There's an 80% chance that I (Angela) will be sent to northern Thailand in March for at least 2 months to start, head up, and teach English at a new branch of our department. I would, of course, be taking Gus with me. :)
At this point, it looks like I would be the only teacher being sent this first term while we're getting the program going! If it works as planned, then other classes and teachers would most likely be added beginning with the summer term. I have the option (read: they would really like it if I would) to stay for up to a year. Gus and I both think it would be very fun.
The city we would be in is Chiang Mai. It's in northern Thailand and it's the second largest city, after Bangkok. However, Bangkok is 45x the size of Chiang Mai! :D Chiang Mai has about 200,000 people and is - according to a friend of ours who has family in Chiang Mai - a modern city with everything we might need, including broadband internet!
Chiang Mai is located at the base of a mountain range and has a river running through it. There are, of course, lots of local Buddhist temples, a number of large universities in the city (the largest one has 25,000+ students; the one I'd be at has around 10,000), and lots of shopping, including a very cool and very large night market!
Now we just need to learn Thai! :)
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