The Thai community is longer established in Nuuk, especially in the restaurant, massage and hotel sectors.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Meena Manly, 54, originally from Udon Thani in northern Thailand, has seen the small outpost of Nuuk transform and expand over the past two decades.<\/p>\n
Now a business owner herself – she operates Smile Thai Massage and Beauty – she is able to open pathways to younger therapists seeking overseas exposure.<\/p>\n
With som tum – a traditional papaya salad dish – readily prepared by her staff and chilled Singha beer in her fridge, Nuuk does not feel so far away from comfort, she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith Thai people here, I think everyone loves and helps each other. It\u2019s like a big hug,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe finances and work are good, and the living standard is good. Most importantly, the income is better than in Thailand.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd for those who want to come here, nothing is harder than our own thoughts. There are always new things we need to learn and we must keep an open mind.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meena would cry to sleep in the early days as long days of darkness weighed on her. She has emerged resilient, she said, and ready to support new recruits, like Chatprapa Panyacharoen, 24, who left Thailand less than half a year ago.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are some difficulties regarding adjusting my lifestyle, the weather, the living conditions and the food. I used to be someone who didn’t eat much som tum, but living with everyone here, I end up eating it every single day,\u201d Chatprapa said, laughing.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s completely normal to face these challenges in the beginning. But if you ask if I am lonely right now, I’m not. It has changed my life,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Thai community is longer established in Nuuk, especially in the restaurant, massage and hotel sectors.\u00a0 Meena Manly,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139409,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5],"tags":[649,184,57,3128,8740,6797,3140],"class_list":["post-139408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-greenland","tag-arctic","tag-donald-trump","tag-greenland","tag-greenlanders","tag-migrant-workers","tag-philippines","tag-thailand"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/117028285987650452","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}