Neither Dragon nor Gecko

Second 2 hour Thai language class and coming along swimmingly. Popped 150 Baht for my level two handbook, and crackin' the cover. Last night Kyi Kyi and I motored over to the YMCA to prime up on our salsa dancing. Hour class every saturday that we will no doubt be attending. Basic steps and rhythm already in the pocket more or less, now to pepper that shi-ot up with some spinnies and twirlies. Might hit out to Phuket in the upcoming however, and may have to put my new projects on the back burner for the short.
Recently I've slowly been uncovering a burgeoning music scene in Chiang Mai. Met a guy named Lance who plays lap guitar, who is working on putting up a website and making a little dough...www.learnlapslideguitar.com. A retired clinical pyscologist orignally from California but lived that last 30 is Aussie. He hipped me to the scene and introduced me to some locals: a banjo player and restaurant owner and some others. Slowly I'm learning of the characters Chiang Mai has to offer. One guy brings around a wash tub bass with a crutch as the standing arm. I actually played with him and Tum Rasta the night I sat in for the Tum's set. And there are these other otherworldly blues guitarist's that are easily sitting with anything I've ever heard. I think there is some what of a hush hush whisper surrounding around the local gin joints regarding their stellar abilities. I've seen one named Boy who plays at GuitarMan, but I've yet to see his legendary uncle Tuck. Tuck the untouchable...
Slowly peeling back the lid and gretting into the subtle side of a foriegn land...may not be as many fancy pictures coming, maybe only words will be of any service here on out....
hopefully much more to come....salut