{"id":148,"date":"2011-02-10T16:22:33","date_gmt":"2011-02-10T16:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shaneco.com\/theloupe\/?p=148"},"modified":"2025-05-30T14:58:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T20:58:42","slug":"heading-back-to-bangkok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shaneco.com\/theloupe\/shane-co\/tom-shanes-world\/heading-back-to-bangkok\/","title":{"rendered":"Heading Back to Bangkok"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am again on the \u2018big iron bird\u2019, flying to Bangkok.\u00a0 This will be a short trip (for me) of only a couple of weeks.\u00a0 Then I will have three weeks back in the States and I have to turn around and return to Asia.\u00a0 As much as I love being in Hong Kong and Thailand, each of these trips take over 24 hours\u2026and that\u2019s not fun.<\/p>\n<p>Anyhow, our Christmas sales of <a 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