Sunday, July 03, 2011

Sitting Buddha and shopper

Mannequins on Khoa San Road outnumber locals not hawking food or cloth. Plastic heads are draped in cornrows and beaded braids. Stare at the infantry of tailored headless gents prepped in a three-piece suit every eight steps down the street.

The plastic are even tattooed, an ad for the wet needles ready to commemorate every visit. We walk through the sea of mannequins, buying t-shirts and fingering endless Buddha statues.

Stop at a topless photo of Kate Moss. Wait around for the two teenage Thai storekeepers to bargain a price down. When they won’t budge, pull out a book, sit on nearest stool and wait. Eventually they see you won’t leave, and sell the t-shirt: Three hundred Baht.
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