My first week in Chiang Mai
After about 36 hours of travel, I touched down in Chiang Mai. After months of preparation, it was incredibly surreal to actually be in the city. I was definitely a bit nervous when I arrived, but after a weekend of…
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Let’s do this thing!
สวัสดี ค่ะ! <— That, pronounced Sa-wat-dee ka, means hello (and goodbye!) in Thai. Sa-wat-dee is the actual greeting, and ka is the suffix attached to indicate gender. Females use ka whereas males use krab. Additionally, Thai, as one of the…
How To Say Goodbye…
I have learned so much in the process of being here in Thailand in ways that I still cannot count. I have thought of how to say a nice, wrapped-in-a-bow version of goodbye to this place, but I do not…
Muay Thai and more Friends…
This week in school was an interesting turning point. With the discovery that the children cannot read, Nikki, Gregg, and I revamped our teaching plan. We decided that we would start teaching them to read. We began incorporating vowels with…
First Impressions
Friends, With almost a week behind me since I left home, there is so much to write about I don’t think I could cover it all. When I arrived in Koh Tao, there were a number of expectations I had…
You think you know…
Friends, I have been preparing for this journey for a very long time. From the beginnings of the proposal to the negotiations of the logistics of the trip itself, I feel like I have known this is what I need…