So much for a quiet Sunday at the house.  By 1:30pm I had received an email saying my flight from Chiang Rai to Bangkok had been changed to a later time.  What!  This would mean I’d miss my flight to…
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One morning our cleaning lady, Granny Ja or Yay Ja, returned to the house with some limes.  She also invited Temjai and me to go with her to her sister’s farm that evening.  Before going I lathered myself up with…
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Here, north-east of Chiang Rai, at Dan Wiang Doem primary school, I have been asked to help out with conversational English as well as on a Saturday at the Baptist Mission Australia compound where the mission has two homes one…
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It was a five hour drive from Mae Sot to Chiang Mai with a few stops along the way; some at police checkpoints, one refuelling and a couple of toilet stops before we reached Chiang Mai.  Kate and I chatted…
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