Wednesday, June 18, 2008

TRAVIS THE PHOTOGRAPHER

While Katie is at school enduring teenage boys, Travis is working hard to finish his first book. The book is a full color professionally bound photography portfolio that is being published for all of our friends and family to enjoy. The first edition will have Travis' best images from our trip to India. His book will allow others to see the unbelievable enigma that is India. It captures our fondest memories and sheds light on why backpacking in foreign cultures can be a life changing endeavor. Our perceptions were somehow altered during our 6 weeks in India, and Travis' book tells the story of how it happened.

Travis has already sold photo prints in the states and Thailand. His eye for photo journalism has called for copyrights and representation with an international stock photo company. Soon you'll be able to get his India book online. At this point you may be suspicious that something is brewing. Perhaps there's a future professional photographer in our midst? Rest assured, there is equal suspicion going around the Trelstad household. Anything is possible... part of being in Thailand is that we are leaving the door wide open to the mystery and adventure which unfolds itself before us everyday.

Monday, June 2, 2008

YE 'OLDE JOKE SHOPPE

Every morning before we go to school we stop by the Joke Shop. There is one very interesting difference between jokes in America and jokes in Thailand. Here, jokes are not something you play on your friends. Joke is a Thai dish that most people eat for breakfast. It is made by dropping a raw egg over a bowl of piping hot rice soup. Then you add sausage, shave off some green onions, and sprinkle fresh ginger to top it off. It's a savory dish that we can't seem to get enough of. We're on a first name basis with the shop owners, the two year old daughter of which, we can be found oogling over each morning as we wait for our food to cook. She prances around the shop like the queen of sheba. Her name is DangWa, which in Thai means cucumber.