Once you have experience of Thailand, maybe this image is the one that forms in your mind as you wish for that perfect union of Thai girl characteristics.
Or you just like a good picture of another gorgeous brown-skinned Isaan girl.
Make your picture, so to speak.
I imagined myself back in my Toronto apartment and conjured an image that might metamorphose into a hometown scene, with a kind of "same same but different" tone to it.
I looked at the above Thai girl's hair and well, nothing in my experience matched that shining mane of soft, perfect black hair.
Look at the straight back and narrow waist, flaring out into two slim hips, connected by an almost concave tummy. Then there's the delicacy in the way she holds the broom.
The pretty, colourful Thai skirt adds great contrast to her brown skin, topped by the bra, in a black that seems to perfectly match her midnight hair.
The skirt falls just a couple of centimetres above the floor, with her colourful sandals just peaking out.
Really, trying to describe a Thai Isaan beauty is like trying to explain the emotion of a Ferrari when it's standing still.
I'm afraid my Canadian experience draws a blank and the conjury fades to the same white blank canvas I started with. Which only says that I simply had a lot of mundane experiences or none at all to compare.
In any case, the photo was not posed. We have Bangkok-based mystery author Dean Barrett (Kingdom of Make-Believe, Skytrain to Murder, Permanent Damage) to thank for this beautiful work of art, and as well, blessed thanks go out to all the good Thai genes.
Khun Dean posted this on his Facebook page the other day and I just had to have it for the entertainment of my readers -- you three know who you are!!! (Permission to republish asked and granted.)
Before you ask, there are no other related photos, I don't know who she is or where she lives exactly and any republication must be accompanied by the copyright owner's photo credit, Dean Barrett who can be also be reached at his book pages.
