Where is Chiang Mai, Thailand?
(What some local people may find difficult to understand is that for many people on the other side of the world, they do not know where Thailand is, not being one of the G8 super powers, no matter what some politicians might have you believe!) Her second thoughts were, Do I really want to leave the peace and security for something unknown? They discussed their hopes and fears. The family was old enough to take care of themselves, what had they to lose? We decided this was something we would do for us. It was 1998, and they arrived here, never having been to Asia before. As has happened with so many of us, they fell in love with it. Frank had a job, but Rebecca did not. Something will come up, she said. That was the first time in my life Id ever thought that way. That something did not come up immediately, with Rebecca saying, The first year I was here I read 226 books. I was having a sabbatical from life, was the way she described those 12 months, but then something did come up. This w
