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If you scroll through my camera roll from last summer, you will see a version of Thailand that looks like a high-budget perfume commercial. I have shots of me sipping from a cold coconut on a white sand beach. You can see slow-motion videos of turquoise waves lapping against a longtail boat. I even have sunset photos where the sky is a perfect blend of violet and peach. If you only looked at those images, you would think I spent two weeks in a state of Zen-like bliss.

I have travelled to Thailand numerous times. As Asia-raised youngsters, this was our retreat! From the first time I saw it at age 4 until the last time I saw it at age 24, it changed drastically!

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Sawadee Pi Mai, friends! That’s ‘Happy New Year’ in Thai, and what a joyous new year it was! Let me take you on a whirlwind journey through…