Nam and Kwang...the send off at Phuket airport

Encounters in Canada

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April 27th 2008
The arrivals lounge at Vancouver International is a place where you can almost forget that you are in Canada...the blend of cultures and languages always stuns me. It was kind of neat to be reminded just at that point of the challenges that were ahead with translation and that wonderful "Thai-glish" that Kwang and I speak! The arrivals lounge was a useful buffer...I sat for a while soaking it all ... read more

North America » Canada » British Columbia

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A land of vast distances and rich natural resources, Canada became a self-governing dominion in 1867 while retaining ties to the British crown. Economically and technologically the nation has developed in parallel with the US, its neighbor to the sou... ... read more