Grande Centre Point Hotel & Residence Ratchadamri Bangkok

... slept for a while. Early flights ruin your whole day. You get up so early that you have to spend the rest of the day either sleeping, or wishing you were asleep and hating the city for keeping you from a bed. So I slept, rested, checked email and admired the view. We were upgraded to a suite since there had been a fire alarm in the middle of the night the last day we were here (part of the reason I was so exhausted in Taiwan), and we had a magnificent ...

... into Bangkok, and as soon as I dropped off my stuff at the hostel, it was complete sensory overload! I wandered over to the Golden Mount, which is this man made hill structure, around which there was a festival going on... There was so many people and stalls with everything for sale, especially food! There was the normal fare, and then the exotic fare, including bugs of some sort (cockroaches?) and chicken embryos and something that looked rather scaly ...

... an incident at the other lesbian club Zeta's though, they wouldn't let one of our group in because she was a transgender and they said she was a man. Ironically the ones refusing us entry, both looked as boyish as they come. <br>So none of us went in. It's hard to understand how a minority group such as lesbians can exclude another minority group (or actually a person who identifies as a lesbian woman.. being open about that must be ...

... trying to check him out and wake him, but nothing. They just bring out a cloth stretcher and haul him off. He didn't move once, I think the guy was dead, totally sick, the one Muay thai fight I go to someone dies. The last fight was again a couple kids, beats the hell out of what i was doing on a sunday night at 12 years old. We left the stadium and realized we didn't have enough money for a cab. This guy wanted very badly to take ...

... and a storm started the hammerous rains. Orla, Emer ang Glenn took a tuk-tuk to Old Siam Plaza, while the rest of us walked, rather ran through Chinatown in the lashing rain pretty much alongside the tuk-tuk. it was hilarious as it looked like we'd arrive at same time if not before the tuk tuk. Then the traffic picked up and we lost them and the cover on the foot path so we got soaked. We stopped to consult the map when a stinkin ...

... people you can actually move in the street, really insense.. we stayed aboout 20 mins then left lol.. <br>anyway im leavin for samet today , me and sanne have gone our seperate ways after 6 days.. but it was nice stayin with her she was really good fun :) <br>im hopin the weather is good in samet i want some more lyin on th beach!!!!

... throws the ball keeps a straight arm and the guy who hits the ball has a flatter bat.... upon inquiring of my British friends what the rules were I was able to glean the following:<br><br>a) you will not be able to figure out the rules before the game comes to completion in about 5 days (or 3 from today forward)<br><br>b) The game could go on for 5 days and actually end in a tie (or a draw as the British would say)<br><br>c) The game is strategic and ...

... hot clouds approaching from their cooking pots, the air surrouning the food stall haevy with the strong smell of Thai spices.....<br><br>Still...there is an other side to Bangkok too...outside the centre miles and miles of shanty towns strech out housing illegal Burmese day labours, Tuk Tuk and motorbike taxi drivers often originating from Thailand`s poor north sharing hovels on a eight hour shift basis.<br><br ...

... at Wat Po is great but its difficult to get a good photo of it due to the sheer number of visitors there. Wat Arun was ace too, just a quick hop accross the river, loads more towers and intricate carvings. All very nice! Walked to Chinatown one day too, a loooong way but was worth it due to the mad market there! Bangkok is a great city, and a great start to Thailand!!!

... Thailand. <br><br>We still have another day of posting to catch up on. In 4 hours we are catching a 1.5 hour flight to the north in Chiang Mai. Its full of deep thick crazy jungle, elephants, tigers, and monkeys that will throw things at you and steal what ever they can take from you. We'll post when we can.