What a surprise and joy it was today to run into a group of tourists from Thailand.

They were on their way to Waipapakauri to stay there tonight. Tomorrow they are off to Cape Reinga.

Cape Reinga – Famous Tourist Destination

They were also delighted to hear a ‘Farang’  (Name for Occidental, European, Westerner) speak the  thai language. They told me that I speak very good thai. I was surprised to hear that. We left Thailand in 1979.

But they know that missionaries make a real effort to speak thai fluently.