Randomness

We’re pretty much home-bound, (here is Elizabeth's "farang" townhouse, with cat Norman waiting to be let in our window) now that all three of us are down with Dengue. So we’ll just post some random observations, including some interesting creepy crawlies for the kiddies in our audience. Perhaps someone out there with energy could figure out what these things are named and let us know! The horned lizard here fell out of a tree almost on R's head while walking down the sidewalk -- it reminded K of the "flying snakes" in Greece.

It seems as if Thai people are the most precise and decorous people of anywhere we’ve travelled. I (Rozie) have actually been feeling like a slovenly klutz here, in comparison. But dengue seems to be changing me – since every thing I touch hurts, I now move very slowly and precisely. Because I want to keep the mosquitos from biting me and spreading it to others, I’m dressing much more modestly. And since I’m afraid of passing out in the sun… well, when we ventured out to get some necessities, I realized I am becoming “Thai people” – at least in terms of how I look and move!

Thai sidewalks are even worse than those in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Though perhaps just as old and as narrow, here it is not just crowds of co-eds that make them an obstacle course. Trees, parked cars, restaurant signs, (not to mention flying lizards) and as in this case, a phone booth, have us dodging out into the traffic to wend our way down the street. But aside from the fact that there's no emission standards, this is an immaculate city -- much cleaner than even Seattle. In fact. we saw someone cleaning every nook and cranny of this phone booth when we walked by the next day.

Early tomorrow morning we will all three take a tsong-taew to the hospital. (Here is a picture taken from a 3-wheeled tuk-tuk, with a red tsongtaew on the left and an anarchist biker flying between.) I will get my
blood drawn again to see what my white blood cell and platelet count is. I’m actually feeling better today (I’m the only one, hence this will not be edited) and so I imagine that I may be on the way out of it. They say your levels drop for the first 6-7 days no matter how you’re feeling. We’re guessing I’m on day 5, K is on day 6 and E just started last night. Here're some more "housemates," just to round out the post: