Author Archives: gabbiegordon

It’s been over two months since I last posted about Bailey and I’s adventures in Thailand. For those of you wondering, yes, we are still here and we are still doing well. I’ve spent a lot of time wondering what I would next write and when. While our days aren’t filled with tropical excursions andContinue reading “It’s Been a While”

There is a Buddhist legend that a white elephant carried a relic of Buddha up Doi Suthep mountain, and when it stopped, it trumpeted three times before laying down and dying. This was interpreted as an omen by the king, and so the Wat Phra That Doi Suthep Temple was built. (If interested, feel freeContinue reading “The Monk’s Trail”

The city of Chiang Mai was once the capital of a kingdom called Lanna. The Lanna people, as well as their language and customs, still persist in northern Thailand, influencing the culture and the local dialect. In the past couple weeks, finished with training for school and awaiting our journey north, Bailey and I haveContinue reading “Lanna Lanterns”

Or From There to Here For two weeks now, Bailey and I have been in the northern Thailand city of Chiang Mai. Our first week was spent in grammar reviews and English as a Foreign Language (EFL) methodology classes, and our second week was spent in teaching practices both online and in person with ThaiContinue reading “From Here to There”

Where to begin? Bailey and I have had a memorable week since we visited the elephant sanctuary. We’ve visited Phuket Olde Town, the Chalong Bay Rum Distillery, taken a boat tour of Phi Phi islands where we snorkeled and swam in the bluest lagoon, had massages, and met some of the kindest people along theContinue reading “Adventures in Phuket!”

So. I wanted to write an update about Bailey and I flying from Indianapolis to Chicago to Qatar to Phuket, turning a strange two(?) day journey into one long day that touched on three days and left us surprisingly awake–able to relax and rest in our room–while we awaited the (hooray, negative!) results of ourContinue reading “We Visited the Phuket Elephant Sanctuary!”

Here is a list of the requirements we each needed to travel to Thailand during COVID-19 + requirements for our TEFL program for teaching abroad. The list itself may not be long, but it sure felt like it while we tried to figure out how to safely and affordably acquire all the necessary documentation. AContinue reading “A Long, Long List”

When I asked Bailey what I should share about us in this first and most terrifying post, helpfully, he said, “everything.” “That we’re cool and love Peanut M&M’s?” I asked. “Exactly.” If you’re here you probably already know Bailey and I enough to acknowledge that we’re pretty cool, and we do, in fact, love PeanutContinue reading “Get to Know the Gordons”