Here are photos I took during my final week in Thailand, saying good-bye to Trudi, Don, folks at ThaiThai Coffee, Gade at Ellibum's, friends at the AUA Library and the Sunday Market.
Since our return home, things have not been well in Thailand due to political unrest. Our friends there say not to worry and, to be frank, the only thing I really worry about is how this bad publicity impacts the economic health of the country and the people. It would be difficult to describe the politics of Thailand in even a long email - there is complexity due to a combination of the influence of the King, the volatile and mercurial political parties, long-held tradition and Bhuddism.
But I believe the good people there will prevail.
