Tonight, barring major catastrophe, marks my last night in the United States for 137 days. In that time span, I have a lot of expectations, a lot of aspirations, and I'm looking for a lot of inspiration. Thailand lies ahead, months of learning, teaching, exploring and adventuring-- but also months of uncertainty. As my mother would like to remind me, Thailand is not in the most comforting of political states currently. And by that, I mean it's a full-blown coup . We've done a fair amount of research, and that itself is not an extreme detriment to travel- Thailand's had 19 coups in 80 years , so this, if anything, is giving me a realistic experience. King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest standing monarch. In Thailand he has semi-divine status and criticism against him is met with defamation charges and severe jail time. The part about it all that is actually giving me pause- not the martial law, not the curfew, not the uncertainty about the future go