How My “Culture Shock” Was Really the Shock of Coming Home

I came to teach in Thailand for a number of reasons, but the underlying motivation was: I felt like I didn’t fit in where I was before. This is a feeling I’ve carried with me throughout my life, the majority of which I’ve spent in New Hampshire, the tiny north-east bit of America. The notion …

Farang Files

Before coming to Thailand, I had a definite image in my head about what my life would be like. I can, in some part, attribute this to the role social media plays. Travelers visit beautiful places and use the images they collect to make vision boards of the perfect life. Hell, even I do that. …

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