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Relying on the Kindness of Strangers/ My Weekend in An Akha Village

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June 5th 2009
While in Ghana I learned that strangers can often be your most reliable allies. I am happy to say this has also been my experience in Thailand. When I was searching for a teaching job a couple of months ago I responded to an ad to teach in a hill tribe village. I was disappointed when I did not hear back from them. But a few weeks after accepting a different teaching position I got a phone call fr ... read more

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more