TRAVEL DIARY

A weblog regularly updated by Jodi Rose.

Saturday, March 4, 2006

4:35 PM
Posted by jodi rose

a peek into the future, on the bridge

there are days when I really love my life and career, this is one of them. a series of bizarre contrasts, from snowy restrained eastern/central europe to sultry lush thailand. loved the drive in from the airport, man chopping chillis with great precision and concentration at roadside food stall, another man cycling into the path of the bus his bicycle tray piled high with jackfruit, sign advertising 'lawyer - detective - notary public - fortune teller', and the leaping red god perched high up on the front of many buildings. the gods (and devils) have definitely not died here, all along the road, every courtyard has a small altar wreaths of yellow flowers and incense. lovely elephant temple close to my village inn! and spotted one of the space invaders mosaics on the way. hygiene with nano-technology advertised on a billboard, amongst the tropical foliage and decaying walls, from humidity and mould instead of concrete cancer in slovakia. had my first thai food in months - it was good. very very good. singha beer, fishcakes, green curry.... time for more soon. finished the evening with an hour neck/back/head massage, helped the jetlag a bit.
pelle from vsl international picks us up at the hotel on monday morning to visit the bridge, he says this is the last week they are tensioning cables, so we just made it in time. Lisa and Mari arrive on Sunday, to document and make video art respectively.