I ended up finding Keels at the hostel that we were supposed to meet at later that morning. He said he left a note at the desk telling me what room, and also was outside waiting about a half hour before I got in... just missed him, oh well. Oh yeah before I forget, the bathrooms here took a little getting used to. Shower was a nozzle on the wall above the toilet, and the toilet was a squat toilet with two places for your feet on the side (See photo). It didnt come with a manual, so I had to figure it out. Keels got a good laugh at my confusion, but gave me a debriefing. We caught up over breakfast and started planning our Adventures. ( 1 week thailand, 2 weeks Laos, and 2 weeks in Vietnam) or atleast thats the plan. Bangkok was a busy city with skyscrapers, traffic and a lot of tourism. We ended up staying a two days and a did a lot of tourist stuff (1oo' long golden buddha statue, cobra show at the snake farm, and a large fitness park). We traveled many different ways: ferry boat, taxi, and tuk tuk (half motorcycle and half cart on back).
After two days we decided to head up north to Chiang Mai. To minimize travel time we took a sleeper train which had fold out bunk beds and made the 12hr trip easy. We are now in Chiang Mai, and will probably be around this area for the next couple days before taking a slow boat into Laos. Will keep the blogs coming as much as I can...
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