Anji Barker

After being back from Sabbatical for 2 months it pains me to say that I am suffering from culture shock. We have been in Thailand for 7 ½ years and I assumed that culture shock should now be a thing of the past. Well recent experience shows me that just like the passage in [...]

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Some days I am filled with hope and amazement as I see the way my very poor neighbors pull together to help each other. Other days I am filled with despair as I experience the overwhelming needs and hopelessness. The Klong Toey Handicrafts has been such a journey.

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I was ordering at a coffee shop and a farang (Foreigner living in Thailand) lady, with a big scowl on her face was handing over half a sandwich asking for it to be replaced. The staff couldn’t understand what she was saying so I translated. Her son had eaten the first half of the sandwich [...]

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