Madras Hostel Bangkok

... too drunk, probably the most sober! It got sweaty and so we hung outside with the local boys. It was great to chat to them and see Egg too aka Pharrel with tin foil on his teeth for the authentic look. Its crazy how laid back it is there. Local women were eating their dinner just at a little plastic table behind us. The boys seemed to favour water with their whiskey, it was interesting. It did hydrate slightly! We stayed out till about 4am after the ...

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... out, Assumption University (Hua Mak campus-- so NOT the campus we live on) has a RIFLE RANGE. And you can shoot all day and rent a gun for about nine dollars U.S. All you have to do is pay for ammo and the targets you smatter to bits with your pellets of post-teaching rage. I mean.. bullets...Two things were a little disappointing, though: 1)There were 8 of us, so they wouldn't let us start because it was an hour before close, and 2)The rifles are .22's, so there's little, if any ...

... in other words, to follow the course of action that makes sense; not the course that instinct would dictate. If Ohm's law of nature applied to human nature we would be in a sorry state; a Hobbesian state (a selfish, brutish nature).

The heroes we celebrate are those who saw beyond their own petty needs to visualize a world that offered more to everyone; more hope to those subjugated, more food to those starving, more freedom to those oppressed. In the end, more ...

... bun, bottle of water, and a blanket.

The sun is rising, I put on my mp3 and listen to travelin' music that I recorded before I left. Arlo Guthrie and "Comin' in to Los Angeles" and "City of New Orleans." Peter, Paul and Mary and "500 Miles." Joan Baez and "Boots of Spanish Leather." As I watch the scenery go by - rows of shophouse doors wide open to reveal sparkling clean marble floors, marshes full of ...

We arrived at the Bangkok bus station at 4:30am and were a little confused as to where we were considering we weren't supposed to get there until 6am. Brian rushed off the bus to get our bags they were throwing on the ground and I gathered our stuff that was on the bus. Because we were an hour and a half early and some people were staying on the bus, Brian asked the baggage guy where we were and he replied with a loud "NO". So Brian moved over to ask the bus driver and as ...

... old speaks to you in Thai and you know what she said but just can't answer her back yet

10. Think nothing of riding on the back of a Taxi bike AGAINST the oncoming traffic, weaving in and out of the people on the sidewalk at times.... as long as you get to the destination on time..

11. You think nothing of seeing a family of 4 with a 4 month old and a 3 year old, mom and dad all riding on a scooter motorbike on the highway...

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A lot has happened since the last time we blogged, so here it goes:

We eagerly awaited our trip to Thailand as a child would await his first summer at camp, not quite sure what to expect but thinks it will be a blast. Tania and I decided to travel light since we were going to be fairly mobile this journey, we opted for one large backpack to hold our precious belongings. This we packed the Friday ...

... our Hotel to change for the night.

On the walk back we decided to take motorcycles thru the streets of Bangkok back to our Hotel.

You have to see it to believe it, motorcycles are everywhere, these men and women zip thru traffic as like there life depended on it.

There truly are no ...

... there are many cute areas tucked away and we soon found our way around using the Skytrain and Underground and totally avoiding the chaos on the roads. Nathan wanted McDonald's, so wandered down there and he had a cheeseburger meal for 90 B. We both had a McFlurry, which was yummy. Went up to the skytrain at our closest station, Nana, and went to Siam and looked in ...