January 27, 2011 6:34 pm EST
We landed in Atlanta at 9:35 am this morning. This is where our group parts. The Lancaster students are off to their next connection to Philadelphia while the Southeast Conference folks are either staying in Atlanta or flying off to south Georgia or Alabama or driving to Tennessee.
I am so tired but grateful for this experience. It is funny how confusing my house has become. I couldn't remember if I could or could not drink the water. I almost fed Neema (our dog) cat food instead of dog food; laundry was even confusing. I miss the clothes line already.
I have been trying to keep myself awake all day. I goal is to stay up until 9 pm tonight so that I am not up all night. I am back in the office starting tomorrow at 7:30 am.
Not sure how this blog will evolve next. I still need time to process this experience.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Laying over in Seoul for the 2nd time
January 27, 2011 7:00 am Korea time
We are laying over in Seoul for our trip back. This is a very long lay over. We will be waiting for the next 4 hours before the flight to Atlanta. We will finally land in Atlanta on 1/27/11 at 9:55 a.m. That is about 20 hours from now.
We are laying over in Seoul for our trip back. This is a very long lay over. We will be waiting for the next 4 hours before the flight to Atlanta. We will finally land in Atlanta on 1/27/11 at 9:55 a.m. That is about 20 hours from now.
Coming home
January 26, 2011
We are finally at the airport. We are going home. We fly to Seoul then to Atlanta. Sometime in the next 17 hours I will be home.
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| In line for tickets at the Korean Airline desk in Bangkok. |
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| Got the magic ticket to get home. |
Jim Thompson House
January 26, 2011 afternoon
This afternoon we visited the Jim Thompson house. He was an American who helped revitalize the Thai silk industry. This home has been turned into a museum. We could not take pictures in the house but I have great shots of the garden.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Reflections
January 26, 2011
Tonight we leave for home. We are finishing up packing and gathering for final good-byes. This has been a educational, fun, crazy trip. I tried to give you all a taste of what we learned and saw through this blog. Please forgive any spelling or grammatical mistakes. It was quite a challenge to post and upload pictures every day.
The only thing that I might regret about this trip is really not understanding the story of my Christian brother and sisters in Thailand. I felt that each Buddhist and Muslim that I met was clear about how their faith works for them and how it gives them peace. I did not seem to get this type of information from the Christians we met with. I know our experience could not be the same. Just because we profess the same faith does not mean that our stories are the same. I am not sure if I did not ask the right questions or if they thought that since we are Christian that we felt the same. I hope that I can continue the conversation with the wonderful people we have connected with during this trip.
This blog is not quite yet done. This afternoon we will do a little site seeing before leaving for our flight. More pictures will be posted in the next 36 hours. I will also posted again once we get to Korea.
In peace...
Tonight we leave for home. We are finishing up packing and gathering for final good-byes. This has been a educational, fun, crazy trip. I tried to give you all a taste of what we learned and saw through this blog. Please forgive any spelling or grammatical mistakes. It was quite a challenge to post and upload pictures every day.
The only thing that I might regret about this trip is really not understanding the story of my Christian brother and sisters in Thailand. I felt that each Buddhist and Muslim that I met was clear about how their faith works for them and how it gives them peace. I did not seem to get this type of information from the Christians we met with. I know our experience could not be the same. Just because we profess the same faith does not mean that our stories are the same. I am not sure if I did not ask the right questions or if they thought that since we are Christian that we felt the same. I hope that I can continue the conversation with the wonderful people we have connected with during this trip.
This blog is not quite yet done. This afternoon we will do a little site seeing before leaving for our flight. More pictures will be posted in the next 36 hours. I will also posted again once we get to Korea.
In peace...
Sulak Sivaraksa
January 25, 2011 in the afternoon
This afternoon we met with Sulak Sivaraksa. I personally felt his introduction was not adequate to prepare us for this meeting. I felt that we were meeting a very important icon in Thailand but I was not putting the whole reasons why together. We actually in the presence of a man who has challenged the view of the monarchy, gone to jail for his views but the whole time has been advocating for peace.
He gave us an overview of the red shirt/yellow shirt movement. He gave us his views on poor and the mega Wat that we visited on last week. To read more about him and his peace movement view his website http://www.sulak-sivaraksa.org/en/.
Discussion between Sunni and Shiite leaders in Thailand
January 25, 2011
Today is my day to add the reflection of this wonderful trip. Today started off great. We had French toast with REAL maple syrup. Score! The few times we have had French toast it has been with honey. After breakfast I am off to 7eleven to buy more minutes for the phone for Don. I am it back in plenty of time to blog before getting in the van for the discussion between Shiite and Sunni Muslims in Bangkok.
The mosque that we are visiting is across the street from the French Embassy (French toast/French Embassy – see the theme). We walk through a narrow alley to get to our destination. There are lots of cats along the way. This mosque shares a wall with a Buddhist Temple. In this area is the location of the cemetery for the community. We were informed that the cemetery is about 80 years old.
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