Well I think I am finally getting the hang of things. Yesterday morning at breakfast I met Charlotte, a girl from England. I ended up venturing out with her and Brittany a girl from Nashville who now lives in China, along with another guy who lives in China, but I can't remember his name, it was something crazy Chinese. Whoops. Anyways, we went out on the town to a few Buddhist temples, saw a really big buddha, rode tuk tuks, shopped, ate, and did a whole lotta walking. Thank you Chacos! I ended up getting back to the hostel around 4 and of course immediately passed out after not getting a wink of sleep last night due to sleeping all day. And of course I passed out the entire night once again. I missed dinner and going out and all that. Oh well. I'm not worried. I took a couple nyquil to help me sleep through the night last night and it helped a little.
I went out today with Charlotte and her 3 friends all from England for a little bit to see the giant swing, which was pretty anticlimactic. After that we had already walked so much and it was so hot, I decided to come back to the hostel. I ended up taking a tuk tuk by myself and the driver had no idea where my hostel was so I told him it was close to Koh San Road and he took me there. I was a little nervous trying to find my way back by myself, but I managed. Almost everything is written in Thai. Sometimes if you're lucky it will have english sub titles. I decided to look around and do a little shopping on my own before making my way back, which was nice. Those English girls can be hard to understand with those thick accents, even though they are speaking English. I have heard more accents in the past two days than I ever have in my life. Its quite entertaining actually. I think my favorite so far is the Italian I met. On another point, language barriers are....difficult. Not fun at all. I think I'm getting better communicating when there is a language barrier, but probably not.
I actually plan on staying awake tonight to experience the night life. I have not drank a beer or anything at that since I've been here. Very unlike me. Haha. I'll let you know how that goes later on.
I heard someone in the hostel listening to Red Hot Chili Peppers really loud the other day. I wanted to go hang out with those guys but I couldn't for the life of me figure out where it was coming from. It was nice to hear some familiar music. And good music at that!
I decided to go down to the islands to see Shelly before she leaves in about a month, so I will get to Koh Tao to see her on Tuesday, which is her birthday! She gets to teach me how to dive! I am more than excited. I like Bangkok, but I'm ready to move on.
Keep an eye on my pictures! I'm posting as I go.
Love, Love, Love!
