during the hottest time of the day i spent inside my air conditioned room, reading my lonely planet, then eating lunch on the balcony, watching the kids splash each other with water. in the afternoon i went out again, to visit some nearby temples. nobody dare splashed me except for a handful of brave teenage boys, a few kids from the back of pickup trucks, and one over-achieving european who approached me with a bucket of water, and even though i told him i had a camera, he still splashed me anyway. "fucking asshole," i yelled at him, while his friends seemed sad that i wasn't able to fully enjoy my drenching. my foul mood was quickly changed when i ran into my drag queen friends from yesterday, now out of costume. "come see the mekong!" one of them cooed, pulling my arm in the direction of the river a few blocks away. "you're handsome," the other said, drawing an imaginary box around his face.
i returned to the hotel once more and spent the rest of the day in my room, coming out only now to write this entry, before i plan on taking a nap prior to some night market exploration later in the evening.
croissant sandwich
golden buddhas
wat si saket closed (for new year)
buddha alcoves
calling for rain buddha
view from patuxai
entering temple (shoes off)
splashing yewts