Bangkok and the Islands

On the plane from Hong Kong to Bangkok, I sat next to this guy who literally had a piece of snot coming out of his nose all the way to his lap, it was disgusting/incredible. Anyway, got to Bangkok and headed to Kho San Road and holy crap, I have never seen so many tourists in one area ever in my life. Everyone in that part of town is white. I noticed this seems to be a trend here in Thailand, tons and tons and tons of tourists.

Bangkok is HUGE! Its also very hot at the moment, but that didnt stop me from exploring. I did the touristy things, went to the lying Buddha, the Kings Palace and took a water taxi thing. Bangkok is pretty cool. Its really cheap and there is a ton of shopping. Good thing its my last stop before home :)

Kings Palace

Palace

More palace

So much detail!

Enormous Buddha

Some Wats

Water taxi

I had to head down to the islands in the southeastern part of Thailand cause I wanted to go to the full moon party. I arrived in Kho Tao and again, all white people. At this point, I am realizing it is extremely hard to meet people in places like this. Everyone is on vacation with their friends, there are very few backpackers, and the ones you do meet, I wasnt really impressed with (that sounds so snobby, but trust me, its true). I had to have a day alone just to take time to come to terms with the fact that this is different than South America and the people I meet are going to be different and there are going to be a lot, a lot of tourists from here on out. But thats ok, I can find places that make me happy, because its my trip!

Kho Tao was ok. I tried to learn how to ride a scooter but about a minute after I got on the bike I ran directly into a brand new truck and had to pay him $200!!! I need a little more practice on those things.

Kho Tao

After 2 days in Kho Tao, I headed to Kho Phanghan to make sure I got a room for the full moon party. I met these two English fellows in the cab and we decided to share a room. The room was expenisve, but it had AC and a TV and was right in town. The beach we stayed at was crowded and not that nice. I went up north one day to check out the other beaches, but to get around this island is expensive too. Obviously, I am not a big fan of this portion of the trip.

So every night, we went to the beach, drank some buckets, danced, played with fire, and just hung out. Buckets are dangerous!

Roomates and Buckets

Fire Limbo

Haad Yao Beach

I don't have any pictures of the Full Moon Party because I didn't want to bring my camera, but basically, I hung out alone all night. The boys I was with met these 18 year old sweedish girls and I was not really enjoying their company so I was like, ok, peace out, I am going to explore. I walked around all night, met people, danced, but its pretty boring when you don't have any friends and I couldn't find anyone I had met this past week. At one point, one of the roomies, found me and told me that he and the other roomate got into a fight and he had been in the ER the past few hours because he got his ear bit off!! He was really pissed off and had his pack with him because he was like "I can't stay with that asshole tonight". I went back at around sunrise and passed out. Woke up at 11, the guys had to catch an early boat so the remaining fellow left before I woke up. So when I went to check out, I got stuck with a $200 bill for the broken door! I was so fucking pissed off I just started bawling. I already don't like this place and then all that happened. Leaving on a 7am boat tomorrow to get very far away from here. It wasn't all bad, but looking forward to a new location.