A Wise Person is One Who Says ‘Thank You’, Pt. 2
An anecdote: Traveling puts us at the mercy of strangers. Especially when stumbling over the barriers of language, minute relationships are built on help – freely given – and gratitude […]
Tag Archives: Thailand
Bangkok 8 (An Armchair Travel Book Review)
As featured on The Traveling Advisor: Have you ever watched a Thai ping-pong show? “We didn’t want to go, at first,” two young English women told me, “but then […]
Thanaka Cheeks: The Impact of Burmese Refugees in Thailand’s Land of Smiles
It was not how I expected to spend my last English class: clustered into a darkened bedroom with the students, watching Korean Pop TV on mute, and anxiously hoping Thai […]
Long Live the King: Learning to Love Thailand’s Monarch
“I’m not standing for the King,” the German man behind me snapped. “I’m standing because I want to.” A few hundred passengers, awaiting trains in Bangkok’s Hua Lamphong station, […]
Visiting the Markets of Southeast Asia
In Southeast Asia, the daily market is like a garage sale + grocery store + auction house on too many cups of coffee. From unusual meat items to untasted fruits, […]
Education Shock: Explaining Magic
Education shock: noun- a derivative of culture shock; a state of bewilderment and distress experienced by an individual teacher or student who is suddenly exposed to a new, strange, or […]
Bucket List # 37: Live Through A Rainy Season
27°C | °F พฤ. ศ. ส. อา. ฝนตก ลม: เหนือ ที่ 3 กม./ชม. ความชื้น: 79% 33° 31° 32° 31° The monthly forecast for Nai Soi, Northern Thailand… Meteorologists usually […]
Too Mutch For Words 