From Thailand for you
I have been meaning to do this for awhile, but since I am a dreadful shopper (just ask the family), its only today that I managed to put everything together. If I could, I would buy you all something, better yet, bring you along so we can tread the busy streets of Bangkok together and eat mango sticky rice till we are sick. Doesnt that sound appealing?
Unfortunately, we are barely scraping by on this trip for ourselves, so you will have to accept a little giveaway instead.
It was impossible to guess what will be acceptable or a welcomed gift for most of you, so in the end I went with what I liked and when I bought it for me, I bought one for you too. Actually it went more like, I liked it for a gift and then bought one for myself, because if it went the other way, I would have bought nothing (terrible shopper, as I said).
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First, I have a H’mong style patchwork bag for you. Bright, big and delicious. Bought today at the biggest market – Chatuchak in Bangkok – from a lovely old lady, who didn’t want to bargain with me. She was wonderful and her bags were not scraggly like most of the ones I have seen so far. So now I have two – one is for you.
If you are squinting at the screen with disgust, wondering who in the world could possibly like this, dont worry. I have a very safe option as well.
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Second, I have a light scarf, bought at our favorite market so far – the Sunday street market in Chiang Mai. It is soft, 100% cotton, made in Chiang Mai and a very mellow green natural color.
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How:
– Guess in the comments of this post, how many pictures I have taken in the first 100 days of our trip.
– The one that is closest to the number, will get to choose one of the items above and will be listed in the International Psychic Register.
– The second closest will then say if she/he wants the other item. If not, I will go down the results until someone wants it. Hopefully not too far down, or I will have to have a good look at my style then and I may very well suffer some unintended psychological effects.
– Seriously though, I hope someone that will enjoy these things will receive them, so be honest.
– The guessing will end on the 20th of June.
– I will send the gifts as soon as I can, but it can take awhile to organize.
– If two people guess the same number and it turns out to be the winning one, the first person to guess is the winner.
That about covers it all.
Thank you for your company and it has been a pleasure to share this journey with you.
Good luck!
what fun!!! and what beautiful things you’ve found. incredibly colorful and they both make me happy. so you WIN the shopping award!
let’s see…if you’re anything like me, it’s 400-600 photos a day (many of them deleted of course). but you can’t take that many photos while you’re traveling for so long. so…
i’d guess 10,000 photos in your first 100 days. overkill?! LOL!
that’s a lot of editing!
:-) I would say more like 17 000?
I’m just guessing…:-) and the scarf is for me, please!
Hmmmm, I’m going to guess 9,000. I love that bag!!
Ow ow how exciting love a comp. I think your purchases are both beautiful and that the bag would certainly lift the mood of a winters day here. I have no idea but know your crazy with that camera, 18,050 is my guess. Love x
Hmm, I really have no clue so 21, 485.
33,259 photos!
Love the bag. Beautiful colors!
mmm 13,870
How fun, my guess is 12,200.
What a hoot!! Love the bag…Okay my guess is 28,000.
Ummmmmmmm i’m going with a mere 3000! Loooove both prizes but can see the bag as a perfect nappy bag for my six week old baby, who I had at home, in the water with a midwife present, after watching your birth video lots and lots. Do you like how i am appealing towards your senses? Hehehe!!!
Fun, fun, fun!! :) My guess is 17,777.
Ooooh, some of you are close already.
12700
I really like that scarf! :)
The number that.pops up in my mind is 22561 ;)
750 photos
Ok so I thought it through and I am changing my original idea, thankfully I posted it the wrong place:) I will go with 9,899:)
I guess 19 876
I will go with 32,538 including the deleted ones. My husband goes with 9,000.
Is this like the Price is Right where if you “go over” you bust? I have no idea because I’m a lazy photographer so I’m guessing on average maybe three hardcore phototaking hours a day at about 250 photos a day. So 25,000 taken (includes deletes). I like the purse AND I have a FedEx number that I can send you to ship it to me (:
Judging by the post on Facebook in which you told us you edited a post DOWN to 60-ish photos I think I will go with a big number LOL. My guess is 40,000!
i think you’ve taken 28,600 pictures so far!
Liz, FedEx number?…oh, tempting, tempting hahaha
Keep them coming.
My guess is 12,222 just because it seems like such a nice number….
I would say 14,982… luckly cameras have counters! LOL Cheers and enjoy your trip back.
Sandra
How fun, my guess is 28,950
Have I told you that we have the same camera?! :) Ok. my guess is 13,829. Here is my logic. I thought about if I was traveling and somedays took 300 photos, and on my lazy un-inspired days took 15 photos; I crunched a few numbers and averaged about 140 per day, and then lowered my number a bit :) Ha. Funny how a little contest can make one really think through things. Congrats on being so popular because of your creativity! Cheers.
Well, I’m gonna go with 19,332
I hope I win! :D
Well, the scarf looks more than nice! My guess is – 27 632 :)))
My guess is 27 839. :)
Gosh you are creative! I think 30,000.
Hi! Ok my guess is 11,659 photos! Cheers!
13,300! You must be running low on disk space :)