Pre travel

Mrs B told me that she went back to “where she got her strength from”.

Day 1

It’s 2am and I am hungry again. I have eaten

• on international flight, two meals, and the leftovers of someone’s crackers and a slaw
• at airport – two sweet buns
• on domestic flight, one spicy pasta
• on street where my hotel is, char quay teow
• again, won ton noodles

I have been googling

• eyelash extensions
• walking food tours
• SIM cards

I have been talking to

• random Thai man on the street who asked me for directions then asked if I wanted to walk with him
• great Uber driver abut politics
• hotel staff about the wifi
• my honey

I have been noticing

• old ladies eating at hawker stalls noticing me
• tourist ladies in skimpy outfits and swishy hair
• the karaoke from across the street
• tourist men sitting outside touristy bars
• white people
• Chinese people
• Other people who wear more clothes than white and Chinese people
• the young Thai boys at the massage parlour

As far as I am able, I will learn what it is like to be in my skin, in my shoes, here.