Hello friends and family! Well...I've been having an AMAZING time... Me and Gus have spent our first three days on a whirldwind tour of Bangkok. This is one crazy, busy, hot, dusty and dirty city. It is definately lovable though! We stayed 2 nights in the backpacker mecca called Khao San rd. This is a street full of tourists, trinkets, thai-style clothing and cuisine....The overwhelming number of western tourists are a little off-putting when you are trying to immerse yourself in a foreign culture...but also kinda comforting to have around. Everywhere people speak fluent English allowing you to communicate easily... We crammed in a lot into 3 days: 2 Full body 1 hour Thai Massages and a 1 hour Thai Foot Massage ($5 AU each), Lots of Market shopping - unbelievably cheap and very good quality!
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