In the beginning...
Intro: So I'm finally getting around to making this thing. After telling so many people, "You'll need to follow me on my blog!" I decided it was best to actually sit down and create the thing! So...
View ArticleBefore I Go
I don't think anyone out there knows what a weird week it's been. With finals over and only eight days until I go on my great adventure, things in the here and now don't feel normal. Mentally I've...
View ArticleSawatdiikap!
Greetings everyone from Chiang Mai! The weather is hot, I'm sweating like a hog, but all is well--for the most part. So the plane ride proved to be real colorful. On the way down I met some shady...
View ArticleOne more thing!
One last thing I wanted to add that I forgot in my last post. Much to my surprise the flight wasn't a trans-Pacific flight, but across the arctic circle to Moscow, Russia. I didn't know this until I...
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Khun Mae le Khun Paa
I want to share a bit about two people I know over in Thailand that I love to no end. They would be Khun Mae and Khun Paa, my host parents. They took me in when I first lived in Thailand back in...
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Naam Tok
Anyone who knows me well enough knows one of my favorite spots in southern Minnesota is Minneopa Falls. It's a true treasure, and it saddens me that moire people don't know about it and that the...
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Sukhothai: The Dawn of Happiness
Parlez vous Francais? I had always wanted to go see Sukhothai, the ancient capital of Thailand. So I told Khun Mae, "I might go to Sukothai next week." Of course, with my poor understanding of Thai,...
View ArticleFlower Child
As much as I love Thailand and think it's a beautiful place, it's also a real sad and lonely place. I met a new friend named Sam, who is here with a group of other American Christians from the...
View ArticleSingha
American father's day and Thai father's day are two different days. Thai father's day is on October 23, on the anniversary of the death of Chulalongkorn the Great--one of the most respected Thai...
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Election
Alright, so I said earlier I wouldn't talk about Thai politics--but I'm going to anyways. I find the whole process so fascinating and I would like to share. I'd like to start off by talking about...
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Khao Soi
Now doesn't that look delicious? Noodles with yellow curry, pickled cabbage and shallots, with chicken and topped with pork rinds and lime. Yum yum! This is my absolute favorite lunch. About once...
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The Bangkok Post
The title needs an explanation, as probably nobody will catch the pun. "The Bangkok Post" is a Thai newspaper printed in English that I purchase every now and then. So I figured it was only fitting...
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The American Post
So I wanted to do a post on the Fourth of July about America, but as it turned out I wasn't able to. So instead of doing a late Fourth of July post, I decided to wait until another great American...
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Jim Thompson
Going off from my last two posts about Bangkok and America, I'd like to share with everybody the story of another great American. This man is named Jim Thompson. Jim Thompson is proof that the only...
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Gershom
I've met nearly everybody on this trip. I've met the French, English, Spanish, Estonians, and other random Europeans. I've met people from Taiwan, Macau, South Korea, and so forth. I've even met...
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