No.4 Guest House Tak

... starting to get lot's and lot's of random stuff to bring home.<br><br>We were back at the guesthouse at about 1730 and at about 1815 the mini bus rolled up to take us to the bus stop. Everyone inside the mini van looked just as sullen as us about making the journey overnight in what was sure to be a bust struggling to stay on the road driven by a 12 year old wearing a back to front.<br ...

... BKK and went for the odd tuk tuk joy ride hooning around the city, inhaling all the fumes, and griming from ear to ear. Actually I must say I haven&#8217;t stopped eating since I arrived in Thailand, I can&#8217;t help it, the food is soooo good. And well when it&#8217;s too hot to move, best just eat another tasty meal. <br><br>Last night standing waiting at the northern bus terminal in BKK George (yes my backpack has a name!) and I had our first disagreement, he was ...

... thought that 7eleven could only be found on a random street corner in New Jersey you were dead wrong. 7eleven has become our American embassy, providing us with the closest similarities to sustenance (i.e. junk food). They do, however, carry a variety of weird, bizarre and somewhat disgusting/inedible things, but I'll save that for a tad bit later. So, the "Super Friends," as we like to call ourselves, had reunited and it was fantastic. Yeah, we all have nicknames. Collin is known as ...

Ok, so I decided to write a blog something I never thought I would do as it's not really me, but I guess time calls for change. Due to my recent 'relocation' to Northern Thailand I figured it's the best way to keep friends and family updated on what I'm doing out here, instead of regurgitating the same thing in emails and also to spread the news about what I'm trying to do out here. So...... what exactly am I doing out ...

... stay two nights, and use it as a base to explore from on the day in between. That night we ventured into a night market and were fairly adventurous in trying some of the local wares. We bought some of these little fried coconut pancake/pattie things that were devine. We then tried some coconut paste that had been BEQ'd in lemongrass leaves (yuck!) and water chestnuts raosted in coffee grinds (hmmm OK). Finally we ...

... things, lots of dreams. Mostly about having flown back to CA to do something? for a few days, and wondering why I did that, and planning to come back here. Same as recurring dream I have about being in city I grew up in, trying to come back to CA...a common "worry dream" i suppose Had some delicious Thai curry soup with coconut milk, rice vegetables for breakfast. It's common. Not your ...

... was conducted by one of the local schools. It was a Thai school... so we weren't helping the local refugees... however, helping kids is also worthwhile so I know my karmic points were probably increased. A group of about 6 westerners, one Eurasia Singaporean, and one Western educated Thai, all showed up at the School early on a Saturday morning... not quite knowing what to expect. The English teacher who was organizing the event quickly talked to us... and we ...

... at us so unabashedly, then he could take photos in an equivalent manner. So he snapped and snapped away...kids in the streets, old ladies in the market, men at work, anything and everything...while I tried to hide behind him. (So all of the photos I've included were taken by him.) We wandered around for several hours before heading back to the Thai side, which was probably the longest amount of time any white person has ever stayed in Myawadi.

... only one listed in our guidebook refused to serve us 4 of the 5 times we went there. We consistently felt in the way at our guesthouse. There are no taxis or tuk-tuks or pedi-cabs. There isn't a shop that rents motorcycles or bikes. Essentially, the place isn't very accessible if you're not part of a tour. And I guess there are decent reasons for this. Our last day there, our guesthouse ...

... to see some very rural aspects of Thailand, unlike many of those located along major highways. Upon arrival in Phitsanoluk, Kristy and I grabbed at tuk-tuk for a quick ride over to the bus station. Thus far, we have avoided riding any buses as at all, so we weren't looking forward to this one. However, the bus we got on wasn't all that bad. We decided it was a good combination to an English double decker/Mexican wedding/Chinese new year/80's disco. Everything for the ...