Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Last Day of Promotion


We arrived in Bangkok two nights ago in the middle of the night. It was raining and the lights and the signs on the wet streets made the place look just like Bladerunner.

We got talked into a tuk-tuk tour by a new best friend yesterday. A few temples, some really hairy driving and a lot of laughs later it all turned a little sour when we got dropped, against our wishes, at a tailors where about 8 guys were lined up ready to start taking our measurements and start making us suits before we could talk our way out of it. We flicked our now-former friend some money and told him to stuff his tailor, walked off and had a fun couple of hours working out where the hell we were and how to get back. I don't want a suit thanks.

The food is awesome. We had the most amazing meal from a little roadside stall last night near our hotel and spent an awesome evening drinking cheap beer and cocktails and doing some serious people-watching.

I'm looking forward to coming back to Bangkok when we're a little more experienced SE Asia travellers in a month or so, I think we'll get more out of it when we're a bit less green. Today we're flying to Penang in Malaysia and starting our mission towards Palau Perentian where we're going to do some diving.

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