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It's been awesome to have Joe come out – and for three weeks! – cause I think Thailand is one of those countries where there are so many touristy things to do that having a buddy along for the ride makes it all the better. That and he's bailed me out a couple of times.
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We had dinner on our porch. Our porch was attached to our guesthouse. Our guesthouse floated on the river, just on the edge of the bend. We watched the sun hid, blushing, among the reeds across the green waters.
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Song on repeat: Iron & Wine's Sunset Soon Forgotten. What do you see when you listen to this song?
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This side of Thailand was different. Gone were the fashionable tourists, the go-go girls and ladyboys, and the whitened faces that catered to our holiday fever... Replace that fantasy with the other side.
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Then again, I played frisbee with a Brazilian raver and basketball with an Israeli music teacher and the surrealness of it pulls me back in. Back into the circuit.
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So today I'll hop on a longtail boat from Haad Yuan to Hadd Rin, then from Haad Rin on Koh Phagnan I'll catch the latest ferry to the nearest large island of Koh Samui, where they hopefully have western medical facilities.
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I've recently loaded some photos from Cambodia and southern Laos up. Toodles.
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It's easy here. Want food? Want stuff? Want pleasure? Reach out on any major artery and you'll see the throb of Bangkok's lifeline.
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Incidentally, did you know that the Thai word farang (for foreigner) came from their pronunciation of the 'French'? Fa-wrench became Fa-ren became Farang.
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Bangkok is a huge city – but not very pleasant on the eyes. The SkyTrain tears an ugly gash through the city center, propped up by ungainly concrete arches.
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Many things irk me, but none so much as the prevalent predatory relationship between Western men and Asian women.
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Good job, I told myself. Way to plan. Spend the dry season in Hanoi and start traveling when the monsoon season starts. Stellar.