Thai Goodness

Twenty hours later, I made it to Bangkok, Thailand. There is a lot to write and not much time to write it in, but I'm safe and having a blast.

I meant to do this yesterday but got sidetracked by a Thai man I met on the street. He pointed away down an alley and told me to go see the festival there. Why not? While wandering around a Buddhist monastery that was celebrating a holiday, another Thai man came up to me to explain the historical significance of this event. Then he told me of some other places I could go, hired a tuktuk (a three wheeled, open-air contraption that wheels and deals around these crazy streets--you'd think less people would make it back from a trip like that), and off I went around the city.

This afternoon, I leave for northern Thailand to hike up to the Golden Triangle. I'll think of you all from atop my elephant.