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Travel - Bangkok (Jan 30) 

Hey y'all, 

Last night I had a fellow contiki mate knock on my door to ask me to go to the Ping Pong show with the rest of the group. I said yes and off we ventured into Bangkok night life. The show was interesting and horrifying. It's a Thai sex show. Girls stuffed razors, fish, four meter long strings, darts, cigars, blew out candles, and popped ping pong balls out their hoohahs. Good way to understand why Bangkok is the sex trade capital of the world. it's not prevalent at all during the day in the city. At night it's hidden pretty well within the main streets. 

Today we woke up at 7 to do a hotel breakfast then head out to see the Grand Palace. It's a humid rainy day for once. We walked to a public boat which took us to the palace. It's stunning architecture all of which was done by hand. It took them five years to build the palace which is super intricate and gold leaf extravagant. The Emerald Buddha is located within this palace. It's thailands most famous statue. It's honestly not not as impressive as they make it out to be. Its about 4 feet tall in a golden boat which is about 40 feet high and fine detailed. We had a Thai tour guide who spoke English but was hard to understand. The history got lost in translation. 

The palace was followed by a boat tour of the Bangkok canals. Tons of military police boats all down the canal. The river is super muddy and gross brown colored. We fed cat fish bread which was strange entertainment. The boat ride wasn't as pleasant due to the rain. Plus the tour guide sucked at not screaming into the mike. 

The afternoon was sunny and not humid. The humidity is killing me. 100% humidity can go die. I ate at a vegetarian place with Claire, Kim, and Bree. The afternoon was filled with massages and relaxing. Nice way to just be calm and keep on. 

We then took the bus to the train station. We've now boarded the train to Chang Mai which is a 16 hour train ride. The train stops consistently and is rocky and totally uncomfortable. We are only in Nakhon Sawah. It's only 1030 pm here and the train doesn't stop until 8 or 12 tomorrow morning. 

People are starting to join cliques which is going to be interesting. I'm going to try and sleep now. 

AFN