Today the news is filled with stories of Syrian refugees, and their treatment in various countries. I am not going to talk about that today, but I am going to talk about the Kayan Lahwi refugees in Thailand. The Kayan people are sometimes called the “long neck tribe” or more …
On October 14th we landed in Beijing. Our original intention was to tour China, Tibet, Hong Kong and Angkor Wat with Sarah’s mom and aunt and then hit Thailand and maybe another country before leaving in February, just long enough to reset our Schengen visas. Instead we spent 187 days …
The Kitchen If you’ve ever set foot in a Thai restaurant you may have guessed that one of the best things about Thailand is the food. Everywhere you turn there are tantalizing aromas leading to delicious flavors. So our friend Johan and I signed up for a Thai cooking class. …
One week of pre-school teaching in the bag and I thought I’d post a little update. Our schedule goes something like this: 7:30: Other staff arrive 8:00: Kids start arriving 8:30 Most kids present and playing 9:00 Group language practice with songs and letters and days of the week …
We finally arrived in Bangkok with the intention to explore it last week. Over the next few days we saw the most beautiful temples we’ve seen, tasted amazing food, saw a very interesting cross section of Thai society and wandered into a really cool festival put on by the Tourism …
After watching the sunrise over the mist layer caused by humidity rising from the balmy Thai interior to the mountains of Chiang Mai province we headed up to the peak. Doi Inthanon reaches 2565.3341 meters, or 8416.45 feet. It was a grueling 50 meter walk on a paved/staired path full …
We landed in Bangkok and decided not to explore the city right away since we would be back later. Instead we hopped on a bus and headed up to Khao Yai National Park. First we stayed in a hotel near the park and rented a motorbike. This enabled us to …