CentralWorld, hair champion, Chippy, gecko, All Hail King of Thailand!!

This beautiful, gigantic paper cutout hangs in a seven-story space inside the CentralWorld mall in Bangkok. The pictures don't quite do justice to the sheer size of it. The space is cylindrical, edged by a spiraling arrangement of escalators.



The next several photos feature more of the large-scale artwork in the Bangkok malls. I never thought I'd care about a mall, but CentralWorld was definitely one of my favorite places in Bangkok. The Thais really put a lot into the design of this tremendous building. I wish I'd gotten more pics of the interior architecture.



Click on this one to see a larger version (more detail).


Zack briefly considered getting a haircut from the International Creative Haircut champion . . . until we saw from the competition photos that he might end up with a few extra colors and a few more layers than he was interested in.

Glowing Acorn Heart

Instead of roaches in the apartment, we had geckos — a trade I was happy to make.

In Thailand, they *ADORE* their king. Pictured here is a huge collage of scenes from his life on the outer wall of CentralWorld. One never speaks ill of him within the hearing of Thais, one may not place posters of other things higher than one's poster of the king, and one must stand during the King's Anthem at the start of every movie showing (there's an accompanying montage!). His face is on EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF CURRENCY.