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home away from home

have realized I've been to bangkok more than any other city (besides one's I've lived in). for sure feels like some sort of homecoming . despite it's grungy buildings, poluted water, gross old men hitting on young thai girls, smog, traffic....there's something about this cities energy that I just groove with. thai food, sky train, sois, street food, back alleys, the river, street sweepers (sweeping the entire city by hand!), wats, unlimited sky scrapers.....and a sound track just makes it better (go ipod).

petros pointed out the absense of green spaces which gotta admit I'd never really noticed. never mind I made him walk to the old city down a car/motorbike/smog choked road on a hot, humid day. as opposed to taking a tuk-tuk or taxi, cause I'm too cheap. clearly gave him a crap impression of the city :( and just proves I make a crummy tour guide....(kiss that job idea goodbye, I guess).

yesterday we overdosed on small electronics window shopping and stumbled across a japanese animae costume fest. guess it was a promotion to get kids to go to school in japan....or at least rope young girls into their lets-just-call-it-'esoteric' sex trade. whatever it was, always cool to catch a bit of stereotypical asia.

the river through town is at near flood stage - we rode the ferry and saw fish markets and houses basically underwater. this place will be a mess in 2 weeks as water keeps rising and tides increase. glad we're outty in a couple days.

last night we hit bed supper club and once again it didn't disapoint. 2 stellar djs, we bopped from one room to the other. happily, like the last time I was here, the crowd was a refreshingly unpretentious mix of locals and tourists. also met a couple sri lankans who said their country is no prob to visist and the scene there is brillaint. sweet - will for sure file that for future consideration...take that tamil tigers...

today more sight seeing in the hot humid weather. and more thai food!!! then into the chaos of india...

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