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Chiang Mai
Yesterday I left Bangkok and arrived in the northern city of Chiang Mai. What a difference a few hundred miles makes! Where Bangkok is huge, noisy, often dirty, and yet stunningly beautiful in places, Chiang…
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Bangkok, Day Two
My impressions of Bangkok haven’t changed much since yesterday, but feelings toward the city have grown richer and more nuanced. Today was a strange mix of the sacred, the profane, and the humorous. The day…
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Bangkok – First Impressions
The last 24+ hours have been spent in airports, giant aluminum tubes that fly, and traffic. But in the midst of all that … some first impressions. Bangkok is big, busy, and tropical. The weather…
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Learning From the Poor, Elephant Rides, and Ranch Hands
About twelve hours from now I’ll be boarding a flight to Hong Kong, and then from there heading to Bangkok. I’ll be connecting with my daughter Thailand. She runs The SOLD Project, an effort in Northern…
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Call Lloyd
My friend Lloyd retired last week. He didn’t really want to retire. What he wanted to do was go on vacation and never come back. Which I guess he did. He’s on vacation now in…
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Family, Blogging, and Links
I have several links for you to click today…trust me, you’ll have fun with this… A lot of people who read this blog were supporters of my son when he went to Thailand last year….
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Christmas Eve Blessing
This night is born Jesus, Son of the King of glory. This night is born to us the root of our joy. This night gleamed sea and shore together. This night was born Christ, the…
