Ok, so Sunday I woke up and headed out with Joe and his family to get breakfast. After which they dropped me off at a hair salon were I got my hairs cut. Once I got back to the house I pretty much spent the day packing for a little side trip up to North Thailand to a place called Ching Mai. Ching Mai is the capital city of Bangkok and a tourist spot to say the least. We boarded a bus in Bangkok at 830 pm at night. Buses are a choice way to travel around the provinces of Thailand. The bus we were on was a double decker bus with reclining seats and a video screen to watch movies. All the movies are in Thia language so I did not have much interest in watching Planet of the Apes with a dubbed over thia voice. It took ten hours to arrive in Ching Mai and I did not sleep. So we get there, sleep a little and then I headed up to a mountain top Buddhist temple named Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep. I had to get a taxi to the top of the mountain, the taxi is just a small pickup truck that is covered and has bench seats. You go to the taxi stand at the base of the mountain, get in the back of the truck and wait until they have filled the truck with who ever is going, you pay 100 baht and off you go. The temple was amazing, I even got a foot massage while up there. We came back and then headed out about town. So we went out that night, had some grub and I will leave the story at that. Things happened that night I cannot discuss in this forum, I ended up moving out of the condo we were sharing and getting my own room that night. At that point I was alone in Thailand far far away from Bangkok. I got a bus ticket back to Bangkok the next day and rode the 10 hours back into the city of Bangkok. I really lucked out on the bus. The seat I got was on the bottom and the girl i was sitting next to was Thia who spoke a little bit of English. She was great, very nice, helpful, made me feel very relaxed to sit next to a person that was human. So I get back into the bus station in Bangkok, get a taxi, go to dudes house, get my stuff and take the taxi to a hotel. I stayed at a nice place but it was way too expensive, so once I got into the hotel I got on expedia found a deal on another nice place for $50 bucks a night. I got up this morning and ate breakfast and transferred hotels. So now I sit and write this blog.
Hey, dont worry, I am having a great time. Life is full of ups and downs. This afternoon I am going and try to meet up with this dude i met on the south beach. He messaged me on google+ and we are going to hang out. He is from Swizterland and traveled with a bike and trailer that he pulls with the bike. It will be good to hang out with someone that acts like a friend. I thank Joe and his family for their hospitality. later
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