Thailand- Bangkok

Many pics, videos and a post below~

For you, Sis..

For you Sis and Bro, who introduced me- Chicken Satay- SO good!

So~ Bangkok is way too much to adequately get into, but shit I guess I gotta’ try.  You all know how we felt coming from India, so let me begin by saying that our first day of arrival was apparently during some Thai water festival (forget the name) / communist revolution shit (not quite as bad as the media made out).  All that I can say is that we headed straight for Khao San Rd (tourist central).  BKK is HUGE.  And we went straight for the tourist part of the city, walked up and down the streets being assaulted by people with squirt guns, buckets of ice water, clay, etc (see the vids below).  Everyone is smiling and having fun, so you couldn’t really get mad. So much friendly spirit…

Our next few days were much the same. You literally couldn’t walk down the streets without being accosted with water by someone, our hostel people, tourists, Thai locals, etc. etc.

After the water festival, our time in Bangkok has been such a blur.  We met a lot of cool people: Sabastian from UK (our fav., the crazy stick guy from last vid below), reunited with Angel from Goa waaay back in India, a lot of really cool girls, people in general, man.  I love BKK.

Where we were staying in Khao San, which is really only one road- but on this road is like the equivalent of, I don’t know mardi gras?  Everyone and everybody IS there.  All nations represented, literally.  There are no words to describe this place.  We are leaving soon, and I will miss it.  But, just buying a beer at 7-Eleven, sitting on the curb and people watching, well Jo and I loved it.  We began our 1^st night as a duo, and without even trying we ended our night with a crew of 10; everyone just gabbing, sneaking into some pool at a hotel, oh so many stories.... This became a consistent story....

Dear god, I cannot begin to describe the lifestyle I’ve had here.  It has indeed, once again, blown my mind- but in a different way.  So different from SoCal. Everyone is just in that travel-spirit.  So many people.  So many experiences and opportunities.  I want to come back home and shake people- open your mind! Actually, I want to poke them, see how hard much it takes to get them going. I used to be sensitive, and maybe I still am but now I just love testing people I meet to see the limits of their mentality. What does it take to offend without really trying to be offensive? Humility at the forefront....

Sorry if this post was controversial, but I’ve been tested personally here, and I am curious about how it will be when I get back home.  Am I becoming a hippy?  Never! Oh hell no…

Crazy street food, yet so good.  And it doesn't give me stomach cancer!

Jo is mocking my Westsiiiiiide.

Literally the first day of our arrival.  Bags had just been put away after being sprayed on the way to our hostel  After India, duz ya think we wuz ready to partay? ....

Day X of the water festival.  Hehehehe. Sorry, Mom, obviously i'm alright enough to be making this post, eh?

I'm sorry to say, but yes this is me eating a cockroach.  My philosophy is 'I'll try anything once,' and notice I couldn't keep it down.  Even the cute English blonde to my left didn't want to be near me.  But hey, I tried it motherfucker! Can you say you've tried a cockroach?

Okay these are just some crazy English dudes that we met that had SO much energy.  They were so much fun when it came to just walking down the street and meeting new people- the stereotypical partiers just 'off their heads.'