Laos Have you eaten yet?
In Laos and Thailand, hello means "have you eaten yet?" Care dressed up as conversation.
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Thailand
Where Dek Lek began: Isan food, festivals and a first classroom.
Why Thailand
Where it all started. Buriram, 2022: mistaken for a high school student, nicknamed Dek Lek, and teaching my first class in a shirt and tie. Then Loy Krathong, festivals in the mountains and a full-circle trip to Mae Hong Son.
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Buriram
Dek Lek, the first classroom, Som Tam with Pla Ra at 5 AM.
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Khao Yai
Big Mountain Festival: music, lights and lush green mountains.
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Mae Hong Son
Meeting Maja, the woman from my mum's photo.
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Bangkok
A rooftop goodbye, and getting lost on the train tracks.
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Thailand Alone on a Bangkok rooftop
Saying goodbye to everything at once, and still showing up.
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Thailand Fantastic people make a place feel like home
Back in Southeast and East Asia after the Nam Ou, catching up with everyone from 21 to 25.
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Taiwan Pink: vulnerability is a strength
Two communities, Kaohsiung and Buriram, wearing pink for Reggie in one night.
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Thailand A full-circle moment in Mae Hong Son
Finding Maja, the woman from my mum's photo with the Long Neck Karen tribe, decades later.
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Thailand Phuang's graduation
Freshers dancing in circles, Esan music and streets that felt like a football match.
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Thailand Big Mountain Festival, Khao Yai
A midnight train, motorbike taxis, a garden campsite and one of the best festival set-ups I have seen.
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Thailand After 1,007 days away
Heading back to the UK: on community, healing, and why you need a bit of mess.
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Thailand Loy Krathong: a spiritual reset
Candle-lit krathongs on the river, and a festival of forgiveness that told me it was time to move forward.
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Thailand Khap chaa chaa: my first class as a teacher
Grab motorbikes, stray dogs and a shirt and tie: the start of teaching in Thailand.
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Thailand Dek Lek: my first week in Buriram
A night out, a new nickname, Som Tam with Pla Ra at 5 AM, and a stray dog that stole my pillow.
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