Hey guys after twenty four hours of travel we made it to Bangkok at 11
pm. (we did get upgraded to business class on the flight over from Japan!)
Our ride did not show up so we grabbed a cab and showed the cabbie the
address to the hotel. The highway system is huge and super fast and he left
us out in front of our hotel right next to the 7-11 (globalization) our
hotel was crazy! picture living in a tree house, it looked like something
you would find in an island not downtown Bangkok. Super clean and fun. we
grabbed some Thai beer from the 7-11 and hung out in the lobby aka tree
house. it was hot hot hot even though it was 1 am. we went to bed and woke up the next morning grabbed some iced coffee and
went off to the park we hung out in a large park and watched a dance troupe
practice fan dancing. Then we watched some men play a game kicking a wicket
ball over a volleyball net. we went to the train station to buy our tickets to the islands and in the middle of our purchase the national anthem came on
everyone stopped and did not move till it was over.
That evening we went to a non profit resturant called Condoms and Cabbage
that raises money for HIV and AIDS in Thailand. They had full maniquiens
with clothes made out of condoms and birth control pills (even one dressed
as santa!) The whole resturant was decorated in contraceptives but yet it
was tasteful weird.
Today we rode down the river in a river taxi with a bunch of monks and went
to the vatican of Buddishm it was amazing! every building was covered in
gold or gems! we then rode in a Tuk tuk to Koh Sum Road which is the
backpacking central. it was crazy and filled with loud spring break bars
gone Asian.
Anyway tonight we are on a night train to Ko Samoi (the island were Leo
stayed before he went to "The Beach")
