Happy New Year – almost

I got up today around 07:00 to the sound of a machine gun fired in the air followed by lots of firecrackers, etc. My jetlag so far has been beneficial in that it gets me out of bed early. The weather here is perfect, low humidity and so sunny and warm. I ran into my [...]

Escape to Kanchanaburi

I got up this morning and decided that Chinese New year or not, I was going to follow my heart and get the hell out of Bangkok. This was the first decision that I have made to balk the “touristy” thing to do (experience Chinese New Year in Chinatown, Bangkok) and go with my gut [...]

Out of control

I made it to Bangkok last night around 01:30am. Exhausted from 22 hours of flying. I was not prepared for my welcome. I dragged myself out of the cab and down Kao San Road and apparently the bars close around 01:00am here so everyone was in the street and drunk except me. I came blundering [...]

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