English Classes in Thailand
The last few days have been my favorite here in Thailand. We left Chiang Mai yesterday, picked up Berkeley (my grand dog) from the kennel, and headed to Chiang Rai. Along the way we stopped…
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Video of kids in the Resource Center
D’Aun sent candy for the kids, and they were happy to get it. These are the kids who dropped by The SOLD Project resource center after school. The center is outside of Chiang Rai, Thailand.
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Chiang Mai
Yesterday I left Bangkok and arrived in the northern city of Chiang Mai. What a difference a few hundred miles makes! Where Bangkok is huge, noisy, often dirty, and yet stunningly beautiful in places, Chiang…
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Bangkok, Day Two
My impressions of Bangkok haven’t changed much since yesterday, but feelings toward the city have grown richer and more nuanced. Today was a strange mix of the sacred, the profane, and the humorous. The day…
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Bangkok – First Impressions
The last 24+ hours have been spent in airports, giant aluminum tubes that fly, and traffic. But in the midst of all that … some first impressions. Bangkok is big, busy, and tropical. The weather…
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Learning From the Poor, Elephant Rides, and Ranch Hands
About twelve hours from now I’ll be boarding a flight to Hong Kong, and then from there heading to Bangkok. I’ll be connecting with my daughter Thailand. She runs The SOLD Project, an effort in Northern…
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Call Lloyd
My friend Lloyd retired last week. He didn’t really want to retire. What he wanted to do was go on vacation and never come back. Which I guess he did. He’s on vacation now in…