Hello from LOS (Bangkok)

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Hello to everyone from Bangkok. We have been enjoying the sites and smells for two days now in beautiful downtown Bangkok, what an amazing city. Fast and furious to say the least. We enjoyed our first day of exploration walking through the weekend market at Mo Chit (Bangkok) and then enjoyed a longboat ride through the klongs (canals) of Bangkok, what a spectacular journey it was, and we are only in the throngs of the first few days of our journey.
Keeping this first journal short and sweat (no pun intended), humidity 90%/93 degree F today. Cheers - Shaun

Shaun is very politically correct on his entry, now down to the down and dirty, it is dirty (Michelle remember some of the smaller villages in Baja Sur, much like your favorite Mulege). Not going to expound on the Palce, Wat's, etc. other travelers on this blog site have done that for us. Had a foot massage yesterday fantastic, 250b., 1 hour. Food is great, anything one could possibly want. Today off to MBK shopping center and then who knows where. I'm looking forward to getting up north for some relief from congestion, smog, etc. Flight over was fasntastic, about 20 hours in total, (chelsea, AmbienCR is great for sleeping and fighting jetlag, neither Shaun or I had much of a problem adapting, thanks). Monday 227/06 on to Chiang Mai and ouir waiting van 2000b per day with driver, for a week of the Mae Hong Son Loop. That's it for Ralph (the old man).

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Photos

Skytrain platform, Mo Chit Station
End of the line, on our walk about to weekend market

Klong (canal) ride BKK
Longboat trip Thonburi district Bkk

Grand Palace
A walk through the Grand Palace