Point and smile
Sook
I wish I was more eloquent in the Thai language by now. Because I am not. I’ve been in Thailand a little over 2 months. As I used to be quite apt at learning foreign languages, I just assumed picking up basic Thai would come easier than it is. But maybe I’ve reached my limit with four (Western European) languages under my belt or maybe tonal languages are not for me. Luckily, although it is always fun to speak another language, there are other ways to communicate.
Asian football fever – Euro 2012
Davey Meelker
“Sports brings people together” is often said. This doesn’t only count for people actually playing the sport. Likewise, it isn’t even limited by the fact that your team or country is participating the games, I recently found out. Asia is infected by the European Championship fever.
Eco-Buddhism countering deforestation
Sanne van Oosten
When staring out of the window on the trip from Chiang Rai to Chiang Mai in the North of Thailand I couldn’t help but noticing oddly accessorized trees. We came past a forest in which saffron robes were tied to every single tree we passed. I soon found out that I was not looking at a forest of trees, but at a forest of officially ordained monks. Let me explain.
