| I'm now in Hua Hin, so the router problem I had in Bangkok is resolved and I bought an SD card reader. I'm back in business. The weekend market in Bangkok is incredible. It's a .5km x .5km marketplace with everything from Muay Thai equipment to belts to live rabbits to ice pops to random trinkets. I spent over four hours there, and only left once I found the same stores twice. The stores are more like stands in a small compact area, and you can easily get lost between everything. And it's all cheap of course (I got a good belt for 100 baht, ~3 USD). Among that, I also visited an art exhibition with a local, a pier area not too different from Pier 39, and visited the Grand Palace here in Bangkok. Khao san street/area is wild, where are the parties and tourists are. All I did there was eat and buy a shirt, so I'm sure I got the total experience. I met a Japanese guy at a Pad Thai stand who didn't speak much English; we were able to carry most of the conversation in Japanese, which means my Japanese tutoring sessions definitely paid off. My last day in Bangkok started off tame enough - I went to the Grand Palace. I'd tried going on my first day, not knowing it closed at 4:30. The Emerald Buddha was surprisingly small, but the building it was in and the palace were amazing - my highlight was a series of wall paintings (some pictures included in slideshow). Now, how else to end a stay in Bangkok? Why, Irish music and whiskey in the hostel of course! The people in the hostel are amazing, definitely moreso than many of the previous hostels I've stayed in. I've made quite a few friends and acquaintances at Lub d. If any of you guys are reading this, hi! What's really surprising is how few Americans I meet in these tourist areas, and how many people quit their jobs to travel. tl;dr, I really loved Bangkok and the people in it |
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