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Island Life
This is my second trip to Thailand so this time around I decided to go be a beach bum for a bit and do some island hopping before heading up north to Chiang Mai, taking in the easy, breezy island attitude. Koh v Ko As an American I think the Thai language sounds beautiful but trying to speak it myself is a whole other story. I sound like I’m choking on Pad Thai while native speakers seem to sing their way through their sentences. The Thai language, like Chinese is tonal, so it is how you say the word that matters making the Koh versus Ko debacle almost a non-issue…
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Tongue Thai’d
I have had some of my more interesting and delicious meals here in Thailand. An exotic cuisine that is becoming increasingly popular in the US I thought I had an idea about what Thai food would be like when I came here. As a farang (westerner, or foreigner) I have learned far more than I had expected. I’d be wise to add a disclaimer to this list noting that I have what I like to call a “particular palate”. For me this means that I’m not averse to exploring something new on my plate but I would definitely fall into the category of a more “American” eater, sticking to things…