After landing and not quite believing we actually arrived half way around the world, we bussed into chaos. Bangkok at its finest. Banglamphu, the once backpacker's haven has been found it seems. More white people then Thai. Shopping everywhere, Pad Thai and spring rolls every 17 ft. A great introduction.
Everone spoke english and smiled when I would ask for the tenth time how to say thank you - khawp khun khap (Suzi says khawp khun kha.) Everytime the map came out, a Thai person would ask where we were going, what did we want to do, ect. And without fail, they would all tell us to take a took took to the government travel agency... so we bit - got bit with a open ended bus ticket with various transfers all over Southern Thailand. For the next three weeks we are able to take our time playing before Suzi's class starts.
We now wait for a boat to take us to Ko Tao island off the east coast. An all night bus ride left us here with a throng of other backpackers. Herded like sheep waiting to go out to pasture, there is nothing we can do but play lots of cribbage and wait until later on today when we can burn our delicate Northern skin.
So much has happend, so little time to actually process it all. When we can figure out how to include pictures on this thing, we most certainly will.
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