Thailand Adventure Mr. Nicholson
Quick Facts ●70 million people ●half the size of Ontario ●warm tropical climate year round ●middle income country ●large tourism, agriculture & manufacturing base
●learning Thai ●studied 20 months ●passed Gr 6 level ●culture shock ●language, food, customs
Songkran – Thai New Year like-minded friends
living simple life parents visit
dangerous roads in a tuk tuk bargaining for food lots of entrepreneurs
relational Thai students open air markets year round
fatalistic Thais great food / friends
no welfare food always available a dollar a meal
Fresh fruit year roundOff to school in the morning
Walking to supperView from apartment