Corey puts her Kratong on the Mekong

Good Morning Teacher, How are you?

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November 21st 2006
Our teaching adventure in Thailand started with becoming students again. Our classroom was the covered outdoor terrace of Open Mind Projects, a Swedish Thai NGO that places volunteer in local schools to teach English and computer skills. Over one intense long weekend, the Thai staff drilled us on key phrases including greetings, numbers, directions and basic classroom commands. We were also int ... read more

Asia » Thailand » North-East Thailand

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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