Take this! U.S. flight restrictions:
We were tossing around the phrase 'Abu Crappy' before we got there. I have to say, the four minutes we spent in the airport say otherwise...
However when I took a picture here:
- they didn't really like it, as you can see:
- and they confiscated my camera after whipping those two shots! An explanation that the picture was actually of Dave got my camera back, and so it begins. :)After the next flight, I was feeling pretty embarrassed about my fellow countrymen. On both flights, drunk Irish Dubliners made a scene. I won't go into it now, but suffice to say, a air conditioned Buddhist taxi ride into Bangkok had left the experience behind.
And here I am! Dave wanted a bit of comfort for tonight, to be fair, it was a great idea on his behalf. One step at a time as the fella says, and the first step was finding the place, which is pretty swanky for us backpackers:
- at a whopping 16 euro for the room, it'll be the last time we spend that much on accommodation, at least I hope so! Dave insisted he would pay for it, he's very good, but we won't be makign a habit of shite like that either. Tis always easier to keep the auld money on the level when backpacking. Anywhoo, I saw a lady who was fixing dreds on the street outside, so I got a bit of a makeover....
Note the awesome new backpack too. No more headbands for awhile ;)
So we're here safe and sound, alive and well. No problems, or heat stroke, or diarrhea, or stomach bugs, or mossie bites...yet!
On a random note, here's some flags:
I'm going to go and get some food, and tuck into a Singha. We've been doing a bit of research into island hopping through Indonesia, and it looks extremely doable. Sweet!
Oh yeah, almost forgot, we've booked a bus and boat to take us down south to Koh Tao. Koh Tao is a wee island in the Gulf of Thailand, I think it's about 7 miles long, in the shape (and colour) of a turtle(Tao) We're heading there tomorrow at 7.30pm, arriving at around 9.30am the next day. We're going to be back in Bangkok to fly home so will stay awhile then.
Bye for now!
