All Fun and Games Until Someone Gets Bit By a Monkey

Last week we decided to have a relaxing day and go to the Erawan National Park to see the 7-step waterfall and swim in the steps.  All went well until the 7th step, when one of my travel mates decided that now would be a good time to walk in-between a momma monkey and her babies.  Needless to say, it was not.  But we got over the monkey bite and enjoyed ourselves before the eventual trip to the emergency room for a tetanus and rabies shot. Continue reading “All Fun and Games Until Someone Gets Bit By a Monkey”

The Deadly Blast at Erawan Shrine

I will preface this post with I am okay.

Some of you know that I was less than 200 meters away from Erawan Shrine when the bomb went off last night after 7pm local time.  I was supposed to be out there on the street, but for some reason I went into a store for one last look before I left the Central World shopping center and headed out, towards where the bomb would go off, to grab a taxi.  The bomb went off across the street when I was coming out.  Continue reading “The Deadly Blast at Erawan Shrine”