{"id":507,"date":"2023-12-17T03:33:22","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T03:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aerowalsh.com\/cr\/?p=507"},"modified":"2024-06-23T08:40:04","modified_gmt":"2024-06-23T08:40:04","slug":"sat-16th-dec-krabi-covid-still","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/?p=507","title":{"rendered":"Sat 16th Dec &#8211; Krabi (COVID, still)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This day (my final full day in Thailand) only gets a blog post out of adherence to the daily format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">90% of my time is at the hotel room, venturing out only briefly for meals. A 10minute walk to lunch in the sun quickly exhausts me and I retreat back to the air-conditioned hotel room. I expect to read a lot today but my eyes are sore so I mostly play on my phone and text Declan. I rediscover not having an Instagram account is really annoying when you want to watch little comedy videos, as I constantly have to reload the page when I am prompted to log in. Amazing to think that two years ago having COVID in Thailand would have been terrifying. I am just tired and sore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don&#8217;t feel as though I have seen, tasted or learnt much about Southern Thailand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aerowalsh.com\/cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-17027782290475030097367776946485.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-17027782290475030097367776946485.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-17027782290475030097367776946485-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-17027782290475030097367776946485-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-17027782290475030097367776946485-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">My view for nearly the entire day. Southern Thailand is increasingly Muslim, as the country shares a boarder with Malaysia. There are very few Buddah images and more hijabs and mosques.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aerowalsh.com\/cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-17027782282184469697700070644216.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-17027782282184469697700070644216.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-17027782282184469697700070644216-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-17027782282184469697700070644216-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-17027782282184469697700070644216-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Don&#8217;t pat, has rabies. Don&#8217;t pat, has rabies.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aerowalsh.com\/cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-17027782273747150974694738574275.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-17027782273747150974694738574275.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-17027782273747150974694738574275-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-17027782273747150974694738574275-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-17027782273747150974694738574275-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">After the crazy Australian in my new group also expresses fascination for the powerlines, I distance myself from them. However, in a sick fugue, I succumb to old habits. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aerowalsh.com\/cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-17027782265628194535640247963146.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-17027782265628194535640247963146.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-17027782265628194535640247963146-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-17027782265628194535640247963146-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-17027782265628194535640247963146-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I wonder how many people request the finer details on the insurance option.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aerowalsh.com\/cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-17027782249233621875410768839026.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-17027782249233621875410768839026.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-17027782249233621875410768839026-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-17027782249233621875410768839026-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-17027782249233621875410768839026-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Roti very common here. As per local customs, is labelled &#8220;Thai pancake&#8221; in Krabi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aerowalsh.com\/cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-17027782240055062409713831480400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-17027782240055062409713831480400.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-17027782240055062409713831480400-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-17027782240055062409713831480400-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-17027782240055062409713831480400-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">At a small collection of food stands away from the beach, two Thai vendors who have their stands next to each other say something in Thai and laugh at me. This is more like it.<br \/><br \/>I order an egg roti for dinner in a nod to savoury. I didn&#8217;t realise it also is covered in condensed milk &#8211; this is now dessert. I therefore also order a papya salad, using the Thai word for &#8220;one&#8221;. Despite that this is the most primative use of the Thai language possible (and I am also holding up one finger), I am proud when the cook asks me something back in Thai. But my baffled look back causes her to raise a chili and laugh again at me. I indicate &#8216;yes, I would like chili&#8217; but when I get my meal she has vetoed my input and given me no chili.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aerowalsh.com\/cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702778225755185682772501401446.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702778225755185682772501401446.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702778225755185682772501401446-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702778225755185682772501401446-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702778225755185682772501401446-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Not my copy but brings back fond memories.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aerowalsh.com\/cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702687580771-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702687580771-1-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702687580771-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702687580771-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702687580771-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702687580771-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This is my copy. I didn&#8217;t enjoy as much as I had hoped. It was staff recommended at Better Read Than Dead in Newtown, which has previously worked well for me. It is non fiction and the blurb paints this as a recollection of a friendship between two uni friends, one of whom is murdered before graduating. That is indeed an aspect of the book. But there are longer passages on the author&#8217;s involvement with college racial politics and his interest in music. I am not interested in these latter aspects, and the fragmented style didn&#8217;t help in these sections either. If the author focussed only on the friendship then it could have been a remarkable long essay in the New Yorker. Also this paper back cost $38&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thailand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books","category-holiday","category-summer-2023"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=507"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":511,"href":"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507\/revisions\/511"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}