New from Bangkok

[graceinbangkok]

Originally Posted by mariamma

Hiya Grace,
I spent a year in Thailand in 1994 and loved it! Best food, charming culture. I love how the women hang out and get intimacy from other women and men with other men. It is not an idyllic society of course. I don't they exist anymore. But I also loved that they were never colonized and had great pride and traditions.
Welcome to the Planet and eat some really good sum tom or tom kha or kang gai with green peppercorns (my fav!) for me. Nothing in the States tastes as wonderful as Thai street food!

Mariamma thank u for the welcome, and I agree nothing in the US tastes so good as Thai street food, lol I even have a photo album on my FB page of nothing but food. I have developed a real taste for spicy food and bplaa rah in the 3 years I have been here, thai tend to be shocked when i order somtam puu bplaa rah or som tam korat, LOL, and I love laab (the spicy minced meat salads)in all it's forms... there is a vendor in my soi that adds liver to the laab she makes, so delicious....

Thailand is not idyllic I agree, but it gets close... Few people really judge you, and I am a pretty open person, not about every aspect of my life but most. I volunteer sometimes at the government's Public Relations Department and I was attending an event about the new ASEAN economic integration plan. A reporter asked me what I like abt Thailand, and I said i love Thai culture (in Thai).... My friend told me later she was afraid I was going to say "Chan rak tomboy Thai" (I love Thai tomboys) and laughed... When we went to Chiang Mai they were pointing out all the handsome toms to me I feel comfortable in Thailand being me,... that said... it can also be discouraging sometimes, especially for a foreigner... I have a lot of good friends, but it is hard to have relationships (my experience but maybe that is just me LOL)... I love it here though... Street food, people, everything...