Monday, June 12, 2006

goings on in the world

Right now in Thailand it's a big deal that it's the 60th anniversary of the King ascending to the throne. Today is the day, but there has been stuff going on (esp. in Bangkok) since we arrived. It's a pretty big deal here, the royal family is held in high regard, and there are pictures of the King everywhere. Everyone's got on these matching yellow shirts for the occasion. And lots of fireworks and lights and parades and other such stuff in Bangkok. Probably would have been neat to be in Bangkok for it, but not neat enough to have hung around there that long.

The other big going on is the World Cup, which seems to matter here even though Thailand doesn't have a team competing. But maybe football is just a big deal everywhere but the States. It seems to keep the Europeans occupied in the loud bars where everyone is watching the TV, which is fine for us as that's not likely where we want to hang out anyway. Word has it that the World Cup is actually affecting tourism now, as people are staying home in Europe. Which again is fine for us, traveling at a low point for travel makes things less crowded.

And is there some political news from home about Al Gore? There was some editorial cartoon in yesterday's Bangkok Post that had Al Gore and Hillary Clinton in it that made us speculate that he announced he was running for president in 2008 or something like that. Although I suppose I could just check google and see myself...

That's about all for now, next post from Malaysia, unless I think of any more to babble on about.

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