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Speed
... was rush hour and boy did we know it. The wealth in evidence showed in the number of cars on the road compared to China, Vietnam and Cambodia. Traffic jams rarely happen in Vietnam or Cambodia, as most traffic is comprised of millions of mopeds, here, it’s just like every other Western city, and gridlock is a part of life. The van finally dropped us all at the one end of the infamous ‘Khao San Road’ (more on this later), and we jumped into a tuk tuk ...
The wi-fi search...and the night train!
... and he had no clue, yeah great cheers for that....by this point i was huffing and puffing and annoyed but was not guna let this beat me...I will find wi-fi!!!! Walked the other way down the road towards the on nut BTS station, gave another very very very skinny man the rest of my grapes....nice in a way that they dont just want money like e robbing *******s in Africa!!! so asked in there...woman said at Asok in Terminal 21 there is free wi-fi!!! Schweet!!! Hopped on ...
So we arrived in Bangkok...
... little walk to check out the area, by now it was around 7pm in Bangkok and quite dark. We went and found a lady selling street food and sat down and ate our noodles, it was so surreal being in bangkok totally out of my comfort zone sitting at the side of the road eating noodles from some random woman with no idea what was really in them! After the whole 5 minutes of walking around i already had blisters between my toes ...
Practice Makes Better
... exchanged silent smiles, pretty certain that she meant to say practice makes perfect, and then realizing it was really best she said what she did because it’s good to be reminded we are all going to be far from perfect here. I am not an English teacher, I do not speak Thai, and I have never lived in a place as culturally foreign as this before. And yet, I will soon be doing all these things on a daily basis, and I guess I will just have to keep reminding myself that ...
I can't believe I'm doing this / I love Thailand
... aan een ventilator....
Mijn semi-eerste dag werd afgesloten met een Chang biertje en een Padthai (de stamppot boerenkool van de Thai) en een horrible night of sleep.
Om jetlags te voorkomen, ben ik op echte-eerste-dag vroeg opgestaan om de stad te verkennen. Ik heb al een paar hele mooie bouwwerken van buiten gezien, heb de intens vieze rivier bekeken, ben naar het treinstation geweest om een hostel te reserveren. De grootte van de stad, ...