Archive for August, 2007
Quickie Thai Facts 4-6
4. Thailand is the only country in south-east Asia that has never been under a European power. Its neighbors Myanmar, then Burma, and Malaysia were part of the British Empire. Other neighbors, Laos and Cambodia were under French control.
5. Bangkok has the worlds largest Chinatown.
6. Every Thai male is expected to become a monk for [...]
Good Monday
I’m glad to be writing this on the start of a very promising week. We had a wonderful Sunday with the church at Somprasong 4. With so many wonderful people to miss, its hard to remember them all. We were extremely glad to see Gratae, one of our former students, who was [...]
We’re here
We made it safe and sound into Bangkok at about 11:30pm last night. For those of you who are in the central time zone, Bangkok is exactly 12 hours ahead. The 26.5 hours it took us to get here were pretty uneventful, thankfully. All 400 lbs. of our luggage made it as [...]