White Orchid Hotel Bangkok

... you, and tell us that they were business ladies. We quickly left to find regular bars but my mind was still tainted. After going to Bossy I couldn’t stop thinking that every local girl was a *****. Anyways, the Thai massages were cheap and rigorous. They stretched, pulled, twitched and extended all parts of our body. It was border line painful but still somewhat relieving. When you walk around in Bangkok you see all sorts of vendors ...

Bangkok... you either love it or loathe it!<br><br>And after 3 nights I think I have set up my tent in the "loathe it" camp. I arrived at the Cozy Bangkok Place hostel just after 11am on Friday. The hostel itself is in a residential part of the city just outside of Chinatown. A traditional thai house with walls and floors of rich coffee coloured teak, carved wooden loungers made comfortable with soft brightly coloured cushions sat low in the entrance hall. Ouside the narrow ...

... area of town caters to the true expat community that are either government officials, Oil tycoons in sales or those employed by foreign countries to do business here.... the crowd is a strange combination of upper class Korean and Japanese with a small smattering of other Lebanese and a few European looking business people. I'm sat at a night club that is bustling with different faces from all over the world here... they are well dressed in Chanel and YSL bags but ...

... and headed back towards Siam.<br><br>Next stop was the Jim Thompson's House. This used to be Jim Thompson's real house but after he disappeared they turned it into a museum since he played a big role in bringing Thai silk handicraft back into their culture. His house was made from beautiful teakwood with MANY antiques which were even dates back from the 14th Century. A tour guide gave us a quick tour and explained which each room was but we weren't allowed to take ...

... so it was fun to watch them.<br><br>Thursday I had my students first period and then they were gone the rest of the day. They had fun doing centers one last time. Green brought me a Thai looking clock; it was beautiful. After lunch I said so long to my students and headed to the airport for my flight back to the States. I had a safe flight and am glad to be back home for a little bit.<br>

... br><br>This had been the center of the old city and walking in the grass growing between the falling buildings reminded me of the forum in Rome. <br><br>Sadly most of the Buddha statues had been beheaded and looted long ago. <br><br>We spent the rest of the day walking around the town from temple to ...