Luckily both Steve and I are safe.
I am currently in Chaing Mai celebrating the songkram festival. It is ridiculous. At one point I got chased down a soi by novice monks with buckets and waterguns as they yelled warcrys. Taking the bus from Pai to Chaing Mai caused me to become drenched in water as children in the villages set up checkpoints to splash the buses from all sides. Note, i was near the door of the bus, which is usually left open due to the heat.
Steve is still in Bangkok, but our side of the river still hasnt seen much violence. The day of the killings he was at the mall and ran into one of our Ajans (professors). Ajan took him and Johnny out for beers. One of the main bridges that we would use if going to school by motobike or taxi has been blocked off because of the violence. This nicely isolates the area we live a little bit.
Its definitely an odd feeling to know that the place that you live is considered relativity unsafe. Luckily theres a whole lot more country to explore, but even if it did get bad enough that i would have to leave early (which i dont think will happen, and i really hope doesnt happen) id still have to go to bangkok to get all my stuff and fly out of that airport.
Contest: 20 Baht note to whoever can name the movie, starring a cast member of Friends, that i quoted in the title of this post.
Lost In Space (with Matt LeBlanc)
ReplyDelete~Patrick O'Hare
We have a winner.
ReplyDelete~Josh
Awesome! So 20 bahts. That's what, 60 cents?
ReplyDelete~Patrick O'Hare
yes, approximately that. But you get it as a 20 baht note, which can be viewed as either a souvenir or an investment. If the dollar falls that 20 baht could some day equal a dollar. Or if the baht becomes stronger (which isnt likely. they try to keep it weak so they can export more rice) the same thing can happen.
ReplyDelete~josh