I’m feeling pretty smug today. I went to the Chatuchak Market today and went through the antiques section–I now have a bow and fish spear for the body painting. I also picked up some sterling silver leaves for a tiara/hairpiece (I’ll make it on the train to Chiang Mai), and lots and lots of beads, [...]
First, happy Thanksgiving everyone! I did not actually find turkey in Bangkok (not very common here), but I did stuff myself on a variety of local foods.
Sorry for the radio silence this past week…I was hit by an uncontrollable hunting urge and (since I was stuck in Bangkok anyway) spent most of [...]
We’re currently planning body armor, headdress, hair job, etc. for the body painting (currently scheduled for next Thursday). I know a bunch of you are into comics (more recently than me, anyway)–any suggestions? URLs are best, I can forward them to the artist…
The current idea is two metallic cobras running up the body, [...]
Between the body painter’s schedule, the intricacies of Lao visas, and foot problems, it looks like I’ll be in Bangkok for most of the upcoming week. which is good since it will let me catch up on some writing…I’m working on a couple of essays which need time to coalesce. So I am taking a [...]
Well, after an 12-hour bus ride with amphetamine-crazed driver playing “chicken” with oncoming traffic (i.e. a thoroughly uneventful, standard Thai bus ride), I made it back to Bangkok at 5am. At the bus station, I was immediately beset with taxi drivers wanting to take me to my hotel for a “mere” 300 baht (3x the [...]
Remember the woman I taught to spin in the bus station on the way to Ko Chang, and gave my spare drop spindle to? Well, I sent her some of the acrylic roving Mr. Wu gave me, and just got an email from her daughter–she wants to send me a return gift, and/or start a [...]
(Sketchy notes are taking longer to fill out than expected. hopefully I can get them down before I forget everything…)
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11/16 (Saturday) Well, we’re off to the Similans…It’s rather a nice boat, 36 meters long, with an upper deck (kitchen, food, lounge) and a lower one (cabins, dive deck, saloon/TV room). By some miracle, [...]
The Similans are Paradise.
Just got off the boat from the trip, so this is going to be a short email–I still have my “sea legs” so everything is still swaying back and forth, and I’m getting seasick sitting here and looking at a stationary monitor. But the Similans are just amazing…coral reefs beyond [...]
First, I have AOL IM on my laptop now, so if you see me pop up, feel free to chat…I’m most likely to be logged on in the late evening, U.S. time (9am Thailand = 6pm US).
Nothing much to report the last few days–Khao Lak is a pretty small town, mostly a stop [...]
So, I had a little temper tantrum yesterday after getting to my hotel (the Asia Hotel, fan-cooled room) and discovering yet another primitive bathroom. OK–this one had running water, and the toilet actually flushed (instead of dumping water down it to flush it) but since it didn’t feature toilet paper or…oh, never mind. You don’t [...]