Just a quick note to say that I may be changing my plans for visiting Myanmar–apparently two bombs went off on Tuesday in the town near the border (the same day the Burmese government reopened it–it’s been shut since May), and they found ten more bombs there yesterday. They suspect one of the splinter Karen [...]
First, let me say that 44 baht = 1 dollar–that will save me a lot of translation in subsequent epistles. (I assume 40 baht = $1, for the sake of convenience.)
Well, I got a late start today, as I didn’t wake up until 5pm. I spent some time reading through the guidebook trying [...]
Finally woke up again, and found I have email from a 63-year-old Chinese guy in Bangkok. He’s been following my adventures on Spin-List (the handspinner’s mailing list) and wants to meet me for lunch Sunday–he doesn’t speak much English or Thai (his native language is Mandarin Chinese), but wants to meet me.
This sounds [...]
Well, yesterday was interesting. I think I have now established my reputation in the expat community in Thailand (at least, I’m pretty certain they’ll remember me…things got just a little bit wild last night ). But, I’m getting ahead of myself…
Yesterday I decided to team up with two Western/Caucasian women and do the [...]
So, I spent today acclimating to Bangkok, which is to say that I didn’t do any targeted sightseeing, but walked around my local area a little bit, then took a bus to Pratunam Market, which is supposed to be a clothing mecca. Unfortunately, I’m nowhere near standard Thai sizes–Thai women tend to be short and [...]
Well, despite some concerns, I did manage to find my way back to my hotel in Tokyo, and thus wended my way back to the airport and thence to Bangkok. (I was, however, mortified to discover that I had spent two hours searching for a cybercafe about ten minutes from the hotel. Maybe I can [...]
Hello from NYC! where I have managed to pack, re-pack, re-re-repack, etc. my backpack an amazing number of times in the last day and a half. But, it’s down to about 45 lbs, which is at least manageable. 55 lbs turns out to be way too heavy–which is to say, I can’t heft it over [...]