Bangkok
by Sean on Aug.21, 2008, under Thailand
So last night in the airport, I had the craving for McDonalds, but the only problem was that I was already stamped out of China and sitting in limbo between countries. I asked my mates if they’d let me go back, but didn’t think about the problem of re-entering a country that doesn’t have the arrival stamp available. They almost let me go try it. We decided that the Chinese would probably implode from being unable to compute the idea of returning to their country.
We arrived in Thailand about 2am, and I got to the hotel around 3am. This morning I saw how truly annoying the Thai people can be. They prey on tourists and are much more convincing than the Chinese are trying to get you to do what they want. I had many people come up to me asking if I needed a taxi, a tuk tuk (it’s like a rick shaw almost, but motorized), etc. I asked someone about getting money changed and I got 5 opinions (each person trying to get me to go to their own special favorite place).
I’ve seen a Hard Rock, a Dunkin Donuts, and many other places that China (at least Wuhan) doesn’t have. Needless to say I had a chocolate frosted donut for 60 US cents and am very happy. I’m very surprised that the Thai people speak English really well, and they keep Bangkok really clean. I can even see the blue sky! The reason this surprises me is because my mate told me when he was there in 2004 it was really dirty and pretty much a shithole.
More to come later..
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