Archive for January, 2006

A Weekend in Monkeyville

Thursday, January 26th, 2006

Resting in the shade
Originally uploaded by The Thaggards.

This past weekend, David and I agreed to head out of Bangkok to see more of the Thai countryside. There were a few little towns recommended by our guidebook within a couple of hours from the city. After finding out that we already had plans […]

Thai food

Tuesday, January 24th, 2006

My dad asked me the other day about the food over here and it’s definitely worth a whole post and probably more. Food is everywhere in Thailand. In Bangkok in particular, food lines the streets. I’m sure that 50% of people or more here sell food for a living. It’s everywhere. Constantly, food […]

The Safari Go-Go Bar

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

Last night, I went out to a go-go bar with some ladies from a place called Rahab ministries. If you know who the Rahab of the Bible is, then you could probably guess what this ministry does. Rahab was a prostitute, who through helping God’s people came to the Lord.
I met a […]

Our Living Room; or, I Live With 8 Girls (title supplied by David)

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

Our Living Room; or, I Live With 8 Girls
Originally uploaded by The Thaggards.

Here is our common room, and a few of the girls we live with. Ever since we got up to the 5th floor it’s been much, much better. It’s very nice to have a nice space to live in and a […]

My first week in Thailand

Friday, January 13th, 2006

We’re here, right in Bangkok. We arrived late on Tuesday night and spent our first two nights in a hotel. We payed $30/night for the nicest hotel I’ve been to. We had a nice room, a living sort of room, a kichenette, and bathroom too. And the employees worked so hard. When […]

Heading to Thailand

Monday, January 9th, 2006

Sorry I’ve been so absent. I’ve been in Boston all week helping my dear friend Kate with her wedding. It turned out fantastically, and now we’re in Tennessee for a night packing and washing clothes. We fly for loads of hours tomorrow, through Toyoko, and arrive in Thailand on Tuesday. I’ll […]