Wednesday, May 23, 2012

The Old Soldier



My favorite little "rahka tuk" ("cheap prices") mall is having an old city market kind of display.  This guy was one of the attractions, he's decked out like a typical Thai soldier from a couple of hundred of years ago. 

He was doing a good job, making a stationary presentation of it, frozen as it were.  But not religious about it, he'd just up and smile and talk to anyone who came over.  He was collecting for some outfit, maybe, I'm not sure, he did have a box in front of him with some money in it (which I added twenty Baht to). 

The tattoos are real, and he does, let's face it, have military bearing. 

1 comment:

fred c said...

If I have a troll, this blog has finally made it.