hair cut
shaun shaved his head!
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what i was doing until the sun came up
why dancing, of course!
last night shaun djed at zoe in yellow. once he was done with the set we hung around for a little while until nathan and them closed up the bar, then went to this crazy mega-dance-club place that had like 4 or 5 floors of different dance clubs. we went to the one that (i think) was at the top that was called “scratching” and it was packed out pretty well, but not annoyingly so. i danced the whole time without a break, but shaun went to the bathroom a couple of times. when he came back he said that when he went to pee, these people showed up and started cracking his neck and back for him for tips. i don’t know if that’s what they do in the ladies’ bathroom, since i didn’t go, but it sounds kind of cool and like it would be a little distracting. there were two djs, and they were both good. people here don’t really dance the same way as they do in america, it’s a lot more respectful and a lot less booty-poppin. i didn’t get any strange creepy dudes grinding up on me all night long!
here’s the complex that the club was in (it’s called mandelay something):
we left around (i think) 6am, and the place was still as packed out as it was before. and on a tuesday night! from what i understand it’s just like that in thailand. it’s fun for me every once in awhile, but i don’t think i could dance ’til the breaka breaka every night.
here’s some farang dude with our friend nathan and me:
here’s this guy who works at zoe in yellow, can’t remember his name. he’s the only person who works there who doesn’t know much english:
me and shaun:
aaaaand here’s some random nonsense:
and here’s the sun starting to come up on our way home:
zoe in yellow bar cluster
a panoramic picture (i cropped myself out of it so there’s a little piece towards the middle missing) of the bar cluster around zoe in yellow… including panda bar, cafe del sol, heaven beach, and jar bar. there’s lots more but i don’t know what they’re all named.
temple animals
a lot of stray animals seek refuge on temple grounds, i think because the monks feed them and people drop off their animals at the temples if they can’t take care of them.
here’s a mewing little temple kitty:
firedancer
a firedancer at the zoe in yellow bar cluster:
i think the white guy was drunk, i’d be surprised if he didn’t have some burn marks the way he kept catching the baton on the ends.
there’s a firedancer most of the time at this bar cluster, and there’s always live music. it’s near the u.n. irish pub, and really close to where we live. there’s also a karaoke club or two, plus zoe in yellow usually has some awesome food. lots of rasta bars, which would be kind of annoying in the states but out here in the jungle they seem more appropriate.
on the way to wat doi suthep
i would’ve had this stuff up sooner, but i had to find some sort of video editing software (preferably freeware) that enabled frame rate adjustment… surprisingly hard to find! my version of imovie didn’t have it, which was weird since an older version, imovie 6, did. pretty ridiculous. anyway, i got imovie 6 hd which you can download for free if you have imovie 8… so i did. you can get it via this link:
http://www.filefactory.com/file/af5b283/n/iMovieHD6_dmg_zip
you’re supposed to buy it from apple if you don’t already have imovie 8 or something.
anyway, here’s a video of our scooter ride on huay kaew rd towards doi suthep (the mountain) to see wat doi suthep (the temple on the mountain):
our scooter kind of crapped out on us on that last big hill… right after we passed and ignored a sign that advised us to use the lower gear. it was ok though, we just pushed it up about 10 feet past the steepest part and started it right back up again! the scenery was amazing. we were also driving really slow. the traffic actually isn’t as terrifying as i thought it would be – people here seem to have a really good handle on their driving skills, and there’s doesn’t seem to be much in the way of road rage. nobody honked or yelled at us, even if they had to wait a little bit to get by us on the one lane road down the mountain.
we stopped at a lookout point on the way up for a great view of chiang mai city:
on the way back, we stopped at a different place and got a nice night view of the city:
and we’re not stupid, so we were wearing helmets:
(although i guess the matching shirts do make us look kind of dumb… you’re supposed to keep your arms/legs covered when you visit a temple, plus it gets kind of chilly on the mountain, and these were the only long sleeve shirts we had, damn it.)
can’t get enough of the sky here
some more pictures of the mountain and clouds from off our balcony… it’s really fantastic!
some rain’s coming:
twilight:
people around here like to set off small fireworks and flares (you can see some on the right). i was trying to get a good photo of the pink in the clouds, it was dark out so it turned out pretty grainy:
queen of bows
logo and double sided business card for queen of bows, stella burchard:
zoe in yellow
shaun had his first dj gig at this place called zoe in yellow. it’s a really cool little bar-type place… most days they have a ham hock bbq outside so you can order rad sandwiches and whatnot. i think they liked shaun’s set and asked him to come back to dj the next full moon party.
setting up:
the bar:
a fire dancer outside:
