Woraburi Sukhumvit Bangkok

Monday we had another watercoloring class. We were supposed to do a lotus, but the art teacher left the book with the picture we really liked at home, so we decided to do plumerias instead. There was a point when I wasn't very happy with my painting, but after we added the final touches, I love it! This one is only being offered to Claudia since I promised her a painting...if she passes on it, then I'm keeping it! :-D<br><br>This past week was a little ...

... Happy Campers: -604 behind<br><br>Jen &amp; SiHeng: -904<br><br>Curtis &amp; Mark: -1244 <br><br>Ben &amp; Fiona: -1728 <br><br>Phuket:<br><br>Mathieu &amp; Emilia 3,125 votes<br><br>Robert &amp; Kelly: -203 behind<br><br ...

... they were being subjected to!<br><br>"you won tuk-tuk, where you go?"<br>" mai chai, I go to metro"<br>"no, no I take you in Bangkok tuk-tuk 40 baht, where you go?"<br><br>Now you can't very well go all the way to Bangkok and not indulge in a suicidal ride around the CO2 filled streets in a tuk-tuk, so I relented...<br>"OK, no shops, straight to MBK Mall" I said knowing that the obligatory commission mission was going to begin.<br><br>Within 5 minutes we arrived at the first ...

... staff.... the club is Xperience and there are several other similar and unique places just like this one on the Thong Lor boulevard...Im seriously excited about this new discovery of these new places and it makes me wonder if the average Bangkok traveller would ever be able to experience something like this if they hadn't taken the time to really explore the intricacies and unique qualities of this city... If I left tomorrow, I'd be left with an enormous feeling of ...

Well, got here ok! <br><br>Managed to get a few hours sleep curled up on a lounger style chair at Dubai. The second leg of the flight was fine, and the two people sat next to me not in a chatty mood either - so slept most of the way. <br><br>Got taxi to my guest house - took about an hour, then collapsed into a heap in my room and slept until 8 ...

... was from, Eric said "Canada", the man replied, "Superman doesn't need a visa." So, we got out of that line and made our way to the taxis. We bargained our way into a taxi for 500 Bhat, (1 Canadian Dollar = appx. 30 Bhat) We thought, this price was a little high and it turned out it wasn't. Until, we got out of the taxi and Eric went to pay him, by accident he decided to give the man the wrong amount of money, which ...

... I treated ourselves to a Thai massage - Ken thought the masseuse was trying to break his bones.<br><br>General observations:<br><br>Food - "if it's not spicy, then it's not Thai" - I'm eating lots of rice or trying to order the more tourist oriented dishes, can't sweat it out like Ken. But it's all good ...