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Our Very Ordinary Valentine’s Day in Chiang Mai, Thailand

It’s been a long while since I’ve written here on our blog.  Last post I wrote was in December 2011 on Disconnect to Connect in 2012.  A lot has happened since then.   A more updated summarized version of those months to be written later, but today is Valentine’s Day (well at least it is still … Continue reading »

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I Give Thanks Every Day and Here’s Why

We’ve been very busy living mindfully, laughing much and counting our blessings, often.  It’s difficult to limit ourselves giving thanks on just one day of the year because honestly, it really ought to be every day. Just in the past week, we drove to Mae Sai, the most northern tip of Thailand for the nth … Continue reading »

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House Hunting in Chiang Mai

Our 12 month rental contract will expire at the end of October at our current apartment.  That’s why we’ve been quite busy spending much of our time in recent weeks hunting for a house to rent.  Wow, we’ve been living in Thailand for 15 months now and absolutely no regrets. Although we’ve preached about the … Continue reading »

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Make a Difference on 17 September 2011: Join Playing for Change Foundation

What if you had one day to change the world with Music. That day is 17th September 2011. “A global day of action where musician will play on stages, cafes and street corners to raise money to support music in the lives of young people” Playing For Change is a movement to connect the world … Continue reading »

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The Cost of Living in Chiang Mai for Our Family of Three

NOTE: As of October 2011, we found a house for 10k baht/mo. = ~~$315 rent per month. We will write a new post with new expenses when we have more time. Now that we’ve lived in Chiang Mai since July 2010, we feel we can share solid information about the living expenses for our family … Continue reading »

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First Donor of Got Passport’s “Help Us Help Others” Fund: We Salute You For Your Kindness

We have been in the business of helping people for our entire career (that’s over 40 years between the two of us).  J as a Psychologist and A as a Social Worker. Over the years, we’ve been able to give monetarily where most needed. For example: Sponsored students to accompany us to Mexico or New … Continue reading »

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Our Renewed Family Mission Statement

We’ve been in Texas since end of April for the summer.   Our time here has given us time to reflect and plan for the future here at the GotPassport headquarters. Reflections: If you’ve been following our progress, from our cross country camping road trips, summer vacation in Thailand in 2009, jettison of material possessions … Continue reading »

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