a taxi, a train, a bus, a boat, a truck

All in all it took about 17 hours but it was all worth it. Lauren and I are at Ko Samoi, and island in the gulf of thailand. We found the most perfect pristine beach ever, with white silky sand and perfectly smimable water. The food is amazing and the weather couldn't be better. We went around the island today to look at some of the other beach and they are so much dirtier. Thailand has this party thing going on, all the europeans and israelis come here to party...so strange.

So apparently americans don't come to asia. And I can say first hand after a solid week of being here that people just don't like us. EVERY time lauren and i tell people where we're from they just nod and turn their heads...every time. Noone wants to talk to us...thanks to you know who. Jerk. This guy at our hotel told us that this beach used to be 75% americans, then about 5 years ago they just stopped...hmmm, wonder why. Anyway, we are having a great time together but haven't really met anyone since Japan. There was a nice israeli guy on the train and a cool chinese girl on the bus...but that's is. Where's all my cool travelers that I met in all the other countries I went to?

I guess I can backtrack a little too. Bangkok was nuts, I am so glad to be outta there. I thought if i injested any more exhaust i might stop breathing. Our last night there we did go to this amazing club at the top of this hotel downtown called vertigo. It was 360 degrees around the hotel and outside, bangkok looked so beautiful from there. Too bad it took us 3 hours in 2 taxis to get there because of the insane traffic. We ended up getting out and walking twice! And crossing streets there is no simple task...not like japan.

The next day before we got on our sleeper train we went to the market, which blew our minds. If you ever go to bangkok, go for the weekend market. You can get ANYTHING, and it was all great stuff! We spent hours there sweating and shopping. The food they have is crazy and there's even an animal section. We missed that part but we are definitely going back. Apparently they have alligators stacked in a pyramid!

The train was probebly the most intense experience so far on this trip. It was no Eurorail or Amtrack, pretty shaky. Our section was comfortable though, it was when we went on a hunt for the dining car that was crazy. It felt like india. People lying on newspaper all over the floor, flies everywhere. It was really sad, one of those things you just don't forget.

So we'll probebly be at the beach for a couple of weeks. One week here and the next on Ko Tao, a diving island. Unless the weather is no good, we're gonna get PADI certified to scuba dive!

Thats all for now!