Beginning of my grand adventure, Seoul to Bangkok
3/8/11 My first day of vacation actually began a day early with a sad goodbye to my amazing boyfriend of two years jung hyung jong- wil. He bought my bus ticket and brought me to the station. I couldnt stop crying and i wondered why i was deciding to leave him. I slept a lot on my 7-12 bus ride and was sad to get closer to the airport and finally leave korea. When i got to the counter the lady with a puzzled look said "sir your plane is tomorrow" duh. Who comes to the airport a day early, especially when they could have been with their lover an extra day! I asked if i could get on a flight today but she said i would have to pay anither full price ticket. Jesus. So of course i call wil and cry about what i should do. Info man said to go to a jimjilbang (bath house) down the street. It was my cheapest option and i didnt want to pay any more money after my stupid mistake. I wondered if my hotel rez in bangkok was for the right day. I looked at the rez paper and sure enough it was for the wrong/right night also.
I dont know how people live without a phone. Seriously i cant do anything and i had internet!
I felt so lost and upset and angry at myself. I went to a pc bang to waste time and charge my ipod so i still had some connection with people, mainly wil. I talked to friends and they laughed at me and said at least i didnt go a day late and miss my flight. Thanks everyone for being positive and making me feel better. I did buy a pack of cigs and chain smoked though, so now i have a sore throat but i am sitting at a jimjilbang for 5000 won and can sleep in a variety of warm rooms with temperatures of 74 89 73c and an ice room. I have played on the internet for 1000 won 40 min and tried to stay in 75 room for as long as possible then ate ramyan noodles in the locker room and snuck a bottle of jong jong into a water bottle hoping it would help me fall asleep here. Now I am sitting in a massage chair and trying to make myself feel better about my actions and behavior. Hopefully i will have a better day tomorrow even if i have to wait in the airport until 2pm.
Its what you make of your experiences. I plan on making my thai trip a good one. Hooefully i will be there tomorrow!
My future updates hopefully wont be so long because i will be having lots of fun and no time to write lengthy whiny letters.
3/9/11 The flight is fine. My seat is over the wing again. Im always over the wing! I hate chinese airports! There are no fountains and the bottled water is $7! Its cold, rainy and cloudy in Guangzhao.
I am sitting in the airport and pretending to read a book and not people watch. Is it acceptable any where in the world for a grown person to pick their nose and lick their finger in public? Multiple times? Eww. She would have a time out if she were in my class. I cant stand to watch her do that!
3/10/11 My second, well first full day in bangkok and im still alive. I made it onto the sky train and to the khlong (a boat that takes you along the canals) which was not like i expected. I was hoping for a scenic view of old houses a mix between venice and the slums of india. But instead it was packed with people and the boat roared off into the dirty water with a tarp all around us so i couldnt see anything anyway. Then i took a tuk tuk to phra ahthit to find my guesthouse because my back was all sweaty and even though i did pack light i wanted it off my back. I am sweating just sitting down!
I didnt find the guesthouse i was looking for but i did find one for only 300B! 100B=$3. It doesnt have ac but a fan on the 4 th floor so i should be fine. Have to acclimate. Went along khao san rd and got lunch. Tom yum soup with chicken and it tasted the same as every other thai restaurant in america and korea and i sipped a singh beer. Oh yeah i forgot to mention this was all while in the company of an elderly man named john who reminded me of a man named jim whom i used to work with in korea. I swear he could have been his older brother. He talked a lot about how he was a good man because he was buddhist and showed me this chain around his neck full of amulets and then opened his shirt to show me tatoos on his chest of a native america wolf and buffalo for the strength to be alone. But he made sure to throw in how he had sex with whores and whistled at the young thai girls ( but he slapped himself on the hand and said no john your an old man) anyway then i went back to my guest house to ditch him and he kept telling me to email him not right away or anything when i get a chance like before 6 months. yeah right weirdo.
Thai people are really nice and although i dont know the real cost of things i dont think ive been ripped off yet although i put trust in this street man who said he is from egypt and germany and was married to a korean ballerina, to fix my favorite jesus shoes for 350B. I hope he is there tomorrow for me to pick them up. Now i am sitting in a cafe drinking a mango lhassi. So far so good!
3/11/11 I got up early to walk to the temples; I was told it would take 15 minutes but got lost for an hour. Found wat po with reclining buddha and the temple grounds were beautiful. Figured i could treat myself to a massage inside temple. there is a school but i only got a half hour massage-big mistake. I wanted it to go on forever. It was awesome i never felt this type of massage. Walked to emerald buddha and not so impressed with the buddha itself which isnt even emerald but jade but the temple grounds were awesome. Grand palace not so much. It was the most expensive 350B and so not worth it. Tired i wanted a tuk tuk ride back home but the bastard wanted 100B and i laughed and said 30 and he said no. So i walked and ate street noodles for dinner. 20B. Went home so i could talk to will then went out to dinner and ate green curry with chicken while listening to news about the earthquake. Im so thankful it wasnt on the other side of japan or busan would have been hit hard. Sorry for japanese.
3/12/11 got sick with a cough and fever worried about bronchitis again. Wandered around looking for pharmacy found giant lizzard in dirty river. Travel agents suck at sales here. Ate only fruit all day cuz my tummy is upset. Guess i shouldnt eat street food. Got on chao phraya river boat to go to bus station to buy ticket up to Chaing mai tomorrow. If thais arent working off commision they arent very nice. Got 650B 9 hour bus ride 100b=$3. 830 tomorrow morning so hopefully i can see some nice country side scenery. Tried to go back to the pier to catch the boat back to my guesthouse, but the taxi got lost for 30 min and i told him to restart the fare and take me back to the metro station. He wasnt very happy but neither was i. Went to chatachuk weekend market but i dont have any room in my backpack to buy anything. I shipped some things home that i dont need so ill have more space. Took taxi back to hotel but would have been way faster and cheaper to take river boat. Traffic in bangkok is worse than LA for real. Went to temple but it was closed took river boat back pooped. Oh and the weather today was hot and humid and i picked the best skirt to show my sweat to bring to thailand!
I dont know how people live without a phone. Seriously i cant do anything and i had internet!
I felt so lost and upset and angry at myself. I went to a pc bang to waste time and charge my ipod so i still had some connection with people, mainly wil. I talked to friends and they laughed at me and said at least i didnt go a day late and miss my flight. Thanks everyone for being positive and making me feel better. I did buy a pack of cigs and chain smoked though, so now i have a sore throat but i am sitting at a jimjilbang for 5000 won and can sleep in a variety of warm rooms with temperatures of 74 89 73c and an ice room. I have played on the internet for 1000 won 40 min and tried to stay in 75 room for as long as possible then ate ramyan noodles in the locker room and snuck a bottle of jong jong into a water bottle hoping it would help me fall asleep here. Now I am sitting in a massage chair and trying to make myself feel better about my actions and behavior. Hopefully i will have a better day tomorrow even if i have to wait in the airport until 2pm.
Its what you make of your experiences. I plan on making my thai trip a good one. Hooefully i will be there tomorrow!
My future updates hopefully wont be so long because i will be having lots of fun and no time to write lengthy whiny letters.
3/9/11 The flight is fine. My seat is over the wing again. Im always over the wing! I hate chinese airports! There are no fountains and the bottled water is $7! Its cold, rainy and cloudy in Guangzhao.
I am sitting in the airport and pretending to read a book and not people watch. Is it acceptable any where in the world for a grown person to pick their nose and lick their finger in public? Multiple times? Eww. She would have a time out if she were in my class. I cant stand to watch her do that!
3/10/11 My second, well first full day in bangkok and im still alive. I made it onto the sky train and to the khlong (a boat that takes you along the canals) which was not like i expected. I was hoping for a scenic view of old houses a mix between venice and the slums of india. But instead it was packed with people and the boat roared off into the dirty water with a tarp all around us so i couldnt see anything anyway. Then i took a tuk tuk to phra ahthit to find my guesthouse because my back was all sweaty and even though i did pack light i wanted it off my back. I am sweating just sitting down!
I didnt find the guesthouse i was looking for but i did find one for only 300B! 100B=$3. It doesnt have ac but a fan on the 4 th floor so i should be fine. Have to acclimate. Went along khao san rd and got lunch. Tom yum soup with chicken and it tasted the same as every other thai restaurant in america and korea and i sipped a singh beer. Oh yeah i forgot to mention this was all while in the company of an elderly man named john who reminded me of a man named jim whom i used to work with in korea. I swear he could have been his older brother. He talked a lot about how he was a good man because he was buddhist and showed me this chain around his neck full of amulets and then opened his shirt to show me tatoos on his chest of a native america wolf and buffalo for the strength to be alone. But he made sure to throw in how he had sex with whores and whistled at the young thai girls ( but he slapped himself on the hand and said no john your an old man) anyway then i went back to my guest house to ditch him and he kept telling me to email him not right away or anything when i get a chance like before 6 months. yeah right weirdo.
Thai people are really nice and although i dont know the real cost of things i dont think ive been ripped off yet although i put trust in this street man who said he is from egypt and germany and was married to a korean ballerina, to fix my favorite jesus shoes for 350B. I hope he is there tomorrow for me to pick them up. Now i am sitting in a cafe drinking a mango lhassi. So far so good!
3/11/11 I got up early to walk to the temples; I was told it would take 15 minutes but got lost for an hour. Found wat po with reclining buddha and the temple grounds were beautiful. Figured i could treat myself to a massage inside temple. there is a school but i only got a half hour massage-big mistake. I wanted it to go on forever. It was awesome i never felt this type of massage. Walked to emerald buddha and not so impressed with the buddha itself which isnt even emerald but jade but the temple grounds were awesome. Grand palace not so much. It was the most expensive 350B and so not worth it. Tired i wanted a tuk tuk ride back home but the bastard wanted 100B and i laughed and said 30 and he said no. So i walked and ate street noodles for dinner. 20B. Went home so i could talk to will then went out to dinner and ate green curry with chicken while listening to news about the earthquake. Im so thankful it wasnt on the other side of japan or busan would have been hit hard. Sorry for japanese.
3/12/11 got sick with a cough and fever worried about bronchitis again. Wandered around looking for pharmacy found giant lizzard in dirty river. Travel agents suck at sales here. Ate only fruit all day cuz my tummy is upset. Guess i shouldnt eat street food. Got on chao phraya river boat to go to bus station to buy ticket up to Chaing mai tomorrow. If thais arent working off commision they arent very nice. Got 650B 9 hour bus ride 100b=$3. 830 tomorrow morning so hopefully i can see some nice country side scenery. Tried to go back to the pier to catch the boat back to my guesthouse, but the taxi got lost for 30 min and i told him to restart the fare and take me back to the metro station. He wasnt very happy but neither was i. Went to chatachuk weekend market but i dont have any room in my backpack to buy anything. I shipped some things home that i dont need so ill have more space. Took taxi back to hotel but would have been way faster and cheaper to take river boat. Traffic in bangkok is worse than LA for real. Went to temple but it was closed took river boat back pooped. Oh and the weather today was hot and humid and i picked the best skirt to show my sweat to bring to thailand!
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