Well, I’ve finished the first piece of this journey and am now into the second phase. I am somewhat nervous about what lies ahead and setting off “on my own,” separate from the group that became very familiar in just a few brief weeks, but I am mostly excited to begin teaching. Teaching English is, after all, what brought me here, though it is somehow very easy to lose sight of that with all of the other adventures I have been experiencing here. If this past month were the entire experience, I would be satisfied, but I am really looking forward to this next adventure, too. Joy and Tao picked me up this morning at Condochain for the trip up to Chonburi (about 1.5-2 hours toward Bangkok). It was another rainy, dreary morning, though not
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