Bangkok, Thailand (June 18 - 22nd)

So we arrived in Bangkok 2 days ago on a 6 hr red eye flight from Dubai. It was pissing rain and got dropped near Khao san rd to find accomodation and luckily the place we wanted (Rambuttri Village Inn) is huge and had availability (and A/C). That was about 3pm. We slept until noon the next day. After dizzily (very hypoglycemic) wandering through Soi Rambuttri (for those who know) we found food and the dodgy bowels began.

It is very hot and humid here, but Dubai was at least 10 degrees hotter so we were not that shell shocked by the heat. Although here you spend more time outside air conditioned buidings than in Dubai. It is not as dirty and sketchy as Naples (Italy) believe it or not, so we were also pleasantly surprised and almost comfortable with it. We also learned how to cross the street in Naples where no one yields to pedestrians trying to navigate across 6 lanes of crazy italian drivers, half unpredictably weaving all over on motorcycles. Thailand same-same as they say. And Naples was equally dirty and smelly (if not more so, seriously). So we didn't really have much of a culture shock (yet) except for going through the food markets which some of you know can be a test of mental and physical strength especially when the only thing you want to eat is pepto bismol. Where are our philipinos now?! Coulda helped with identifying some things! In saying that, we are more likely to step outside the box and not be afraid as our late night smorgs on 31 taught us to try first and ask questions later (we love you guys!). We have found that this city is difficult if you have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (like Tawnya) as there is just way too much stimulus at all times. So it will be nice to see other hopefully more relaxing places.

So that brings us to our next plan. The rest of Thailand will have to wait for a few weeks as we are off to Vietnam on the 22nd!!! We gave our passports to Pop, yes his name, the guy outside of our hotel who apparently "1 million percent" guarantee will have our visas ready for us tomorrow night. Cheers Pop. He also got us a good deal on a flight and gave us real tickets tonight which ups our confidence in him. So if and when we get to Ho Chi Minh city (Saigon) we are possibly meeting up with our aussie pals Andy and Adam with whom we had a dance party in Naples when we were all too afraid to go outside at night. And then, Tawn's friend from way back Adrienne, will be in Nha Trang a few days later where we join her to do a 3 day dive certification course! How cool. We hope it all works out and that we get special price.

For those who have been following the saga, we have a digital camera now which we received on loan from Jode's mom in Dubai. So more pics will be coming if we can get it together. We also hope to finish the Europe posts from long ago that we're sure you are all desperate to see. If not, it needs to be finished for our own piece of mind. We started this damn it, and we will finish it!!
P.S. It is actually 2045h here not 0645h, did you think we would actually be up that early?!