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Wattay International Airport at Vientiane, Laos

Summer travels – Vietnam via Laos

After my unexpected extra day in Phnom Penh, I flew out on Tuesday afternoon. I knew my fight was really two flights with a short transit stop, but hadn’t clued in that the transit stop was in ANOTHER COUNTRY until I got my boarding pass – from Phnom Penh to Vientiane. We flew to Wattay…

July 7, 2011 in Third Culture Kids, Travel Stories.
"hakuna matata" - a photo from the reverse scavenger hunt (my team won this one!)

My first visit to Cha-am (Thailand)

I left the Beijing Youth Conference early in order to fly to Thailand to help with a conference there. There were about 150 people there, a third of whom were the kids of adults attending the retreat. (The participants were members of an organisation doing mission and humanitarian work in South East Asia). Christina and…

April 30, 2011 in Third Culture Kids, Travel Stories, Youth Ministry.
Group shot at the end of camp

Cambodia travels and other excitement

Hello Everyone! 2011 is off to a crazy start – just the way I like it… I spent two weeks in Cambodia, today is Australia Day, and next week is Chinese New Year. The line 15 subway opened at the very end of December and it is also a new best friend – travel time to…

January 26, 2011 in Cambodia Stories, Third Culture Kids, Travel Stories, Youth Ministry.

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About Tanya

Tanya Crossman

Tanya Crossman

TCK expert, author and speaker. Author of "Misunderstood: The Impact of Growing Up Overseas in the 21st Century". Also a musician, Mandarin speaker, and expat.

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