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People and a Fruit Cart up in Paksong, on the Bolaven Plateau, southern Laos.
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Why Learning Numbers Abroad is a Great Idea

May 28, 2023May 28, 2023 Michael Green

When drifting in a land not one’s own, it should behoove a visitor to take the time to learn the numbers along with the phrase

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View of the wide Mekong River in Pakse, southern Laos
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Peaceful Pakse on the Calm Mekong

March 16, 2023May 1, 2023 Michael Green

I’ve been in Pakse for three weeks, with nine days before the 30-day Lao visa expires. The original, but loose plan was to stay in

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Wat Toong Shetthi on the outskirts of Khon Kaen, Thailand
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Khon Kaen: A City of Unknown Wonders

February 15, 2023May 14, 2023 Michael Green

I found to my pleasant surprise that Khon Kaen in Isaan, Thailand is a city of unknown world wonders. The above Thung Sethi has been

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Dumplings for sale at a night market in Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Thai Sounds With Food Words: Memory Enhancement Through Imagination

November 22, 2022May 6, 2023 Michael Green

After virtual teleportation up and across the grand globe, and finally touching down in Southeast Asia’s humongous hub of Bangkok, I was unsurprisingly bombarded with

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The map on the seat back in front of me on a long haul flight from JFK to HK.
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Wiped Out After A Journey Across the Earth

November 9, 2022May 2, 2023 Michael Green

Traveling across the earth threw me for a loop. There was not a thought about being on the receiving end of extreme jet lag. When

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Mayan Sounds on Lago Atitlán: Memory Enhancement Through Imagination

August 28, 2022May 6, 2023 Michael Green

If I travel to England or Ireland and look at the signs and names around me, I can often remember something without giving it much,

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A sign in Spanish and English in the lushly forested foothills of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains in Minca, Magdalena, Colombia.
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Survival Spanish in Seven Days

June 20, 2022May 6, 2023 Michael Green

Imagine traveling to sultry South America, somewhere near its northernmost tip. The climate, geography, way-of-life and language are different; yet it is a tropical wonderland

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Sign: Today is a Good Day to Smile (in Spanish) on the path on short, inclined path to Casa Loma, in Minca, Magdalena, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Colombia
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Optimism: A Wellness Word

May 27, 2022April 28, 2023 Michael Green

When the word optimism comes up in an English class, I like to make time to teach it, as it is a positively potent piece

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