kris travis

After some breaky we got showered up and decided to go watch a movie. Finally saw Transformers 2, a really nice movie especially when you have the theatre all to you self for 80b ($2.67). After Transformers we did some window shopping, I found some Ed Hardy shirts that I was thinking of getting but they were a bit expensive at $4. After shopping we headed back to Khao San and grabbed some street food. Some of us headed to Patong Markets which is home to the Ping Pong shows but only to do some shopping. Shopping there wasn’t all that great though, we were continually bombarded by people offering us sex shows, needless to say we declined. We got back to Khao San and since we were doing a tour tomorrow leaving no time for ... read more

So I arrived into Chiang Mai around 6am well exhausted after the bus drops us off at their guesthouse which isn’t too bad 300 baht for a room with hot shower... the only thing is it didn’t come with any outlets. After a long nap I woke up and wandered around Chiang Mai, the city itself is moated on all 4 sides which is cool! I grabbed a quick vegan meal at this restaurant with free wifi, always a plus then crashed. The next morning I woke up to Chef Chan cooking school (Actually, the Best Thai Cookery School) and for 900 baht we learnt to cook around 11 dishes! The cooking schools are all pretty much same same. It started off with a market tour where we went around looked at different fruits and ... read more

After my flight I headed into Saigon for one more night, again attempted to finish my marketing project with no avail. The room we stayed at last time was booked so after some lunch I decided to check out this place the waitress was telling me about. I don't know what made me stay but I did, the place was however well dodgy and in need of a total reno. I stood their contemplating what I would do to the place and how I would run a hostel business instead of doing my marketing plan (typical). Woke up in the morning and paid $8 for the room (even though it was suppose to be $10) and ran to the bus. The guesthouse guy came running after me after he realized his mistake, there was however no ... read more

So here goes my third attempt at blogging, started my vakay from a vakay about a week ago and its been unreal. In the beginning it was, as always a bit more nerving but now that were in the full swing of things its absolutely amazing. First couple of days in Bangkok were unreal, BOILING hot and soo much people. I've never seen traffic like I did there. Met some awesome Canadians and traveled with them around Bangkok. One thing about bangkok that I will not miss is constant questions of 'you want tuk tuk, ping pong show, lady boy'. Got my visas for Vietnam, which I was obviously overcharged for since I was farang! (foreign). Shits and giggles that my visa cost more money that my flight but Vietnam was absolutely unreal! At the airport ... read more