Taming the Tiger

Waterfalls, Tigers, and River Kwai, Oh My!

December 28th 2005
I am sure you are all bored of reading my enormous, possibly boring reflections, so today, I promise, will be shorter 😊 We began the day with a trip to the WWII museum, which happened to be right next to the Bridge Over River Kwai. The museum was interesting, as I wrote yesterday, I am always taken by the way different peoples portray their history as compared to what we learn in our own ... 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

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Athena

Coming from a very small, homogeneous town amidst the forests of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, I knew there was a vast world I must explore. After spending a year in France/Switzerland at age 16, an intense desire to learn about as many cultures as I can emerged. Now, as I am about to finish my doctoral degree in International Education, my passion is to learn about as much of the world as I can. I can honestly say that I learn more from the diverse people I meet than they do from me. I hope to take what these amazing people teach me to each of their countries so that I can be an 'edu... full info

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