Bangkok- culture shock

Hey! So, after the craziest week of my life (finishing everything at work, report cards, marking tests, prepping and throwing a huge Halloween party at school, packing, cleaning, entertaining house guests, etc), we're now here in Thailand. Got here yesterday night, late. The cab driver was falling asleep while driving us into Bangkok. We were trying to talk to him, get him to turn up the music, coughing loudly, etc. So, we made it here safely.

We're (by we I mean my 2 brothers, Jason and Vonn, Jason's girlfriend and Dan, my boyfriend) are staying in a guest house in a back packers zone called Khao San.

Khao San Road

Last night I felt a little scared to walk around. There were all sorts of people everywhere. Garbage filled the streets, pee smells filled my nostrils. It was Halloween, so along with my strange new surroundings, which resemble nothing of where I have been living for the last year (small town Korea), there were people with costumes and make up on. Bleeding eyes, and battle scars painted on their faces, masks and other things. So, it was a little unnerving. In any case, we found our place tucked away down a random alley. 5 of us slept on 2 beds, more comfortably than you would think.


The shower in our room is cold but refreshing. The food is so unbelievably delicious! Things are going really good so far. It's very cheap to be here.