Ex-chef and perpetual expat Alison takes us through her Instagram feed from her first year in Thailand: freedom, an explosion of her senses and moments of cultural pause are audio enclosed, proceed with caution and contemplation. 


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12:00 view of rooftop pool at condo in Thonglor pool photo


16:30 Sukhumvit Road yellow-shirt protesters in front of her condo  protest


24:35  visa run to Phoi Phet on the Cambodian border 


28:00  her first Songkran outside of Tacos & Salsa restaurant with girlfriend Stacy and friends Bo & Lisathai 


32:44  little girl working with a parent outside of Don Meuang airport in Jang Wattana


36:58 Sai Krok Issan Street stall Northeastern sausages in Nakhon Phanom about 2.8 cents per ball


41:00 cucumber kimchi recipe : http://www.eatingwell.com/recipe/250130/quick-cucumber-kimchi/


43:00  driving a motorbike onto the Lam Prathab beach near Khanom


46:00 Long Way Round & Long Way Down Documentaries: https://www.longwayround.com/


1:19:00 America The Ex-Boyfriend article (correction: it is country, not city) 


Music courtesty of Damon Castillo


Song "Rocket of Love" on the "Mess of Me" album.


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