I want to remember this, so I will add it to my collection of quotes.

".. we can create our own confusion quite well whenever we don't want to. It's easy."

Thank you!

I wouldn't touch one of those eggs with ten ten-foot poles. Gross.

Century eggs must be the same thing as iron eggs, which we found in Taiwan. Have you ever tried one? Awful!!
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That was definitely our feeling at first too. But we've done three of those parcel train gigs so far and they've all been perfectly fine. There are few countries I would consent to do this in but in Thailand, well, so far so good. But honestly, the AirTags really really help our peace of mind.

Dodie says: I worry more about sending the bikes off alone than about a kid leaving home. At least with the kids we felt that we had done our best to prepare them to face the world and could rely on them to handle most things they might encounter. With the bikes, on the other hand, we are reliant on others to keep them safe and bring them to the journeys end relatively intact.

I liked the old stories mixed with the new stories here. But I kept waiting for something bad to happen. Nothing good could result from a smiling man buying bottles of Cognac for a couple of young guys who were too poor to buy a second beer, I thought. And something terribly embarrassing would have to result from an American guy buying underwear from a female Thai salesperson. And certainly somebody would get burned by a stray firework. But none of that happened. Everything was fun. Nice!

But we could have shipped it. You never know.

Yes, sometime this year!

It's gratifying to see that you've thought this through so carefully. :)

I guess you're back now, and since Scott didn't mention transporting your giant chicken from the airport, you didn't buy one. I'll keep my hopes up for your next visit to Thailand!

Wowza.

Clean by 2567!

Great photos of the lights! When we were in New Taipei, Taiwan, we went to a pizza place 3 miles away that we bicycled to and coming back in the dark we biked over several pedestrian/ bicycling bridges all lit up with beautiful cokoful lights. It as amazing!

Is there an after picture

Yes, STATEMENT is what I'm all about! The problem is that I think I'd have to buy the thing here and ship it to the States. That might cost a bit. But it would be so cool, until it got graffitied or stolen. But if it got stolen then maybe I could have my 15 minutes of fame on the local TV news. It could become a saga, epic even, with everyone looking for the giant rooster.

Much more of a statement than a pink flamingo. I approve heartily. :)