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Bangkok In a New Light and Pattapong |
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My reaction to Bangkok this time around was surprisingly different. I was not nearly as intimidated as when I arrived for the first time two and a half months ago. In fact, I'm noticing and absorbing so many things now that I didn't even see, or pay attention to, |
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Making a Mess of The Post Office and Out With the Girls |
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Then in the evening, Eid, my friend from the Sawasdee Smile guesthouse where I stayed the first time in Bangkok, invited me out with her friend that also works there and a traveller from Scotland that is staying there. We headed out to Khoa San road for a beer and |
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Sleeping on a Bookshelf and Nana |
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I found a really great guesthouse this time around in Bangkok, just down the road from the place we staying the first time. I amost passed it by because it looks really 'ritzy', but a guy waved me in so I decided to check it out. As it turns |
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Kanchaniburi and The Curry Conversion |
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Today I got on a bus to Kanchanaburi, located on the River Kwai. It's a really peacful and quiet place and a good change from Bangkok. I've got a room at the Jolly Frog for only 70B ($2.80) a night and it seems nearly new. There's also a |
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Erewan and The Death Railway |
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I was off by 8am on a tour to the Erewan National Park to see a huge waterfall that consists of 7 steps spread over nearly 2KM. The water is from a spring, so was very clear, taking on a bluish hue from the minerals and limestone. We took |
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Practicing English With Ang and Touring |
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There's a girl at the Apple Restaurant, Ang, that has been studying English at school and is working in the restaurant to try and get some practise speaking. Last night, I offered to sit with her and chat if she had some time between school and work, and she offered |
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Sweet Ang and Poor Fiona |
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I started the day with some much needed laundry duty and some relaxing in the guesthouse gardens. At 2pm, Ang was finished her classes for the day and came to pick me up and we went downtown. We took a stroll around the big department store in Kanchaniburi, which |
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A Late Night and Thinking Too Much |
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I spent the morning relaxing in the guesthouse garden. Ang has an assignment to make an english travel brochure for a destination of her choice. She wants it to be different from that of her classmates, who will probably choose a place in Thailand, so has enlisted me to |
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Another Difficult Goodbye |
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Well, this was another hard day. Ang came to say goodbye and pick up her motorbike. We chatted for a couple of hours until I had to leave, but were both a little sad. Thai people don't really show physical emotion in public - no hugging, kissing |
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The Sidewalk Sleeper Again and Ko Chang |
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Well, my out of character accidents continue, as this morning the bus driver asked for my ticket to Ko Chang and I couldn't find it anywhere in my wallet. I knew I'd lose something out of it eventually with it's lousy design. So, I shelled out another 50B ot |
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An Old Friend and New Zealand Debating |
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I woke this morning and walked the 20 feet to the beach only to bump into Jill, one of the Canadian girls Carl and I had met way back at the beginning of our trip when crossing into Laos. We went for some breakfast and caught up, chatting until 1pm. |
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The Butchers and the Bucket Bath |
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Last night I got back to my cardboard box like hut about 9pm and walked in to find some ants crawling on my mosquito net. Looking closer, I was shocked to find that there were dozens on it - maybe hundreds! I also found the carcass of a dead |
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I'm living in a Gingerbread House |
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I was up at 6:30am to pack up and head back to Bangkok, none to sad to be leaving my box hut. If you close the door too hard, it shakes the roof, sending a shower of small pellets down onto the floor and bed that look kind of like |
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A Special Christmas |
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Eid, the first friend I made in Asia, is a wonderful girl that works in the restaurant of the Sawasdee Smile guesthouse. She has a standout smile, even earning the nickname cheeky from some of the guests. She always puts in the extra effort for the guests. When I |
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