Thursday, February 15, 2007

World Wide Pants

On Del and Sharon's first day in Bangkok we headed down to see the Grand Palace, with its corresponding temple - Wat Prakaew. Since this is the holiest place in Thailand, they do not allow tourists to enter with shorts, immodest skirts, or tanktops. When Del went in to borrow some pants, they gave him a beautiful pair of purple slacks. We all thought them so stylish we decided he should keep them. But when we tried to sneak out of the gates he was tackled by soldiers who then hauled him off for questioning.

He hasn't been sentenced yet, but apparently "pants-lifting" by farangs is on the rise here in Thailand and they want to make an example out of him. We may have to delay his flight for...a while.


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