Hi all!

Looks like this will be my last night in Bangkok until i come back just to fly out to Australia. Seems i will be traveling to northern Thailand... make my way up to Chiang Mai and from there will head over to Vietnam and then followed by India. I think i will be in India for about 3 weeks until i come back to Thailand and stay in Phuket. From there (probably by bus) i will make my way back up the coast to Bangkok a couple days before my flight leaves to Australia, Jan. 15th. Yesterday, i visited the Weekend Market in the city. i thought just getting there was nuts.... then i got there. INSANE! They have about 15,000 stalls (vendors) and on average 200,000 people visit there a day. I wasn't able to take any pictures there at the market because i had my back pack locked up (pick-pocketers) and i didn't want to keep taking it out. It was bad enough having to unlock it each time i wanted to buy a piece of clothing for $3 (american).... everything is so cheap here! Today i took a boat taxi over to this temple where the Reclining Buddah is... this thing is massive. Anyway... i've posted the pictures i have so far. I'm not sure how much access i will have while traveling outside of Bangkok so bare with me if it takes a while before my next update. Thanks for all your comments and emails! 153

Sara