{"id":4670,"date":"2012-07-17T15:00:03","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T08:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/?p=4670"},"modified":"2012-07-22T17:05:40","modified_gmt":"2012-07-22T10:05:40","slug":"bangkok-every-day-a-fucking-miracle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/2012\/07\/17\/bangkok-every-day-a-fucking-miracle\/","title":{"rendered":"Bangkok: Every Day A Fucking Miracle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\">[dc]Y[\/dc]es, it\u2019s true: I have penned the Bangkok Tourist Dept.\u2019s perfect tagline \u2013 now, it only needs implementation\u2026 It <em>is<\/em>, I should think, an accurate reading of the situation. Just so many cool\/funny\/interesting\/weird people, places, and things in this city. Every day out and about is to fall in love with it anew.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The city\u2019s beating pulse of weird and wonderful, of course, is Lumphini Park. Friday (I think it was) I received the purest dose possible of the miraculous elixir. Not sure when, if ever, I have laughed so hard.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Had gone into the pavilion to do some juggling, as the grass had not yet dried out from recent rains. So there I am, juggling away, only to look up and see (having materialised seemingly from out of nowhere)\u00a0 a crazy Ramones-shirt wearing mofo sporting a beatific smile and a serene manner.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">This last soon disappeared, as he transformed into a driving taskmaster who would brook no lapse in his pupil\u2019s efforts. Maybe he is or was a Muay Thai trainer? Don\u2019t know. Whatever his background, he drilled my dimpled ass for a good hour-and-a-half in the finer points (as he saw them) of the pastime \u2013 paying particular attention to indicate the importance of vision and of proper breathing.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Not that I could understand a word he was saying (save for some English utterances). I only understood that I could not stop laughing, and that this laughing was affecting my performance, resulting in a positive feedback loop: he becoming more disappointed with my performance \u2013&gt; me laughing all the more heartily in sight of\u00a0 his distress, and thereby performing all the more poorly \u2013&gt; he becoming still <em>more<\/em> disappointed with my performance\u2026<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Coupla vids to give a flavour of the scene.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bangkok Juggling 1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s9oY-q9cerU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bangkok Juggling 2\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/98ZbNS9FYCQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Shortly after this second vid was taken, he granted me a five-minute rest (even making the T sign with his hands). I asked him to <em>demonstrate<\/em> to me the concepts he&#8217;d been endeavouring so dutifully to impart.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bangkok Juggling 3\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Dm69aPvpfbE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Then it was back to work, and\u2026<em>now<\/em>, he began demanding of me to drop and give him pushups whenever he adjudged that my performance was flagging! Ended up doing forty or fifty, I&#8217;d guess; somewhere between five and ten in each tranche.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">At one point, he <em>seemed<\/em> to be indicating with his watch that it was now 4:00, and that he would be schooling me until 7:00 \u2013 but then he let me go at 5:00. As we sat down to have a break, he showed me his Thai ID card, and then the few coins he had with which to purchase some food, lamenting that it was not enough.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">It had, in point of fact, occurred to me that he might at the end of the day request payment for his services. I gave him 50 Baht, which seemed to delight him quite a bit. Believe you me, were I not a pitifully destitute mofo in my own right, I\u2019d have loved to have given him a whole lot more. Entertainment like that doesn\u2019t come around very often!<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/juggling.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"juggling\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/juggling_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"juggling\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">[dc]S[\/dc]aturday, I was off to the western reaches of the city to visit the House Of Museums \u2013 a <em>wonderful<\/em> little joint devoted to, well, <em>stuff<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/house0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"house0\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/house0_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"house0\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Possibly needless to say that the collections contained herein are <em>right<\/em> up my alley!<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/house1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"house1\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/house1_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"house1\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/house2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"house2\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/house2_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"house2\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/house3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"house3\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/house3_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"house3\" width=\"323\" height=\"484\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Had a pretty cool moment seeing this particular sign\u2026<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/house4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"house4\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/house4_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"house4\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\u2026as so far as I\u2019m aware, then only other time I\u2019ve heard tell of Kloster Beer was in the memorable scene from <em>Swimming To Cambodia<\/em>: \u201cSorry, sir! We\u2019ve just run out of Kloster.\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/house5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"house5\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/house5_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"house5\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/house6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"house6\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/house6_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"house6\" width=\"323\" height=\"484\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/house7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"house7\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/house7_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"house7\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/house8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"house8\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/house8_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"house8\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">And just when you\u2019d thought you\u2019d seen it all, behold\u2026cocksoap!<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/house9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"house9\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/house9_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"house9\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"justify\">There\u2019s also a \u201cBeauty Cream\u201d variant.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/house12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-width: 0px; border-style: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px;\" title=\"house12\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/house12_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"house12\" width=\"323\" height=\"484\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also a bunch of great old photographs\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/house10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"house10\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/house10_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"house10\" width=\"323\" height=\"484\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2026and even a very small picture-show.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/house11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"house11\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/house11_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"house11\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The top floor had some wonderful old-time Thai music playing out through the sound-system. Disregard the video in this clip, and concentrate instead on the stunning beauty of this lady\u2019s voice.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bangkok House Of Museums\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SFltJX3nr5k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Amazing, n\u2019est pas? Now, sit down and grab hold of something solid. Because, I asked Rata if she were familiar with the singer. She is, and\u2026turns out, she\u2019s a <em>he<\/em>! Wow! However you slice it, that\u2019s one incredible set of pipes.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">So, so, so many (possibly far <em>too<\/em> many) more <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/14623934@N04\/sets\/72157630603447268\/\">photos<\/a> from this museum over at the Flickr page.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">[dc]S[\/dc]unday, I continued my assault on the out-of-the-way museum scene, knocking out three of them up in the Chatuchak Park area.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The Railway Hall Of Fame is quite small \u2013 perhaps even smaller that the Royal Barges Museum \u2013 but kind of fun, all the same.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/train0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"train0\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/train0_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"train0\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/train1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"train1\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/train1_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"train1\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Not sure whether the berths look super-cozy, or super-uncomfortable?<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/train2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"train2\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/train2_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"train2\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Oddly, this train employs a Western-style crapper; while the trains in use to-day use the Asian model.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/train3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"train3\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/train3_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"train3\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The Butterfly Garden was a wonder \u2013 peaceful and lush. And, of course, filled up with excellently beautiful butterflies flitting to and fro\u2019.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/butterfly1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"butterfly1\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/butterfly1_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"butterfly1\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/butterfly3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"butterfly3\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/butterfly3_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"butterfly3\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Difficult for my camera to obtain focus on them, however. Partly \u2018cause they\u2019re so small, and partly \u2018cause they\u2019re so hyperactive. At one point, I even called this one very large one a \u201cfuckin\u2019 shithead\u201d after it had darted off before I had got \u2018round to depressing the camera\u2019s shutter.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">I later reasoned, however, that if it were <em>me<\/em>, and there were some big, huge two-tonne ogre staring <em>me<\/em> down whilst I was trying to eat lunch; and blasting some massive Hubble Telescope lens right up in my grill\u2026well, I\u2019d probably not much feel any obligation to stick around and look pretty.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Anyhow, the big one did return and alight for duration sufficient to get me a good shot.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/butterfly4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"butterfly4\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/butterfly4_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"butterfly4\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Please enjoy, too, this rather brief clip.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bangkok Butterfly Garden\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/irdBQ33GCoA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Also at the garden, a roving band of University students, engaged in some manner of video production, stopped and asked, \u201cExcuse me, sir? How are you enjoying the butterfly garden?\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">After answering that I was loving it, I couldn\u2019t resist turning the cameras \u2018round (so to speak) and getting a pic of the interviewer hisself.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/butterfly2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"butterfly2\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/butterfly2_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"butterfly2\" width=\"323\" height=\"484\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">After which, I asked were there any more questions?<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\u201cAh! We are making a film for our University class!\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\u201cOkay. But did you have any more questions for me, or was that the only one?\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\u201cI have only one more question for you!\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\u201cOkay, shoot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\u201cThank you very much!\u201d He gave me the ol\u2019 wai gesture, and they were off \u2013 leaving me to laugh until I be all crying.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Being Sunday, it was Weekend Market time at Chatuchak. Plenty of weird and cool shit going on around and about the market this day, I can tell you.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/advert1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4674\" title=\"advert\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/advert1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1360\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/advert1.jpg 1360w, https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/advert1-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/advert1-332x500.jpg 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1360px) 100vw, 1360px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/baby.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"baby\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/baby_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"baby\" width=\"323\" height=\"484\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/advert.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" graoamunzfqrtmrlybhz graoamunzfqrtmrlybhz graoamunzfqrtmrlybhz tvaqslgnaztcyyxiyrel\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"advert\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/advert_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"advert\" width=\"323\" height=\"484\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/elephant.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"elephant\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/elephant_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"elephant\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I spotted a temple down a lonely soi, and went to have a look. The exterior was nice enough.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/temple8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"temple8\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/temple8_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"temple8\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">But what really knocked me a good one was this mirror technique used in constructing the murals. Looks so amazing seen from a distance.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/temple5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"temple5\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/temple5_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"temple5\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/temple6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"temple6\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/temple6_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"temple6\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/temple7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"temple7\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/temple7_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"temple7\" width=\"323\" height=\"484\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Viewed up-close, though, it\u2019s yet another instance of my most favourite Buddhist comedy song-and-dance.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/temple2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"temple2\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/temple2_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"temple2\" width=\"644\" height=\"484\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/temple3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"temple3\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/temple3_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"temple3\" width=\"323\" height=\"484\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/temple4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"temple4\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/temple4_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"temple4\" width=\"323\" height=\"484\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Much as I love to despise religion, gotta admit: if it didn\u2019t exist, we\u2019d have to invent it; if for no other reason that we\u2019d have something over which to endlessly giggle and gaggle.<\/p>\n<p>The Philatelic Museum, then, is about as exhaustive as.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/stamps1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"stamps1\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/stamps1_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"stamps1\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">There\u2019s a pretty basic history of the Thai postal service \u2013 check out the Barefoot Postman!<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/stamps2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"stamps2\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/stamps2_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"stamps2\" width=\"323\" height=\"484\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Some really great stamp-collage pieces.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/stamps4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"stamps4\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/stamps4_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"stamps4\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And\u2026rows and rows and rows of stamps.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/stamps3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"stamps3\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/stamps3_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"stamps3\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Just <em>tonnes<\/em> of \u2018em. I suppose it\u2019s a compleat history of Thai philatelia \u2013 along with many stamps of the World, thrown in for good measure. Didn\u2019t even come anywhere <em>near<\/em> checking them all out. Someday, perhaps, I shall. For now, a smattering to share with you.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/stamps5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"stamps5\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/stamps5_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"stamps5\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/stamps6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"stamps6\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/stamps6_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"stamps6\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/stamps7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"stamps7\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/stamps7_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"stamps7\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/stamps8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"stamps8\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/stamps8_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"stamps8\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/stamps9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"stamps9\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/stamps9_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"stamps9\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/stamps10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"stamps10\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/stamps10_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"stamps10\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/stamps11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"stamps11\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/stamps11_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"stamps11\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">[dc]Y[\/dc]esterday, Monday, some more wacky sights, on the way to the Queen Sirikit Gallery.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mustache.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"mustache\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mustache_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"mustache\" width=\"323\" height=\"484\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The Gallery is kinda small in size; but houses some very nice pieces. I believe that all or most of the work currently on display were submissions for an annual contest.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/queen1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"queen1\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/queen1_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"queen1\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/queen2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"queen2\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/queen2_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"queen2\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/queen3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"queen3\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/queen3_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"queen3\" width=\"323\" height=\"484\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/queen6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"queen6\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/queen6_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"queen6\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Love this particular description. Naga using its supernatural powers \u201cin the wrong way\u201d.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/queen4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"queen4\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/queen4_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"queen4\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/queen5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"queen5\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/queen5_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"queen5\" width=\"323\" height=\"484\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Exiting the Gallery, decided to walk down to and through Chinatown all the way to Hua Lomphong to secure a train ticket; and then continue on the hoof right straight through to the Park. Didn\u2019t even take me as long as I\u2019d thought it might; and I arrived in plenty of time for aerobics.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The latter as thrilling and awesome and wonderful as ever. The city\u2019s skyline of this evening was quite fetching as well.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/skyline1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"skyline1\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/skyline1_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"skyline1\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/skyline2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"skyline2\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/skyline2_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"skyline2\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/skyline3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"skyline3\" src=\"http:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/skyline3_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"skyline3\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>O! Bangkok, je t\u2019aime.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">And so too, natch, do I love De Talak. The always-dynamic swirl of faces old and new checking in and checking out, with delightful stories of places been and seen, is some kind of a cosmic wonder. Never a dull night here, as there\u2019s always <em>somebody<\/em> to keep me fantastically entertained \u2018til long into the night. I only regret that I\u2019m more less unable to contribute in kind \u2013 merely, instead, laughing my ass off, and reveling in the beauty of this magical space.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">[dc]N[\/dc]ow, in a few hours\u2019 time, it\u2019s off to catch the night train to Nong Khai for a few days&#8217; relaxation (hopefully storm-addled!) by the lovely Mekong, before making the border run into Vientiane (and possibly Vang Vieng as well).<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">And soon, I\u2019ll be home. Just in time for Apricots! And Cherries! And Corn! And Heirloom Tomatoes! And Okra! And so many more. Yes, Seattle in August is to die for. \u2026If only I can find a flight at a price that doesn\u2019t kill me dead in the getting there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[dc]Y[\/dc]es, it\u2019s true: I have penned the Bangkok Tourist Dept.\u2019s perfect tagline \u2013 now, it only needs implementation\u2026 It is, I should think, an accurate reading of the situation. Just so many cool\/funny\/interesting\/weird people, places, and things in this city. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/2012\/07\/17\/bangkok-every-day-a-fucking-miracle\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4670\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/durianapocalypse.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}