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title: Every breath you take in Thailand
author: George Mandis <george@mand.is>
date: 2014-06-03
tags: post, post, travel, shrines, thailand, funny signs, cuttlefish
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<p>Short post today. Here's a sign I saw in Bangkok last October:</p>
<p><a href="https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/georgemandis/media/2013-09-24-15.23.21.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-1129" src="https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/georgemandis/media/2013-09-24-15.23.21-768x1024.jpg" alt="2013-09-24-15.23.21" width="768" height="1024" /></a></p>
<p>I kind of can't believe that was real, or that I'd completely forgotten about it. I guess it's not <em>that</em> memorable in the grand scheme of things, but it seems worth a passing anecdote. In light of what's <a href="http://www.bangkokpost.com/most-recent/410781/thailand-martial-law-gives-rise-to-selfies">going on in Bangkok right now</a> maybe it's kind of creepy. Or perhaps funny. Or perhaps simply odd. Also: why is it only in English? If you <a href="http://mahamekpolice.org/">visit the website</a> it's all in Thai.So many questions.</p>
<p>I'll end this post with some more favorable images from my time Bangkok, like this shot of tents setup for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Emperor_Gods_Festival#Celebration_in_Thailand">vegetarian festival</a>  during a monsoon:</p>
<p><a href="https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/georgemandis/media/2013-10-06-17.07.49.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-1130" src="https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/georgemandis/media/2013-10-06-17.07.49-1024x768.jpg" alt="2013-10-06-17.07.49" width="1024" height="768" /></a></p>
<p><a href="https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/georgemandis/media/2013-10-06-17.13.42-1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-1131" src="https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/georgemandis/media/2013-10-06-17.13.42-1-1024x768.jpg" alt="2013-10-06-17.13.42-1" width="1024" height="768" /></a></p>
<p>This shot of a man selling dried cuttlefish at night:</p>
<p><a href="https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/georgemandis/media/2013-10-09-22.49.26.jpg"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-1132 size-large" src="https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/georgemandis/media/2013-10-09-22.49.26-768x1024.jpg" alt="2013-10-09-22.49.26" width="768" height="1024" /></a>And this close-up shot of a shrine:</p>
<p><a href="https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/georgemandis/media/2013-10-09-22.50.53.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-1133" src="https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/georgemandis/media/2013-10-09-22.50.53-1024x768.jpg" alt="2013-10-09-22.50.53" width="1024" height="768" /></a></p>
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