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| 4th July 2009 Eileen Aunt | - From: Days 3-6 Hi Brian, It sounds like you and your dad are having a great time. By the way say hi for me. I just wanted to let you know someone is reading your blogs besides your mother and enjoying them. It's nice how I can travel all over with you and never leave my house. I'll look forward to your next posting. Aunt Eileen |
| 1st July 2009 Maria | You at Lake Michigan - From: Day 2: Alexandria, Minnesota Brian - seriously stop looking so excited. Also, thanks for reppin my country. I'm hungry...I read how you had a milkshake and now I want one. When you come home, we are going to search the land for some serious delicious milkshakes. That is all for now. kbye |
| 16th March 2008 MoGrath14 | Response - From: Final Reflection I don't think anything about Thailand met my original expectations . But when you are traveling to a different part of the world for the first time, how can you know what to expect? You will always have expectations or ideas of what the area will be like, but unless you've been somewhere before you can never truly know what the place is going to be like. Perhaps instead of saying that Thailand was different than I expected, I should have said it was different from anything I had ever experienced before. I think it's nearly impossible to travel somewhere new and not have expectations of what it's going to be like. But it isn't a bad thing that Thailand was different from what I may have expected. It was just different and unfortunately there's no way for me to convey what I had originally thought it might be like because since I had never been there before, my expectations were not based upon anything other than imaginations in my head. |
| 15th March 2008 KP1958 | - From: Final Reflection You found Thailand so different from your original expectations. What were your original expectations, then? |
| 23rd February 2008 Lauren | - From: Some quick thoughts You're lucky you get to travel all over the place. I want to. |
| 5th February 2008 Lauren | - From: Some more Wats and Ayutthaya I like all the pictures in this entry. |
| 29th January 2008 Jason | You can run but Sodexho will find you! - From: I Only Go Overseas for the Hospitals Haha I love that Sodexho's in Thailand. Hey man Sodexho is good eats. Do they do Thai as well as they do American here on campus? Glad you're starting to feel better man. |
| 25th January 2008 cassie | - From: I'm Sick as a Dog i'm sorry to hear that you are sick! hopefully you are feeling better now and things are looking up... |
| 25th January 2008 cassie | - From: (Home)sick i'm sorry to hear about the homesickness. but the school sounds good! and it's nice to have a solid schedule for what you are going to be working on. i think it's also nice to have different experiences to be able to compare the two and learn more about yourself |
| 25th January 2008 cassie | - From: My Impressions of School the school that you are at sounds really interesting. i'm hope this experience is really enriching and provides you with a nice comparison for your student teaching back in the states |
| 25th January 2008 cassie | - From: First Day of School it's good to hear that your coops seem solid. that's definitely helpful in the overall experience! onward in the entries! |
| 25th January 2008 cassie | - From: Counterfeit Heaven sorry i dropped off for a week or so. classes started and things got busy, but i am catching up now =) |
| 23rd January 2008 dave | - From: I'm Sick as a Dog same thing happened in costa rica. bronchitis and colitis right after i got there. i suppose its new germs and maybe some stress mixed together that does it |
| 16th January 2008 Maria | - From: Temples i have to admit your #3 & #4 on your notes for this day just made me bust out laughing in my cube. thanks for being able to make me a little less angry even from afar! |
| 13th January 2008 cassie | - From: Temples i really liked it when i went to the grand palace! some of the buildings were so intricate in their design and decor, it was definitely an awesome experience. we also liked the melding of two styles there, as parts were traditional and others were more modern. pretty nice. glad to see things are going well and you are getting comfortable in the city. i know i've said it a bunch of times already, but i really really enjoy reading your blog! it's great, as are the pictures =) |
| 12th January 2008 cassie | - From: Living in the lap of luxury... sort of you're new apartment seems excellent! although the single/double bed situation (which mostly looks like one giant bed) is a little interesting. will you guys be on the same schedule getting up in the morning? if not...i think it will be tough sleeping in and whatnot... |
| 11th January 2008 cassie | - From: First Day Adventures gotta agree with dave on this one... |
| 10th January 2008 cassie | - From: Do you know how hard it is to get a taxi in Bangkok? hey brian, i don't remember the specifics but while i was there someone from our hotel explained the taxi's to us. some of them can only got within certain areas, and it has to do with the colors. there are zones or some kind of set up and they stay within the zone, and then there are some that go all over. like i said, i don't remember the specifics about it, just that the concierge explained it to us one night when we were having trouble getting a cab. |
| 10th January 2008 kristin | - From: First Day Adventures you didn't mention ANYthing about how much you're going to miss me =] |
| 10th January 2008 MoGrath14 | Answering Eric's question - From: Do you know how hard it is to get a taxi in Bangkok? I'm really not too sure why some of the taxis wouldn't take me. My only guess is that it's because I was so far away from my apartment. I live on one end of the city and I had walked completely to the other end, which was around 10 miles straight across and I guess drivers just didn't want to go that far. The driver I had took me on the highway instead of staying on the city streets and it still took about 30 minutes to get me to my apartment. Outside of that I have no explanation as to why I couldn't get a cab. I could have easily taken a tuk tuk because there were a ton of them but I didn't really feel comfortable taking one of them all the way across the city. |
| 10th January 2008 Eric Steinberg | Hey there brian - From: Do you know how hard it is to get a taxi in Bangkok? Wow that's a long walk. Now did you ask anyone why the taxis wouldn't take you back or do you have an idea why they wouldn't. Just out of curiosity. Also the pictures are great. Really enjoying these blogs though, bangkok sounds really interesting. Even though it may be dirty. Hopefully things will get better for you and you'll find what you want (like better smelling food which also hopefully tastes great too). Well hope your legs feel better! And I look forward to seeing your next blog. |
| 9th January 2008 cassie | dirty city. - From: Do you know how hard it is to get a taxi in Bangkok? i totally had the same experience with having dirt in my nose. it's gross! as for the taxi's, the only advice i have is to have them turn the meter on. some won't do it because they lose money on it, but it will definitely save you if you can get someone who will. we were bargaining at first, and paying usually around 200 baht per ride, and then the first time we asked them to turn on the meter (as the advice of our hotel staff) it ended up being something like 80 baht. and i LOVE the pictures. you're blog is quite exciting to read =) |
| 9th January 2008 Stayc | - From: Do you know how hard it is to get a taxi in Bangkok? Hi ooo Brian, Just doing my fair share of stalking here over in the US. I heard from Maria that you had finally left and then I saw you had a blog in your facebook profile so I came over to read it. Sounds like you're being the lil explorer over there! It sucks that you're getting ripped off at the beginning, but I think that's just part of the experience. The first taxi I took in Italy I ended up paying about $45 for, it was awful but like you, I was tired and scared and didn't care. Anyway...just wanted to comment like you asked for to show you people are reading this..hope things pick up a bit for you and you start enjoying your experience abroad!! Try and stay clean ;) |
| 9th January 2008 dreamy | - From: First Day Adventures your apt looks sweeeet |
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