We all woke up around the same time this morning and i proceeded to have my morning hysteria laughing about all the ridiculous stuff we had done the night before. We had some breakfast and used the internet to tell our family and friends we had arrived safe. After that we went back to the pool swam for a while, got dressed and then walked around the area of Khoa San road. For lunch we found a street vendor and had some of the best Pad Thai i had ever had. We walked around a bit more and all of a sudden we were at a main intersection when cops popped up at every corner and stopped all traffic to let the King of Thailand and his entourage of Mercedes Benz and motor cops pass.
We then started talking to a man who explained it was the kings birthday and all tuk tuks got free petroleum for the day so it was much cheaper to get a ride. Chris and I in one tuk and the German girls in another tuk, took off to see Bangkok and its temples. We visited A 5 storey high golden Buddha, a few temples and around the outside of the grand palace.
After the crazy tuk tuk driving and insane traffic we made our way back to Khoa San road to was off the grime and fumes of the city streets.One thought, Bangkok is much cleaner than i expected it to be, not that it was immaculate but no where close to as dirty as Central America. I feel great and am so stoked to actually be here doing this trip!!
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