Chiang Mai, Thailand
Jan - April 2002

Overview

After a richly rewarding experience with Heifer International Thailand in the last part of 2001, I (Scott) returned to Thailand to study Thai and continue to volunteer. It was a wonderful, yet sometimes lonesome experience, so in my spare time (while not otherwise busy pulling my hair out over Thai language's 5 tones), I kept an informal log of the experience. It helped pass the time, and in retrospect made for occasionally interesting reading.

Kathy joined me in late March, so you'll see the detail in the reports drops off fairly dramatically. It's more fun to interact with a person than a computer. Usually.

What's here? A day by day (up to a point) log of my 2.5 months in the "Rose of the North". If you wanted to start at the beginning, this is the first entry.

Scott made a brief trip back to Thailand and Singapore in the winter of 2003 and we returned to Thailand (and India) at the beginning of 2004 (again, to escape the "2004" winter. About that trip... here.

bullet Songkran (4/11/2002-16)
bullet Retreat (4/10) [incomplete]
bullet Vet Camp (3/30)
bullet Do you see a plane? (3/28)
bullet Thai Movies (3/24)
bullet Home Stretch (3/22)
bullet Taxi Drivers (3/15)
bullet Literal Translation (3/11)
bullet A capella (2/24)
bullet Value, Values (2/26)
bullet On the Bus, the Sequel (2/27)
bullet Lessons Learned... on the road (3/2)
bullet Squid On A Stick (3/3)
bullet Khao San Road or Bust (3/8)
bullet Secret Agent (3/9)
bullet Pai. Wow. (2/17-2/19) (in 5 parts)
bullet Thai Ice Cream (2/21)
bullet Steamed Pork Blood (2/22)
bullet Thais Don't Walk (2/23)
bullet We Give More (musing)
bullet Havah Nagila (musing)
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On the Bus (2/10) 

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Kin Khao (2/11)

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Slithering South (2/12) 

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Stop, in the name of love (2/14) 

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The Heavens Open (2/15) 

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Scam and a Haircut, 9 bits (2/16) 

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Involuntary Yoga (2/16)

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Feb 3 (2/3) 

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Feb 4 AUA Day (2/4) 

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Thai Script (2/5) 

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Transliteration (2/5) 

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No vacation (2/7) 

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Moment of Truth (2/8) 

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Chiang Mai scenes I and II (2/9)

Random Musings

bullet Die Yuppie Brie Eater!
bullet Contrasts
bullet We Give More
bullet Havah Nagila
bullet Thai Movies (3/24)

On Learning Thai

bullet Wicked Things in Thai
bullet "Kaw Kai" and His 74 Friends (3/2)
bullet Thai Script
bullet Transliteration