Thailand pt. 1 – Better Late than Never?
(I’m really, truly, sorry… this is probably no fun to read at all… I promise that we’ll keep these things shorter and more timely in the future)
Well, we’ve been on the road for about three weeks now, so it’s probably about time to start the blog that we promised…
This first post will be kind of a re-cap, most likely culled from random emails and journal entries, if we’ve made any…
Our flight over was pretty uneventful; lots of movie watching and reading (I think I hit the madness point at about hour twelve out of 17 or so)…
The Bangkok airport is probably the largest monument to air travel I’ve ever seen. It’s really massive, and it has to be since it’s the cheapest airport out of the surrounding nations and everyone (really, everyone) starts their Southeast Asia travels here, even if they have no interest in Thailand at all.
Bangkok as hub is even more apparent when you hit the main travelers’ area of Banglamphu, which is where the somewhat legendary Khao San road is located. Courtney and I have met others who really enjoyed their time on Khao San, but everytime we set foot there we almost immediately turned around (such as right after we were situated in our hotel on the first night, having arrived late in the evening and decided that the best way to really up the surreality would be to head towards the neon mecca for drink, drugs, and tourists). (more…)