Insta-broadcast

January 22, 2010

Amporn has some amazing technology going on.  She founded the community radio station two years ago in a school storage shed with donated equipment. This morning she took her laptop to the new pagoda just built for the village.  They have been having ceremonies there all week.  With her laptop she recorded a monk and [...]

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Chiangmai tales

January 20, 2010

Ruth back in Chiangmai since Sunday. Spent a couple of nights at the Win Place hotel upon the recommendation of Elephant Thom. Decompressed and explored in time for dinner with a few of Amporn’s friends as well as Elephant Thom, who was in CM on business for the day.  Though the ubiquitous karaoke was present, [...]

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Ruth says bye to Pai, hello to Chiangmai

January 18, 2010

Ruth said goodbye to Thom on Sunday, and headed to Chiangmai to spend time with and film Amporn. Dawn and Lucie had left a day earlier, but not before enjoying an elephant ride. Here are some photos from Ruth’s final days in Pai.

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Bon voyage, Anne!

January 11, 2010

Anne leaves Pai today, and will fly out of BKK tomorrow. She’s been an invaluable member of the crew: smart, organized, focused but also easygoing,playful,  an all around good sport and quick learner. Should she decide to ditch her Nurse Practitioner career, Marea Media has a job for her! Thank you, Anne. You’ll be sorely [...]

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Sunset in Pai

January 10, 2010

Ruth and Anne finishing up their production trip to Pai. Working hard (yesterday’s activities included tracking down a missing elephant on motorcycle) but taking time in the evening to enjoy the beautiful sunsets, hot spring tubs, and general sense of peace that prevails at Thom’s.

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On set in Pai

January 8, 2010

Ruth and Anne and Elephant Thom had a very busy day yesterday. Ruth filmed an extensive interview with Thom, conducted entirely in English (Thom’s choice.) Exhausting but exhilarating for all involved. They all decompressed by taking a motorbike ride out to Pai Canyon near sunset before enjoying a relaxed evening meal.

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Hi from PAI

January 7, 2010

Ruth and Anne have been in Pai for a couple of days now. Elephant Thom as gracious as ever, though she’s treating them like friends and family, not customers. This shift really allows them to shadow (and document) Thom in her daily life. They will remain through the weekend at least.

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Heading back to PAI

January 3, 2010

Tomorrow Anne and Ruth fly from BKK to ChiangMai and rent a vehicle to drive to Pai for approximately one week. It was Anne’s last weekend in BKK so she and Lucie and Dawn toured the ancient city of Ayutthaya on bikes and visited BKK’s legendary weekend market. Monday she’ll say goodbye to new but [...]

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New Year’s in Thailand

January 1, 2010

Happy New Year from Marea Media and the cast and crew of our current project “Visible Silence: Stories from Thai Tomboys and the Women who Love Them.” Dr. Ben, P’Nate, Ruth, Anne, Dawn and Lucie rang in the new year on Ben and P’Nate’s 5th floor balcony overlooking the Chao Phraya river in BKK’s Chinatown [...]

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Marguerite back in SF, waiting for twins’ arrival and news from TH

December 30, 2009

Back in SF. Full of energy but mainly bereft of photos which are on camera and computers left in BKK. Anne and Ruth will be sorting out an album to post so stay tuned. For the moment, time to rest and  catch up with friends before going back to work next week. First order of [...]

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