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chronicling thailand moments…

In the first few weeks of being here in Thailand, I started keeping a simple journal to account some of my experiences. Some are just plain silly and insignificant, others are uniquely Thai, and in most accounts they are simply descriptions of a ‘farang’ (thai for foreigner) coming into this beautiful culture.

As I am aware that each culture is different, I keep a perspective of openness and willingness to engage in it with much thought and heart. There are inevitably positive and negative sides of every culture; the Thai culture is not different in that aspect. So I ask that as I share my personal narratives, you will see it as mere descriptions and not complaints or frets about the culture.  I am intensely grateful to be given the chance to be here. I consider it a privilege to live here — a gift from my Father who definitely displays His magnificence through His people.

I started this journal over a year ago on a tumblr account specifically for Thailand experiences only.  Recently, I decided to fuse all of my online writing activites into one site (it gets a little confusing to have too many blogs, “smiling”)  and to also include all of my encounters with different cultures in my travels.  I did not transfer old entries from that previous blog so they won’t be visible on this site.  I will begin afresh here.

Although, many of my tales will still revolve around Thailand events as my husband and I are currently serving here, but we travel a lot; I will get many opportunities to go beyond the confines of Krabi Town.

You can explore this part of my blog by navigating on the menu and going to a specific country.  Thank you for stopping by! I hope that you stick around. Please don’t hesitate to leave comments or ask me questions.

March 18, 2013 @ Krabi, Thailand