It's been a long weekend for me.  I left my house 3:00 pm on Saturday oct 22 and arrived at my hotel in bangkok on monday oct 24 11:00am, some 30 hours later.  Amie &i parted ways, i think she is a brave girl, she had a plan: show up, head south and make the rest up along the way. I was expecting to see Megan at the airport as we arrive around the same time but no Megan and thankfully Intrepid was there.  the ride to the hotel was good, nothing like the t...

what a day we have had. After a Thai breakfast of fried rice, chicken & noodles washed down with a decent cup of java we headed to the Grand Palace, about a 20 min walk from the hotel; an expected of  high of 34C means getting an early start.  shortly into our walk an older man on the street begins to chat us up and teach us a little Thai.  with our basic hotel map in hand he recommends a few other sites before the palace opens at noon, a bit later than no...

Had two interesting days in Thailand. Met our group tonignt, there is only 6 of us. Tomorrow we head out at 7:30 am for Cambodia. Having issues with Wi-Fi so could not update my blog with my journal - will do when I get wi-fi. Don't know if i can hook the ipad to a computer to transfer data, if anyone knows please help. I also cannot upload pictures to my blog from the ipad... had to use the hotel computer as the wi-fi was not working since we have been her...