Posted on November 22nd, 2003 by aj
We dropped into Bangkok with severe jet lag and sent our broken gadgets on their own holiday to the technology Shangri La of Singapore. Thailand has its lips firmly wrapped around the fire hose of American capital and tourism. The opportunity and inequality of the unchecked market are readily apparent. Bangkok is a huge sprawling [...]
Posted on April 1st, 2002 by aj
We hung out in Chang Mai for a while, its a nice sleepy city you can walk all over. The food in the north is so good we took a cooking class. They took us to the market and showed us how to shop and stuff. We also got Thai massages which was fun because [...]
Posted on March 28th, 2002 by aj
Mandy and I are in Chang Mai. We flew here today from Bangkok. Life here more sedate than frenetic Bangkok with its Asian ultra- modern skyscrapers sprouting out of open air fruit and meat markets. Gleaming chromium steel and gold everything with people sleeping on the steps. Much of it is more modern than American [...]