in addition to my incredibly long post below

My Thai Trip

Its not as backpacking as I had expected. We stayed in decent lodgings with the exception of one night. We tried our best to be as street smart as possible. Took the local bus from bangkok to rayong ( a small town?) Refuse to hop onto any taxis, tuktuks or any overpriced vehicles. Stayed in a budgeted inn for a night tho i think the rate is really not that fantastic. Ate our hearts out at the local hawker fare. From Rayong, we moved on to koh samed. A pretty beach favoured the locals.

We had a hard time getting there. Money grubbing travel agents offered us speed boat to the island for 2000 baht. Then the price dropped to 1000 baht. We refuse to give in to temptations and hopped on to a 50 baht per person ferry ride which transported food as well as us to the island.

Thereafter, we congratulated ourselves for finding a nice room for a reasonable rate. Had a little hic-cups on the way as we actually managed to ride around the island on our own. Well, the hic-cups may result in some scarring for some of us (literally).

Then we experienced a bigger hic-cup. We do not have a night lodging when we are back at bangkok. Ended up staying in the hotel lobby cos we reckon there is no point paying for lodging when we are only staying there for 5 hours. Geez. Worst night of my life man.

Anyways, made our way to Ayutthaya where some of us built a learning center in last december. The kids were great. The smiles are great. Well, Im glad i went back. Smile smile, cry cry, hug hug, laff laff, sing sing, dance dance.

Back @ bangkok, typical shopping blah blah. Din really buy a lot of stuff tho. @ khao san, we decided to get happening with dreadlocks, braids & tattoos. guess who did what la. The fotos are coming out real soon.

Anyway, its way past my bed time & im aint even sleepy.