Bangkok

Arrived in Bangkok two days ago.
Feels like we've left Asia.

The border... we're used to being a couple people walking across the border, and the no-mans-land in between is usually a field/ Now suddenly it was a town full of Casinos and we had to stand in queue with lots of other farangs. Strange.

The strangeness didn't stop there. The driving here is INSANE!
For the first time, there are actually more cars than motos. There are street lights. And guess what, the cars stick to one lane and use the blinker when turning or changing lanes? CRAZY! I bet most cars/motos even have headlights... and use them!

Traffic jam... getting closer to Bangkok.

 

Ruut 'enjoying' here pedicure

 One of the reasons we headed to Bangkok for New Years - met up with the crazy Dutch from the Trans Manchurian!

 The Dutch live in a fancy hotel with a swimming pool on the roof...

 

...and since our dorm beds aren't 'quite' this cozy, we decided to crash their room.

 Sophia and Djeff on Khao san last night.

 Same street from above.

We live on Khao san road, also known as backpacker ghetto. This means music, bars, restaurants, ATM's, food stalls, cloth stores, hotells... all basically on one street. They do everything to make you think you'll never need to leave. Hmm. Let's see how many days more we'll think it's fun...