Bangkok: day 2 highlights

Day 2. I took my first water taxi on the river, by myself, to Wat Arun. This is one of my favorite temples I've ever visited all made of mosaic china. Then I hopped another boat over to the amulet market and then another to flower market. Keeping these posts short so I actually get them up. My plan is to do a trip recap at the end with more information, gonna let the photos speak for themselves for now.

















































Full photo set here.

River Boats + Updates

I'm on day 4 of being in Thailand. I have shot 100's of photos and I'd love to share them with you but I am having a battle with my internet so I will just post this video I shot today & hopefully I'll have better luck in the next few days with my connection. Basically my days are full of walking, eating, walking, buying amazing strange things, walking, more eating, being really hot and eating. Both the screening for Handmade Nation and the workshop went fantastic and tomorrow I am off to Chiang Mai for 4 days to explore up North.

Bangkok: day one

I left Milwaukee on February 1st avoiding a massive snowstorm by a half of a day. 24+ hours later on February 3rd I arrived in Bangkok. I was met by my amazing hosts Logan & Sandy who took me to the spot they had set up for me to stay while in Bangkok & gave me a quick late night tour of my hood before I passed out at around 3am.

This morning I woke up and ventured out, I was totally intimidated & didn't know what to expect. The food options were beyond overwhelming on the street and I ended up wussing out and opted for "American" fare of eggs and toast. Once I ate I just wandered around aimlessly until I got a early afternoon text message from Logan who ended up not having to work due to Chinese New Year. He gave me directions on where he was and I took my first trip on the Sky Train to meet up with him.



I spent the rest of the day with Logan as my guide, joined later on by his wife Sandy. I ate some amazing things including a sampler of sorbet flavors I didn't even know existed; Gooseberry, Lychee, Lemon Grass, Star Fruit, Coconut Mixed Fruit (included kernels of corn). We made it out to the opening night of "Shortcut To Menancholy Hill" a solo show of mixed media paintings by Thai artist Yuree Kensaku at Tonson Gallery and ended the day sipping cocktails at a super cute bar their friends work at called Shades of Retro. Not bad for my first 24 hours.

































Full photo set of day one here.