Thailand

Eighteen years ago, Nadine and I fondly retold Thai stories to anyone willing to listen and to plenty who weren’t. Now being back in Thailand was confounding.

Back To Thailand After a short time in Laos, we headed back to our home away from home, Thailand. We took three…

During our trip, we filtered suspicious water. Apparently, the modification from filtered water to bottled water in Koh Tao and Bangkok, we stopped filtering and began buying regular bottled water, and that is where everything changed.

Every November, this small town in eastern Thailand hosts this amazing elephant round-up, the Surin Elephant Festival. Dusk quickly descended upon our arrival by train into the town of Surin. Six in the evening on a Friday night is busy . . . with pachyderms.

Like any big city, Bangkok afforded us the opportunity to watch movies, take care of some visa errands (here we come Laos and Vietnam!), and go to the driving range? Yeppers, we crossed a driving range and that subsequently became our next stop. A hundred balls later, my shots landed in the middle of the range 200 yards away.

We’ve observed some interesting facets of Thai and South East Asian culture. Thailand hosted the World Toilet Expo and Forum where experts talk about poop. That made me think of all the toilets we’ve encountered so far. And there has been many. This is the point where I will describe in intimate detail to y’all all we’ve seen.

While in Koh Lanta, we noticed the beautiful green distant islands jutting out of the Andaman Sea, quaint little bungalows, and an overabundance of Thai massage parlors sitting idyllically on the beach. What a great idea! How about a little massage before dinner?

It is in deep solitude that I find the gentleness with which I can truly love my brothers. The more solitary I am the more affection I have for them. Solitude and silence teach me to love my brothers for what they are, not for what they say.
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