Author: Giuseppe Chiaramonte

Missed Appointments

Had trouble sleeping through the night. Woke up at about 4:00am and was apprehensive that I had made an appointment at 9:00am with Mr. Laem to go to Ayutthaya for 2000 baht. Went on the internet and found this was way too much money plus I was nervous that he might try to sway me …

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Booking it Thailand style!

It’s in the books. Visited three temples (Wat Pho-Reclining Buddha, Grand Palace-Emerald Buddha, Wat Urun-Temple of the Rising Sun). While visiting Wat Urun, three Thai grade-school girls interviewed me for a school project. Further, I was walking the Wat Urun temple grounds and two monks approached me. One of the monks tenderly grabbed my right …

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Traveling Heavy

6-5-19 to 6-7-19 I stepped on the flight from LAX full of predetermined fantasies about what Thailand was going to offer, look like, feel, and provide. I arrived to the airport five hours early expecting to check in and leisurely eat breakfast. This was not to be the case. I roamed around the airport looking …

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