If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!The first time I lived in Thailand, I was 16 years old, and an exchange student at a local Thai high school in Bangkok. That was my first experience with getting charged higher prices than others because I am a “falang,” - that is a word Thai people use to classify foreigners, or non-Thais.
Some foreigners become offended when they are constantly being referred to as a “falang,” rather than by their name. Personally, I …

Interesting Reflections of this week in Thailand:
  Two days ago I saw an extremely large elephant on the back of a truck that was driving in front of me. It was a surprise to me as I have never seen that in Chiang Mai before. Then yesterday, my mom called me and she was very distraught and shaken up. She was at her home (she's renting a house for about $120 USD per month about 20 kms from where I live) and heard a loud crack and crashing noise. At …