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Mae Sot Slideshow
Mae Sot
Travel Blogs from Mae Sot, Thailand
Whew!
Ride on the sangthaew stinking like swamp thing, hippie hair growing all over my body. After 5 hours, I have to stand up, wind in my hair. By the time we reach home, we pounce in the shower like little kids. When I step out, I feel like a woman ...
The first cut is the deepest
On my way to school this morning, I'm sitting in the back seat of the school bus/truck, and the English teacher, whom I absolutely adore turns around and says: "So, you're going home today?" And I say, "No, next week". She says: "Oh, I was very worried ...
Hours in an art galary
... cheat and go to a western coffee shop that we knew had air-conditioning. The place was nice, but totally didn't fit in to Mae Sot. It belonged in the downtown area of Montreal or something, and there was nothing written in Thai or anything! They even had ...
Finally at our Destination
... . The bathroom was the worst for sure, I`ll post a picture later to demonstrate. All this to say the first thing we did in Mae Sot after eat (delicious Thai food in the night market) was buy cleaning products and do the best we could to work with the ...
Down at Hle Bee...
... students and preapare myself for the trip home. I`d initially thought that I`d be spending this last week trying to soak up all of Mae Sot before my departure, but really, I just want to spend as much time with the students as possible. So Tuesday was my ...
Beer in a basket
... losing its milk proved to be a very, very good end to the night. Happy 19th Birthday Emily :) Tomorrow, Emily and I head off bright and early to pick bamboo in the forest or something! How cool is Thailand? I have no idea how to express it.. ...
Limbo
I'd like to take a moment here to remind everyone that not everything associated with traveling is exotic and interesting. You don't magically become deliriously happy all the time because you're in another country. The new noises and smells don't stop ...
Ideas on Information
I walk with Jay to his office and read the Bangkok Post, one of the major Thailand newspapers. I realize how useful and easy to obtain information it is for such a small country. One state in the United States is the same size as an entire country over ...
Mae Sot
... with Compassio (Kris' friend) , has her sister and husband, as well as another American friend visiting as well here in Mae Sot. Brandon, Tae's brother-in-law, spoke at church in the refugee camp. A great speaker, full of life, ...
Ancient Kingdoms and Frontier Towns
... female boss once she determined he would not accept her advances. Ah, life's lessons! The labor and service industry workforce in Mae Sot primarily consists of Burmese refugees, a convenient new source of cheap labor. Mae Sot's city limits act as a ...
Hong Thong
... Sai through Chiang Mai. About a 16 hour trip.. so we needed to leave immediately. There are two buses that leave for Chiang Mai from Mae Sot; one at 6am and one at 8:30am. When we got up this morning at 6 we had limited our options. Then Adrian couldn't ...
...And they`ve got stories
... and the bad, shared stories from our classrooms and experiences. All in all, it was one of the best conversations I've had in Mae Sot and I just wish Emily had been there with me because she was basically agreeing with everything we've been talking about ...
A Minority
... them, point out the countless oppressions against them. Karen are the major minority group made up of Christian refugees in Burma and Thailand. Every aid group seems to want to help the Karen people. It's a noble goal. Many of these people have seen ...
Happy Valentine's
... calls him back one more time just to check. Crossing the bridge, we look down at families running across sandbars into Thailand. I realize I've forgotten the number of an acquaintance I have in Myawaddy who could have shown us around, but just as we ...
The Crocodile
Long Ago, in a province which I think is called Phii Chit, there is a huge stone structure in the shape of the body of a crocodile. The legend of the crocodile is that he is no ordinary beast. He was a monster of enormous proportions, but very ...
Mae Sot Landing
... The whole scene looks like a shady spot for nighttime crime. In the day it's reasonably safe, just not very attractive. Downtown is better. Mae Sot is about the size of Bozeman, but laid out all in a long line. The side streets don't connect in a ...
The Small Army
We return to find the battalions of armed mosquitos have fully infiltrated the home sector. There are too many of them! Retreat, retreat. I've been hit!!! Travel Tip-Just because you leave the house in a hurry is no reason to leave it sloppy. If ...
visa run number 2
... after that long time. people were really nice. they were mostly french, working in mae sot for ngos (mae sot is the ngo center of northern thailand) like msf, ami, handicap international and others. they just recently started to play ultimate, but they ...
I <3 Hle Bee
Yesterday, school was cancelled because they were cementing the floors of one of the classrooms. Emily also told me that in her school yesterday was hero day; also called martyr`s day, which signifies teh day when Aung San and 6 ...
Myanmar
Une journee au Myanmar One day trip to Myanmar -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Salut tout le monde Nous allons bien. Nous avons decide d'aller faire un tour au Myanmar. Nous avons ...
Mute Languages
My days in this dreary little town wax romantic. I come all the way to Thailand to find I'm the most hilarious thing in it. I have coffee at Buu's shop. I attempt a few words in Thai, but she doesn't understand them. I walk to the nearby Wat (the ...
Yee-sip et (21) :)
My birthday was pretty awesome! Started off with a skype date with my dad, step mom, sisters, Adam and Denis and even my Grandpa (who I share a birthday with) on the phone from Toronto! That was super nice. In the middle of our convo, Emily comes up the ...
Dusty Feet
... even know they've been feeding until you feel your skin itching. I do very little besides find the one western steakhouse in Thailand. It's a block from our house. It has cheap Coke, cheap, good-sized steaks, and country music! Crazy. The one place ...
Adventures with Food
... drunk faster in hotter climates (it's a sweat thing). The man who owns this shop runs Pong Pan Tour Service. If you're ever in Mae Sot, these are good people to know. The office is on Soi Dornchai road. He offers to take us to Umphang. The English ...
Biking in the pitch dark- a testiment to my love
... me. The book is called "Children of Jihad" and is written by a guy who basically did the same thing that I'm doing in Thailand: trying to understand the governement and issues in the Middle East through the unheard voices of the youth. I am finding SO ...
Just a Simple Outing
Last night I put the plug the wrong way in the bathtub. It fits so seamlessly, we have to pry it out with a knife. The bathroom tiles have begun to expand and ripple like quake-cracked earth. In the struggle with the plug, I place my hand against the ...
Monkey Cakes
... 2 and a half hours long... and then spend the night again, only to say goodbye AGAIN to the rest on Sunday before I went back to Mae Sot. The meeting actually ended up being at a good time because I didn`t WANT to say goodbye to anybody. At lunch, one of ...
BMTA, Elvis and Midterms
... from Canada and on the other hand, we got to finally eat at Aiya's (rumored to me the best Thai and Burmese food in Mae Sot or Thailand but you wait about 2-3 hours for your food). Aiya's was AMAZING! And we barely waited 20 minutes. The conversation and ...
Eye Saga, Act I
... by foot, pay 500 baht for Myanmar visa, walk a little around the poor Burmese town, and cross back the bridge to Thailand, where you get another 30-day visa). Tomorrow I have another doctor appointment before heading southeast to a couple of Thai islands ...