This week we’re celebrating Loi Krathong – Wednesday and Thursday will have lots of lanterns, lights, fireworks, floats and parades. Traffic will be horrible, you’ll have to dodge firecrackers and sparklers, and keep an eye out for floating lanterns that aren’t quite floating high enough and instead coming down on you, raining burning lighter fluid. […]
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Your Guide to Loi Krathong – Thailand’s ‘Lantern Festival’
In Thailand next week we’re going to be celebrating the Loi Krathong festival. You know, this one: Fortunately for me, there is no better place to take part in the festivities than in the northern town of Chiang Mai. There’s more to the celebrations than simply the (truly mesmerizing) floating lanterns however. Coming to Thailand […]
Confessions of a High School English Teacher #1-4
These aren’t as much confessions as anecdotes, but “Anecdotes of a High School English Teacher” just doesn’t have quite the same ring to it. My career as a full-time English teacher in Thailand was short-lived. To be fair, I came over here to be able to live in THAILAND, not necessarily to be a teacher. […]