Monthly Archives: June 2012

Mining Peru!

I am now at the 24 hour countdown until I leave for Peru! This will be my first time in South America and I could not be more excited. After nearly 8 months of planning, I cannot believe it is … Continue reading

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Phom bin khru

“Teacher, teacher!” “Student, student!” I respond. “Do you speak Thai?” “No, I only know a couple phrases.” “Oooooooooooooo!” If I had a time machine, this would be one of the mistakes I’ve made in my life that I would address … Continue reading

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Poppins’ Packing: Unreal Expectations for Baggage

Let’s begin this story by talking about the Walt Disney movie, Mary Poppins. It’s that kind of blog. When I was five-years-old, I would watch Mary Poppins at least once a week in our basement. It was a wondrous time. I would sing along with Julie Andrews, kick my legs up for the dance numbers and-because my parents couldn’t be around all of the time- jump off the couch with an umbrella and try to fly. (Thinking happy thoughts had been getting me absolutely nowhere and it was time for action. Even then, I was sensible child.) What I really remember from the movie though is Mary Poppin’s fantastic bag.

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Getting Around

I didn’t know the songtaos stopped running at 10pm.  Man…I’m more than a hour’s walk away from home and its midnight…this is going to be a long night.  One block, five blocks, a mile, I still haven’t seen any taxi’s…wait, … Continue reading

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Arrival

So after the airline almost lost my reservation (which was miraculously found again once Mom went into Rage-Mode), and almost missing a connecting flight in Bangkok because I accidentally spent a long time standing in a ticketing line clearly marked … Continue reading

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