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.
I just adore this photo...or maybe it's the girl. Makes me thankful for living in this awesome country.
Posted by: Ray | 2011.12.10 at 23:09
Thats what i like.. a topless cleaner!
Posted by: John Shoane | 2011.07.24 at 20:06
Great to see you again, Peter! Hope you will spin out some words on your blog when you get back to LOS this fall.
Darn, was speaking to Dean the other night and I couldn't remmeber what I had to ask him: back=front in looks scale.
Posted by: Siam.Rick | 2011.07.24 at 19:44
Speechless.
If that's a ladyboy Martyn, the next bottle of Jack is on me.. Mind you I remember saying the same about a Brazilian beauty to a young co-worker who had yet to be initiated many moons ago, and he's never been the same since. I've been wrong before.
Posted by: frogblogger | 2011.07.24 at 19:24
rick, I was so happy ...I thought you finally got a maid! Grrr nice form though if I do say so myself...
Posted by: talen | 2011.07.21 at 22:34
I have certainly learned not to judge a girl with stunningly beautiful legs and body solely on a view from the back. Heh, heh. I've often been disappointed by her somewhat homely visage. And sometimes I've suspected her "gender" and been right most of the time. However, I shall ask Dean whether the front is as good as the back and will report.
Must add that she has been a very popular reader subject!
Update: Well, it seems she is a beauty, back and front. A former Mojo's dancer swept away some years ago by a fellow Canadian, a long-time friend of writer Dean Barrett.
Posted by: Siam.Rick | 2011.07.21 at 15:45
Wow, very shapely girl. He recently posted another photo of her on his facebook wall, due to popular demand, but it is another of the back. Makes me wonder what exactly she is hiding.
Posted by: Lawrence Michaels | 2011.07.21 at 13:19
Hahahaha, Martyn. It's a natural scene for Dean ;-) Anyway, he assures me that she is a she. He knows exactly where she lives, down to the address in the Isaan moo baan. So keep enjoying that fabulous photo.
Posted by: Siam.Rick | 2011.07.20 at 17:46
Rick - Dean Barrett must have penned the term hour glass figure after taking a stunning photo like that. The picture is fabulous but one which in my opinion is not a natural one of Thai ladies. It's not a common sight to see a Thai girl sporting a bare back and bra. Nice picture but don't spoil it by telling me it's a ladyboy. Those are biggish feet.
Posted by: Martyn | 2011.07.20 at 17:35