I haven’t posted in a while, mainly because I moved back to the USA, and I thought, that was less interesting. Well, if I’m brutally honest, things are more interesting now that I’m back. It’s not the same place I left. Culture shock, it’s more intense coming back. I expected Thailand to be foreign, I didn’t [...]
My Mom arrives tomorrow. I am glad because I have been feeling a little lonely lately. High tourist season is over and people are leaving en masse. Well, that is over dramatic–more are leaving than coming. I’ve met some people here I have really liked, that I considered good friends, but they have gone back [...]
Since I’m attending a 1 year Thai language program, I am eligible for a Thai Non Immigrant ED visa, which is good for a year. You can’t get a new Visa in Thailand, so I had to leave the country, go to a Thai Embassy and apply. I chose Vientiane, Laos. It’s the closest Thai [...]
I decided I didn’t want to spend 10+ hours on the express bus from Bangkok to Chiang Mai, so I decided to overnight in Phitsanulok. Phitsanulok is about half way, and a major transportation hub for Northern Thailand, so it seemed logical. The Bus from Bangkok to Phitsanulok was uneventful, 1st class VIP bus, with [...]
We took a day trip up to Ayuthaya from Bangkok. The tour took us up by bus and returned to Bangkok boat down the Chao Phraya river. While I highly recommend visiting Ayuthaya, I don’t recommend this day trip. Because the tour had to accommodate a 2 hour lunch cruise, we only got to see [...]
