Thailand
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Return to Yasothon
All of my 2003-2004 Baha’i youth year of service was to be in Macau, China but visa problems eventually led the government of that city to kick me out. While on exile in mainland China I made arrangements to continue volunteering with the Thai Baha’i community. I was sent to a small town in the…
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What exactly it was that I was doing in Thailand (again) + Chiang Mai photos posted
THEN / NOW While I was in the geopolitical neighborhood this year I had the chance to offer a month of service with the Baha’i community of Thailand, one of the sites of my 2003-2004 youth year of service. The Thai Baha’i community is a young one compared to many other countries, but many of…
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Thakham village photos posted
Click here to see a handful of shots from my visit to Thakham village near Chiang Mai, Thailand. It features pictures of the village’s youngsters, its oldsters and nothing in between.
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Songkran video + Bangkok photos posted
Posted in this new set of photos are photos from Bangkok are images of Bangkok, some of its contents and several from this year’s Songkran festival. Songkran takes place over about four days every April to celebrate Thai new year, and is the most awesome holiday in the world. Below is a short video I…
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Ko Samet Pictures Posted
While I may technically be back in Canada now, and did not have the chance to post any content for the past few weeks, don’t think for a second that us here at the Life and Works will not be milking the past few weeks over the next several weeks for content. Having served in…
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My ridiculous 2004 fasting article
The Baha’i world is now on day twelve of the nineteen day fast. The one nineteenth of the year when we abstain from food and liquids while the sun is up. The other eighteen nineteenths are known to me as my love affair with lunch, arguably one of the three most important meals of the…
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One Nineteenth
The chilly mornings and nights and windy days over here have made way for unbearable heat. That must signal that one nineteenth of the year in which Baha’i Bloggers and Baha’is alike are abstaining from food and drink from sunrise to sundown has started. Not like the fast my Ethiopian Orthodox roommates do for two…
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