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| Sailing with my dad and my sister on the West coast of Thailand. |
I have such fond memories of Thailand, what an incredible country! Over the course of two years my sister and I spent a lot of time there. We moved to Thailand in grade 5 with my father while my mom went back to school to complete her Masters degree. We were homeschooled by my dad and we stayed at a beautiful resort called Royal Blue Lagoon on Lamai beach, Koh Samui. It was a magical time, it truly was unforgettable, everything was so new and I'm sure we were wide eyed the whole time. We spent the first 3 hours of every morning studying all the required subjects. My father had the accredited curriculum and all the textbooks. He did such a great job that when I returned to Canada, I was ahead of my class. We would spend the morning “at school” and then we would have the afternoon off and my dad would work at the resort. Dom and I would play in the pool, or chase crabs on the beach; the freedom to roam was priceless at that age. We would make friends with other kids that stayed at the hotel, I remember meeting families from Germany, France, Russia and countless others. An education in culture, real world learning at its finest.
