CONTENTS

PART ONE: BEFORE THE TRIP

1. OUT OF THE BLUE

2. THE BEST PART

3. DOWN THE ELECTRONIC RABBIT HOLE

4. BIG LOGISTICAL DUCKS

PART TWO: THE OSA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY

7. MAAAWN-KAY RULES

8. DADDY? CAN YOU TUCK MY SCORPION IN?

9. IN THE JUNGLE, THE BITEY JUNGLE

10. LIFE AND DEATH

12. ENTIRELY MY FAULT

13. THE LAST PARAKEET

14. LET ’EM BITE AND SIT TIGHT

15. THE OUTSIDE OF THE CAGE

16. AS POLITELY AS POSSIBLE

17. ESCAPE FROM MONKEY ISLAND

PART THREE: WWOOF

19. FOREIGN TRANSPLANTS

20. THE SWEAT LODGE

21. WILLING WORKERS

22. DIVINE GODDESS OF DISCERNING WISDOM

23. THE GYPSY DANCER

24. TIRELESS ROBOT SLAVES

25. THE BIRTHDAY BATH

26. OHAU STREAM WALK

27. MOUNT FYFFE

PART FOUR: VOLUNTHAI

28. SAFETY CONCERNS

29. INVASION OF THE FALONG FAMILY

30. SOUR TEA CRAP

31. ONE THAI DAY

32. WHITE GLAMOUR

33. MEET THE RENTER

34. UNINVITED GUESTS

35. ENGLISH TEACHERS

37. THE ANTS AND THE WING

38. GOODBYE, AUM

PART FIVE: THE GOOD SHEPHERD AGRICULTURAL MISSION

41. THE OLDER GIRLS

42. SHY BOY AND BIRTHDAY GIRL

43. DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE

45. SMILING AT THE ANGELS

46. LEAVING AND STAYING

47. A SMALL BLUE MARBLE

49. THE ICE STORM

50. THE BEAUTY AND THE REWARD

PART SIX: THE SIDDHARTHA SCHOOL

51. THE CLOCK STARTS TICKING

54. STOK VILLAGE

55. GAZING INTO INFINITY

56. TIBETAN SUPERHEROES

57. FRONT ROW TICKET SYNDROME

58. THE ILLUSION OF THE WORLD

59. PRECIOUS JEWELS

60. THE LAST PRAYER

PART SEVEN: AFTER THE TRIP

61. SUMSING GROUNDED AND REAL

62. OUR HOME’S EVIL TWIN

64. THE WHITE SHELL

65. WIDE-OPEN WORLD

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