Monday, April 13, 2009

State of emergency



(photo taken April 13, post made May 8) The streets are wet, not with rain but with water from 100 buckets and water-pistols. Bangkok was under a state of emergency (red shirts this time) but Chiang Mai was in the state of chaos that is the annual Thai New Year celebrations called Songkhran.

But in the end this was simply the day my dad died. Nothing more to be said.

Holding on and letting go

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