I have a phone!

I finally picked up a phone here in Bangkok. It’s one of those great old-school Nokias with a black-and-white screen and late-’90s-style icons for everything.
Being in Thailand is a bit like reliving my junior year of high school (Linkin Park is huge over here, and everywhere you go they are playing hip-hop songs from about [...]

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Ban Phe

Sunset in Ban Phe. How artsy is that?
If you want to picture Ban Phe, just multiply this by about 10,000. The entire city is basically a giant fish market, with a few flower shops and assorted market stalls thrown in. Aside from the internet cafes, the occasional 7-Eleven, and a few restaurants down by the [...]

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Koh Samet

We went back to Koh Samet and found a beach near the southern tip of the island. There were about seven people there and it was probably the most beautiful place on earth. Until I get to southern Thailand, where there are apparently a half dozen better ones. But this will do for a quick [...]

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Our local convenience store

This is our favorite convenience store here in Ban Phe. It’s right at the end of our driveway at the Condo Chain. The woman who owns it clearly makes at least 95 percent of her livelihood from TEFL groups, as does the woman who owns a similar little shop on the other side of our [...]

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More of the monks

Apparently my lesson wasn’t very exciting that day. I didn’t realize one of my students was dozing off until the lesson was over and a friend showed me this picture.
That’s Tom (one of my fellow TEFLers) with a group of monks outside the school building. I didn’t know what they were laughing about at the [...]

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