Playful statues and the Thai's love affair with Bob Marley
Yesterday in the early evening Catheleen and the kids went for another Thai massage down the street. I understand John was well known to the Thai ladies who work in the shop. John has passed by a few times by himself, usually on the way to a gaming shop next door that would let him play video games on desktops for about a dollar an hour. John has been quite friendly and has chatted with the ladies a few times. Perhaps it was his crazy hair that attracted attention. I also suspect the ladies were a bit bored at times and were looking to chat with whomever passed by on the street. We went to the Friday night market last evening, packed with people eating, drinking, shopping, walking and talking. This is one of the few places I know where you could just stroll along the street with a beer in hand. Our beer came in paper bags, which I'm assuming were meant to keep our hands from getting cold and not because we were doing something nefarious. On the beach I saw a restaurant had set up ...