Onward

Climb on board, a new year is about to begin.

Photograph taken at Chiang Mai Gate, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Thai Street Massage Photo

Similar to yesterday, here is another streetside service offered in Chiang Mai and just about anywhere else in Thailand popular with foreign tourists. For anyone who can afford the flight ticket to Thailand the cost of buying a hour’s pampering is almost laughably insignificant and it’s a novel distraction on route between bars for some.

A less public experience can be had in the many massage parlours around the city ranging from traditional massage schools to expensive spa’s. There are so many, in fact, that most seem to hardly get enough business to survive.

Chiang Mai, Thailand

Thai Street Vendor Bending Photo

This was photographed as people were preparing for one of the popular weekly street markets in Chiang Mai. The old Thai lady wearing a traditional ‘pasin’ wrap-around skirt is, I think, marking the ground where a market stall will be.

If I stare at this picture long enough, she starts to topple forwards.

Chiang Mai, Thailand