Sawadee Kha. I've been travelling through Thailand for the last three weeks with my wonderful friend, Lindsey Calderwood. In all honesty, it has been pretty intense. One minute I hate Thailand and the next minute I can't get enough, I love it. The good: the children with their huge smiles, the breathtaking, colorful/golden wats (temples), the peaceful monks walking amongst pure chaos yet so relaxed and calm. The Bad: being harassed by Tuk-Tuk drivers, an unpleasant week of travellers diarhea (the worst was at the bus station in Bangkok, trying to balance on the squatter toilet with my backpack on), the extreme heat and humidity, the impossibility of going for a wander down the street and not smelling a hundred different smells, from bbq meat, durians (rotting brain smell and taste), salted fish, fish oil, garbage,
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