Well I've made it! I'm in Thailand. Just quietly I nearly $hat my pants on the way over. When I originally booked my holiday all I thought was "wow beach, holiday, travel" I didn't actually think about the whole going to a foreign land where they don't really speak English on your lonesome. It's just a little scary. I've managed to be ripped off within the first 2 hours of arriving, but I was only ripped off by about $5 - $10, so really it's not that bad. I knew i was being ripped off but I was so flustered and feeling vulnerable that I just wanted to get where I needed to go at any cost. I could have got more ripped off as the original Taxi wanted to charge me 400 baht for what
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