Don't Follow My Lead

Ok, so I’ve been in Thailand almost 2 days now.

All I have to say is, is hot.  No other way to describe it.  Humid hot, stick to your body hot, sweat out of every pore.  Think of it, like walking sauna. And in some streets add the smell of sewer, and you have a wonderful aroma.

That part is just the reality of it.  I’m not describing it any worse or better. 

My first day was just a lost cause for me.  I didn’t sleep on the airplane, I never can, so my whole body clock was a mess.  Once I got out of the airport I went towards an address of a hostel.  Google Maps is helpful, but note, the signs IN Bangkok have theThai language name and the English name.  Google Maps only has the Thai name.  So I’m left to try to match the name in Thai, as if I’m decrypting Egyptian hierogliphics.

After arriving at my second hostel (first one was full) I took a well deserve nap.  I woke up at around 2pm and look for something to eat.  Ended up eating street corner Pad Thai.  It was good, here’s a picture of it.

Afterwards I came back to the hotel for what I thought would be a small shut eye, but it was more like a 5 hour nap.  Waking up at my normal American time of 8am (7pm local time).  I look up for night market places and as luck would have it, I’m just 2 blocks away from one of the biggest one.

In there you would find all the debauchery you expect.  Plenty of Go-Go dancing girls, you can see them from the street, and plenty of guys asking you for what you want.   I didn’t take pictures, is hard when you are by yourself and can’t really hide things very well.  This one is just to the entrance to the main vein of the night marketplace.  

I would come back home with some food, and lounge in the lobby area.  Unfortunately I didn’t strike a conversation with anyone.  

The second day went a little better.  I woke up early and went to see Wat Pho bright and early.  Except that a 30 minute bus ride became a 2 hour walk through a different area of Bangkok to Wat Pho.   That story tomorrow.

Note: I made a mistake when I bought SD cards for my SLR camera.  Because I don’t have the easy ability to input them into the tablet as I can with a microSD card.  Will need to fix that somehow so I can post pictures more reliable.

Second note: I might review this post later on as I might need to edit it. It doesn’t sound as exciting as I was hoping.