

Pad Thai, Buddhas, and Elephants... How Thai!
When you think Thailand, what comes to mind? Let me guess: pad thai, Buddha, and elephants. There’s nothing wrong with that! All three of...


Touching on Poverty...
As much as I like to think I am an openminded and globally aware individual, I realized that there is no way to truly understand the...


A Young Monk told me I was Beautiful
Even after spending a month here, I am still enamored by monks. Their bright saffron robes knotted around their bodies catch my eye every...


Ain't No Mountain High Enough
It’s always hard to sleep when you know that you have to wake up absurdly early. On Friday night I was struggling to sleep in...


11 Things I'm Still Not Used To
s Little differences, big change I knew that studying abroad would be a totally mind blowing experience, but I didn’t realize that it...


Magical Party Tacos aka Amazing Thai Dessert
It’s sad, I know, but it took me an entire week in Thailand to try my first Thai dessert: khanom tang taek (or just tang teak). After...


I Can't Believe I'm Here
This is going to be a quickie, but I just wanted to post a quick update. I made it to Thailand! But I can’t believe I’m actually here....


Packing
"How much are you bringing?" "Only what I can carry..." Moving to another country for an entire semester is quite daunting in itself....