around the world one continent at a time: life is rough...

Hello All!

    Just getting updated from my last couple of days, I didn't have internet at our hostel in Hong Kong so I was unable to post as much as i had liked.

    So my last day and night in Hong Kong wasn't as exciting as i had liked, but i did manage to see The Symphony of Light, which is a rad light show that goes on over on the Hong Kong island and involves a lot of the skyscrapers. Yesterday we managed to go for a walk and found it hard to decide on a place to eat, but eventually made it back to the place where Terry had taken us the day before, a food court at the mall that was moderately priced and had good food. After eating we walked across the street and decided to check out the Hong Kong museum of Art which turned out to be a pleasant surprise. After getting some grub and checking out the museum we made it back to our hotel and i finished packing my bags and said goodbye to my amigos, which i'm not gonna lie, it was going to be sad to leave them as this is a trip of a lifetime and it sucks when you're friends aren't there to share the memories with you.

    I made it to the airport (HKG) in time with Bangkok next on the list, after finally getting access to the internet and checking up on FB, the boarding time had came, looking at the giant beast that would take me to the next destination was amazing and scary at the same time, how could that giant get off the ground i thought to myself. I landed in Bangkok at 23:00 and by the time i made it through immigration and customs it was about 23:45ish leaving just the right amount of time to catch the Airport Express into town, which stops running at midnight. I finally made it to my destination around 00:30ish, Kaoh San Road, and by the time i made it to the hostel it was about 1:00am, but it seemed like it was mid day as the street was filled with people and shops open selling goods. I didn't do much that night after unpacking i was beat and managed to go to bed and get caught up on my texts, thanks google voice.

The ride over to Bangkok

Today i woke up with nothing in mind and not knowing anyone or what to do, i got ready for the day, made it down stairs and before i sat down i had already met Tal, a backpacker from Israel. We chatted it up for a bit and decided to walk around and take in the sights as it was his first day as well. First stop on the agenda was the big temple, but it was a holiday today so that went out the window, we then decided to head to the Golden Mountain, which was a temple on top of a mountain which was way cool. In the process Tal and I got hungry and decided to get some grub, we found what we thought at the time was a good and reasonable priced restaurant, and although they served good food and were reasonably priced, $4-5 for the meal and a couple of drinks, it turned out to be a scam as there are far cheaper places we can get food, $1-2 per meal, I need to stop comparing prices on the dollar as i'll run out quick thinking i'm getting a good deal if it's only $5-6. We met a british and half greek half spanish girl (Suzanne and Christina) who were on the same path, just find time to kill and sights to see. We agreed to head to the Thailand cultural and art exhibit, how we got there was a bit interesting. Suzanne had read in her lonely planet book that the most cost effective way, i'm on a budget, it's ok with me, was to take a boat down the river as it would drop us off at the stop we needed to be. After being stuck in a crazy rain storm we were off by boat to our next stop. We get to the exhibit and we find out it's closed on mondays, so across the street is a mall and we decide to go in there and Suzanne managed to buy some stickers and I was introduced to Miffy, Hello Kitty's rival. After a while we managed to take a taxi back to Kaoh San Road for 100 baht which is not horrible as we other taxis wanted 200+. We got back to Kaoh San Road and there was a fundraiser/charity event going on for the japanese victims. So here we are in the middle of the road with the Thai red cross around collecting money when out of the corner of my eye i see a huge elephant headed my way. It turns out this group had organized this group of elephants to help with the charity, and it worked as i donated some bahts towards the cause, not that i wouldn't have in the first place, but it influenced the amount that i gave for the cause. After checking out the elephants and a concert Suzanne got the idea of getting a foot message, so we walk down another street and found a place that offered a foot and back message for 100 baht, a little over $3!! So after that was done, which was amazing, we went to grab a drink before Suzanne and Christina went off to catch their bus to Chang Mai. After exchanging info and saying our goodbyes Tal and I headed back to the hostel to chill out and relax before experiencing Bangkok by night, which i hear they put on good ping pong shows ;)

First day in Bangkok, total spent $12, Success!!!

Until next time, Enjoy