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Staying Safe in Thailand: Streetwise Advice + Twitter
What’s going on with Thai politics… Some westerners in Thailand see the Red Shirts as an inconvenient pain in the butt (but so are volcanoes). Others feel that the Red Shirts have a valid point (a number of Pink Shirts believe that too). To top it off, knowledgeable expats plugged into the mainstream of Thai [...]
Expat Experience: The Introduction
A bit of history… I was raised in the expat life. With foreign travel in my blood, I naturally took to the lifestyle. So far I’ve lived on the Island of Borneo (9 years), France (2 years), Japan (2+ years), New Zealand (3+ years), Scotland (1 year), Thailand (followed the tsunami in), as well as [...]
Thai Language: The Introduction
Learning any language is difficult for first timers. Learning a tonal language makes it doubly so. Well, that’s what I tell myself anyway. From my research, apparently I’m more of a visual learner than anything else. And no good telling me to just jump in there and converse, I also need to own what I’m [...]
