium,
but before that we stop at the Mangrove reforestation project where
Evason Phuket has replanted thousands of mangrove trees.
This was our educational stop and indeed very interesting as the
Evason team (Thank you for spending the whole day with us!) explain
to the children how important the mangrove is to the coastal zone
by preventing coastal erosion and providing habitats for wildlife.
We then drive down to the Aquarium for the last stop of the day.
The visit of the Aquarium was great, especially since the renovation.
We finish with some ice cream and give all kids the educational
books and toys that we bought for them,
Over all it was a great day for all of us and the kids had a lot
of fun and they simply asked; “When is the next one?”
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