"Anyone can have a luxurious lifestyle here." Preeti told me while my mouth hung open at the sight of free valet parking for...anyone. I feel like I've seen two completely opposite worlds in the last week. In Bangkok, anyone who makes even a little bit of money can afford things like a nice condo-like apartment with a pool and security, a car, d...

Zadnji dan v Bangkoku smo obiskali palaco, se prepustili tajskim maserjem in se zvecer vsedli oz. vlegli na vlak proti Chiang Mai-u. Slabih 14 ur dolga pot je minila kar hitro, saj smo vmes spali na pogradih :)  

<By Jay> Voila, pour nous c'est noel, il est 0.48, on a le droit d'ouvrir les paquets... mais on n'a pas de paquets !! (enfin on en a un mais c'est pour Quentin, qui le recevra dans 8 mois !!) Ca fait un peu bizarre de passer noel loin de la famille, mais bon on s'est auto chouchoutes aujourd'hui, on a visite l'aquarium de BKK et on est al...

(More pictures above) Now that everyone had arrived, it was time to see the obligatory  tourist attractions of Bangkok like the Grand Palace.  This kinda reminded me of the Sears Tower in Chicago.  Every time anyone came to visit in Chicago that was the first thing we did.  Also since we had a couple ladies with us, Chatachuk...

Well, this is the shopping period for us. But this time we are more focus than ever. We know what to buy. But what we did not anticipate is that there were a lot of shops closed and all thanks to the election. Seriously, this election had been getting on my nerves and tourist have to pay the price. No alcoholic drinks, shops were closed. But nev...

Sawadee Krup! Hello from the land of smiles! I arrived safely here in Bangkok after a long 23 hour day of travel and immediately got started checking out the sites despite my total lack of sleep since I left Seattle. High on caffeine and adrenaline, I found myself in the back of a Tuk Tuk motoring around this huge city before I had even checked ...

Az elso komplett napunk Bangkokban, es mivel keson keltunk, nem jutottunk el a laoszi konzulatusig. Na de sebaj, majd holnap - mondtuk, es igy lesz az, hogy sose jutunk el Laoszba... He-he Igy viszont megprobaltunk eljutni Bangkok 1. szamu nevezetessegehez, a kiralyi palotahoz - Wat Phra Keeo-hoz. Minden ami Wat az egy templom. Sok szaz, talan e...

I needed to go through Bangkok again to get some admin things taken care of.  I arranged my Vietnam visa, got a plane ticket to Saigon, and mailed home a bunch of cold weather gear I used on the Everest Base Camp trek.  I spent a few days in Bangkok doing that stuff and enjoying the hospitality at the Royal Orchid Sheraton as well as t...

...hi all, right, continuing with orphanage entry, where was I? Ah yes. Continued painting the classroom that we'd been given to improve instead of dismantling the building where the kids slept.  First job was to sweep the ceiling free of spider webs which was funny because there were gaps in the floorboards of the class room above and bits...

after a nice stay on the mountains, where the weather was really refreshing we are back in the city, in order to meet my parents...second time during my trip... is in a way pretty weird being "followed" by them, but supernice to have a chat once in a while..