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Chiang Mai, Thailand: Tourists on the Prowl

20 April 2006 by Nathalie Abejero 3 Comments

K Kelly has finally arrived in– well, somewhere hereabouts Asia, and was recently spotted in Chiang Mai, Thailand, trying the patience of geckos, who are widely believed among reptilian experts to be imperturbably tolerant. But apparently, tall Anglo tourists poking formidable camera lenses at their noses waiting for a striking pose can trigger a long-dormant evolutionary response of sighing.

“This is a groundbreaking discovery. Who knew that geckos can sigh?” Albert Felbrek of the Center for Gecko Studies at Harvard University gushed yesterday. A gaggle of animal rights activists were gathered outside the traumatized gecko’s cement crack abode while Mr Kelly bewilderedly insisted he did not intend to harm the urban wildlife. Fellow traveler D Hirschey declined to comment, inquiring instead for the nearest market stall so she can unload her person of hard-earned greenbacks in exchange for useless dust-collecting ethnic trinkets to bring back home to friends in the USA.

Mr Kelly was also advised to stay AWAY from the rebel-held vicinity of the moving Burma-Thailand border, and keep to the relative safety of tourist-mauled market regions, a suggestion eagerly appreciated by his shopaholic travel partner, who vehemently insists she is just supporting the Millennium Development Goal of Reducing Poverty by purchasing all tribal knick-knacks in sight.

We await in eager anticipation that mass email detailing scrapes and misadventures along the lines of “I am alive and in X. Love, K”.

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  1. Maryam in Marrakesh says

    25 October 2006 at 18:25

    I love your attempts to alleviate poverty!;-) (PS I love Cambodia – my Dad was posted there for two years while I was posted in Nepal. It’s an amazing place. Now I am living in Morocco. I’m a little confused.)

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  2. Dave Weeks says

    12 May 2006 at 21:57

    Good to see you posting again. Please check your nabejero account when you have a moment for a message I just sent.

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  3. NiHao says

    30 April 2006 at 01:22

    I love the way geckos kind of wriggle away when they are “running”… usually up the sides of my walls to sit on my ceiling and stare down at me all day!

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