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12th January 2008

you're new apartment seems excellent! although the single/double bed situation (which mostly looks like one giant bed) is a little interesting. will you guys be on the same schedule getting up in the morning? if not...i think it will be tough sleeping in and whatnot...
11th January 2008

gotta agree with dave on this one...
10th January 2008

hey brian, i don't remember the specifics but while i was there someone from our hotel explained the taxi's to us. some of them can only got within certain areas, and it has to do with the colors. there are zones or some kind of set up and they stay within the zone, and then there are some that go all over. like i said, i don't remember the specifics about it, just that the concierge explained it to us one night when we were having trouble getting a cab.
10th January 2008

you didn't mention ANYthing about how much you're going to miss me =]
10th January 2008

Answering Eric's question
I'm really not too sure why some of the taxis wouldn't take me. My only guess is that it's because I was so far away from my apartment. I live on one end of the city and I had walked completely to the other end, which was around 10 miles straight across and I guess drivers just didn't want to go that far. The driver I had took me on the highway instead of staying on the city streets and it still took about 30 minutes to get me to my apartment. Outside of that I have no explanation as to why I couldn't get a cab. I could have easily taken a tuk tuk because there were a ton of them but I didn't really feel comfortable taking one of them all the way across the city.
10th January 2008

Hey there brian
Wow that's a long walk. Now did you ask anyone why the taxis wouldn't take you back or do you have an idea why they wouldn't. Just out of curiosity. Also the pictures are great. Really enjoying these blogs though, bangkok sounds really interesting. Even though it may be dirty. Hopefully things will get better for you and you'll find what you want (like better smelling food which also hopefully tastes great too). Well hope your legs feel better! And I look forward to seeing your next blog.
9th January 2008

dirty city.
i totally had the same experience with having dirt in my nose. it's gross! as for the taxi's, the only advice i have is to have them turn the meter on. some won't do it because they lose money on it, but it will definitely save you if you can get someone who will. we were bargaining at first, and paying usually around 200 baht per ride, and then the first time we asked them to turn on the meter (as the advice of our hotel staff) it ended up being something like 80 baht. and i LOVE the pictures. you're blog is quite exciting to read =)
9th January 2008

Hi ooo Brian, Just doing my fair share of stalking here over in the US. I heard from Maria that you had finally left and then I saw you had a blog in your facebook profile so I came over to read it. Sounds like you're being the lil explorer over there! It sucks that you're getting ripped off at the beginning, but I think that's just part of the experience. The first taxi I took in Italy I ended up paying about $45 for, it was awful but like you, I was tired and scared and didn't care. Anyway...just wanted to comment like you asked for to show you people are reading this..hope things pick up a bit for you and you start enjoying your experience abroad!! Try and stay clean ;)
9th January 2008

your apt looks sweeeet

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