Tuesday, March 22, 2005
Dirty Clothes
At first, washing my clothes when I took a shower wasn't that big of a deal, but I've gotten a little lazy about it the last few days (or is it weeks?) and my apparel is getting a tad on the filthy side. The worst thing is that everything I have is raunchy, so I can't even send my laundry off, as I have nothing to wear. Fortunately, I've made it to Chang Mai, which has one of the best open-air markets in the region where I can buy some clean undies, a t-shirt and some shorts for dirt cheap. Problem is, it's at night so I need to go one more day with dirty, smelly clothes. The worst part is getting out of the shower and realizing I have to put on clothes that are completely foul. Ah, life out of a backpack.
I think I'm going to do a 3-day trek that leaves on Friday that heads North towards the Myanma border and visits a few of the local tribal villages. But I also want to get a cooking class in here in CM. I'm hoping to find out today that I can make it all happen and still say "on schedule."
My overnight train attendant from Bangkok was a transvestite named Lei. She was a nice attendant, but shamefully flirty with the backpacker boys. I'm not really surprised, as Thailand is a country that had a very famous, very dominant Thai boxing champion that liked to wear women's clothes and make-up into the boxing ring. (I'm not making this up, her name was Nong Toom/Prinaya Kiatbusaba (a la Cassius Clay/Muhammed Ali)). Prinaya was forced into "retitirement" after having surgery to make her anatomically a woman, as Thai boxing rules didn't allow women to fight men.
Imperial Palace/Temple of the Emerald Buddha in Bangkok is a treat. Getting around Bangkok, however, is an interesting experience. In one day, I took (1) a "regular" non-air con bus, (2) a river ferry, (3) a monorail, (4) an air-con "deluxe" bus, and (5) a canal boat. This is all public transportation, to say nothing of tuk-tuks or taxis.
Ever since I took dive lessons, I keep giving the "OK" hand sign to everyone. Inititally, my instinct underwater was to give my instructor the thumbs up sign, but in diving that means that you want to ascend (often to the surface). Anyway, A-OK for now. o'''
I think I'm going to do a 3-day trek that leaves on Friday that heads North towards the Myanma border and visits a few of the local tribal villages. But I also want to get a cooking class in here in CM. I'm hoping to find out today that I can make it all happen and still say "on schedule."
My overnight train attendant from Bangkok was a transvestite named Lei. She was a nice attendant, but shamefully flirty with the backpacker boys. I'm not really surprised, as Thailand is a country that had a very famous, very dominant Thai boxing champion that liked to wear women's clothes and make-up into the boxing ring. (I'm not making this up, her name was Nong Toom/Prinaya Kiatbusaba (a la Cassius Clay/Muhammed Ali)). Prinaya was forced into "retitirement" after having surgery to make her anatomically a woman, as Thai boxing rules didn't allow women to fight men.
Imperial Palace/Temple of the Emerald Buddha in Bangkok is a treat. Getting around Bangkok, however, is an interesting experience. In one day, I took (1) a "regular" non-air con bus, (2) a river ferry, (3) a monorail, (4) an air-con "deluxe" bus, and (5) a canal boat. This is all public transportation, to say nothing of tuk-tuks or taxis.
Ever since I took dive lessons, I keep giving the "OK" hand sign to everyone. Inititally, my instinct underwater was to give my instructor the thumbs up sign, but in diving that means that you want to ascend (often to the surface). Anyway, A-OK for now. o'''
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# posted by 
: 9:44 AM
: 9:44 AM
Dude, why don't you just wear your clothes while you shower, like you did in seventh grade gym class. Are you actually making your way into Burma or just passing close by?
I'm not really surprised, as Thailand is a country that had a very famous, very dominant Thai boxing champion that liked to wear women's clothes and make-up into the boxing ring.
really? ever seen pro wrestling?
really? ever seen pro wrestling?
# posted by : 3:23 PM
: 3:23 PM
Hey, if you have time or room, bring me back a bottle of a local Thai chili sauce, preferably without English on the label.
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