@Ishihara @Apocryphiliac @Jezibaba 😆
years ago, while i was in the military (not the greatest way to see the beauty of a country) i got to spend some time in Thailand. I wish I remember the name of the area we were in but it was probably Pattaya. I had the oppty to go out and see some of the area while we were there-it was gorgeous. The Thai ppl were incredibly welcoming, and the most friendly ppl I have ever encountered.
@FayreLylith @Ishihara @Jezibaba Thai culture is phenomenal. Absolutely phenomenal.
@Apocryphiliac @FayreLylith @Ishihara I'm excited. we were planning before covid and then put on hold. It sucks.
@Jezibaba @FayreLylith @Ishihara I’ll share a couple of photos from my travels if you would like. To put you in the mood for all the incredible stuff you’ve got in store. 💚
@Jezibaba @FayreLylith @Ishihara These will seem really random… and apologies if I’ve posted any of them before.
Vietnam #CoSoPhotography
@Apocryphiliac @FayreLylith @Ishihara its loading funny on my desktop. Hard to see. Dammit. Let me try my phone.
@Jezibaba @FayreLylith @Ishihara possibly bc I just screenshotted them (so I wouldn’t have to scroll through my massive digi photo roll to select them) and I didn’t crop them. 🤦♂️
@Apocryphiliac they're teeny but I can zoom on the phone..
@Jezibaba is it too big of an issue? Like is it destroying your ability to see them properly?
@Apocryphiliac No. Not at all. I see them on the phone just fine. MOAR! please.
@Jezibaba @FayreLylith @Ishihara oh, also… sorry for not cropping. Lazy af mode today. Also sorry for the shit quality. Lol
Hoi An, Vietnam #CoSoPhotography
@Apocryphiliac Is that you? now I'm all excited and *still* have to wait. *growls in covid*
@Jezibaba Yep it is “me” in the top left. …”Itsa me”…
@Apocryphiliac you look well-traveled. Nice to see you. 😊 How long ago was this?
@Jezibaba yeah I’d been on the road for about 3-4 weeks by this point. Too long ago. Lol. 2007, iirc?
@Apocryphiliac any plans to return?
@Jezibaba hope so… someday.
@Apocryphiliac isn't someday a great idea?
@Jezibaba @FayreLylith @Ishihara Best of all are the friends you make on the way… which is another reason why I hate using travel agent tours and resorts. You don’t connect with the culture, the people, or fellow travelers the same. You have to get lost. The you can find what’s important. That’s my motto, anyway.
Vietnam, Laos #CoSoPhotography
@Apocryphiliac @FayreLylith @Ishihara All the yes. The border agent at Gatwick couldn't get his head around the fact we had no plans, no place to stay. I mean we arrived with backpacks...no agencies for us. It was glorious.
@Jezibaba @FayreLylith @Ishihara You found “the secret.” Don’t die, though. Don’t use sketchy border crossings, even if it’ll save you time. 😉
@Apocryphiliac Not looking to save time lol
@Jezibaba @FayreLylith @Ishihara These photos are hitting me. 😂 Memories are strong with them.
Vietnam, Thailand #CoSoPhotography
@Apocryphiliac @FayreLylith @Ishihara wow! these are lovely.
@Apocryphiliac Night shots 😍
@Jezibaba @FayreLylith @Ishihara The first three photos are from the Royal Palace, Bangkok. The last one is, I believe it’s from Mỹ Sơn, in Vietnam.
@Apocryphiliac I want to know what it sounds and smells like.
@Jezibaba the big cities in SE Asia are, unfortunately, quite crowded with small engine motors, which emit some really foul air pollution.
Not everything is beautiful and idyllic. The regimes of Laos and Cambodia, for example, are brutal, and human life is not always valued to the extent that it should be. (It isn’t here in the US, either, but there routinely would see people put in/putting themselves in danger there bc of poor infrastructure). Still, there’s lots to learn from seeing this.
@Apocryphiliac thank you.
@Jezibaba @FayreLylith @Ishihara I’ll finish with these… from Bangkok and the slow boat from N. Thailand to Luang Prabang, Laos.
@Apocryphiliac need story with guy on a wall with a pole.
@Jezibaba oh my god.. and what a story it is. Truncated version is that the slow boat goes for two days from near Chaing Rai to Luang Prabang, and they will pack that sucker with people. Middle of the 2nd day, the motor blew. 😅😂
These are the guys who get the boat away from the rocks when the motor isn’t/can’t run.
@Apocryphiliac so they have people ready for just such an occasion? hahahha not today satan, we use our poles to keep us afloat.
@Jezibaba They’re crew who travel with you and dock/undock the boats. And try to sell you beer instead of providing water when your boat breaks down overnight and you have to sleep on a dirty wooden floor scattered amongst chickens. Lol. Yeah there’s some subtext. 😂
@Apocryphiliac that sounds like a weekend up here. 😉
@Jezibaba Where’s that, Jez? 🤔
@Apocryphiliac Alaskaaaaaaah
@Jezibaba @Apocryphiliac
*Alask-aaaaaahhh holy shit it's gonna eat me
@Jezibaba Never been. Always wanted to.
@Apocryphiliac these photos are wonderful
@Jezibaba Aw thanks! It’s easy when you’re surrounded by such sights…
@Apocryphiliac truly. thank you so much for sharing them
I seem to have misplaced my photos of Cambodia. Which is basically all ridiculously beautiful scenery from Angkor Wat.
@Apocryphiliac Elusive Angkor Wat. 😂
@FayreLylith @rokkinbobokkin @Jezibaba @Ishihara Stay frosty. Stay sanuk. 👍
@Apocryphiliac @FayreLylith @Jezibaba @Ishihara
Kap. Kap.
I like when the ladies greet:
Sawadeeee KAAAAAA!!!!
@rokkinbobokkin @Apocryphiliac @Jezibaba @Ishihara Ahhhh-I couldn't remember which was the masculine & which was the feminine!
@FayreLylith @Apocryphiliac @Jezibaba @Ishihara
Men always greet very laid-back, maybe with a smile. The ladies REALLY throw it out there. It's so cute and funny. And it's not just for farang. It's all the time.
@rokkinbobokkin @FayreLylith @Jezibaba @Ishihara So lovely, the Thais. Man, I love it there.
@Apocryphiliac @FayreLylith @Jezibaba @Ishihara
I love the weird differences. Like, traffic laws are voluntary (hah!) The obsession with fresh food, very fresh. Yet....I've never seen so many different kinds of cases meats(hot dogs) they took that idea and ran with it. And people love to joke. So much joking.
It's pretty alright there.
@rokkinbobokkin @FayreLylith @Jezibaba @Ishihara fish hotdog has its moments. 😂
@Apocryphiliac @FayreLylith @Jezibaba @Ishihara
Squid and nori rings a bell. Have that at the ballgame! 😆😆😆
@rokkinbobokkin @FayreLylith @Jezibaba @Ishihara I love dried squid, homie. I always got it at the movie theater concessions. Or the hot and buttered from the food stalls. Yum.
@Apocryphiliac @FayreLylith @Ishihara Yes, please.