Last Night & Day 1 - A taxi ride from the airport, 2 temples, 4 meals (including drinks), Thai Massage, and various tuk-tuk rides around the city = $60. And I haven't really been penny pinching yet. Today we woke up at the crack of dawn since our inner alarm clocks are WAY off and had coffee & breakfast a small place down the street. First up was a walk through the Grand Palace Temple where we were told along our walk by about 7 different locals that it...

After 26 hours of flying and pretty much not having a birthday because I flew through so many time zones, I have arrived in the backpacker district of Bangkok. I'm staying at Rikka Inn on Kao San Road. My friend Justin from Dallas is traveling with me for the month of October. We hit up the street vendors for food and beer as soon as we checked in. HAPPY BDAY ME!