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**Alex Photographer** · 02-06-2008, 08:58 AM

My first journey to Thailand was in 1989. It was just immediate how overwelmingly generous, curious and warm the Thai people are. I arrived as a high school student on exchange. I was greeted with ceremony after ceremony of speeches and welcomes and gifts. My entire class met me at the Train station in Trang when I arrived and everyone of them took pictures of me and gave me gifts. I was a weary traveller wanting to get to my destination and rest. We stayed at the train station for over an hour. There was a ceremony my first day of school, too, and every student (1,500 plus) came up to greet me individually and give me a gift. I still have a lot of those tiny gifts today. I keep them in a small basket on my desk. It helps me remember just how much they welcomed me.

02-06-2008, 08:58 AM	#11
Alex Photographer Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 422 Senior Member	My first journey to Thailand was in 1989. It was just immediate how overwelmingly generous, curious and warm the Thai people are. I arrived as a high school student on exchange. I was greeted with ceremony after ceremony of speeches and welcomes and gifts. My entire class met me at the Train station in Trang when I arrived and everyone of them took pictures of me and gave me gifts. I was a weary traveller wanting to get to my destination and rest. We stayed at the train station for over an hour. There was a ceremony my first day of school, too, and every student (1,500 plus) came up to greet me individually and give me a gift. I still have a lot of those tiny gifts today. I keep them in a small basket on my desk. It helps me remember just how much they welcomed me.
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