A constant heat, waving me down from this Bangkok concrete landscape. Skytrains and subways, a market with 10,000 stands, always street food. Playing mandolin with a Thai bluegrass band on the street. Supermodels and movies. Stray cats wandering into 7-11 coolers. Massive amounts of people everywhere I turn. I am getting ready to leave this city once again.
Since coming back to "town', I have spent my days waiting for Suzi's arrival from Yogaland trying to get cheap dentistry and wandering into the city, getting intentionally lost. I have found myself at an indoor rock climbing wall in the center of a mall. A Chinatown maze of markets selling pellet guns, used tools, black market porn, toothbrushes with no wrappers, and children's toys. I even spent all of last night playing dice and cards with some Brazilian supermodels in their apartment. Speaking broken Portuguese, dancing to Samba, laughing a lot, a foreign country inside a foreign country. Even in sweat pants they are that beautiful; the men and women.
To add to all of this, I was able to run into yet another friend from Alaska who is living here training Maui Thai boxing. Another couch and a hot shower. Movies and popcorn. A great overall visit.
I meet up with Suzi in a few hours from now. Excited to say the very least. It will be good to have a cribbage partner again. We are catching a train to Chaing Mai this evening. From there we have a few days before we need to make a visa run. Plans constantly evolve. For now, Northern Thailand and a trip South through Laos are on the agenda for the next month. After that, Nepal is cresting on our horizon. Always exciting when at the mercy of the unknown.
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