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bangkok sure is a crazy place. spent a while monday figuring out my bearings and getting used to a new city. weird to see a different language everywhere after being in china for so long. they even drive on the wrong side of the road, or is that the right side. i dunno, the british side anyways. eating rice with a fork all of a sudden, rather than chopsticks, whats going on!!
more weird sights. khao san road is crazy like magaluf. white people everywhere getting drunk and being loud. maybe im too old for it but doesnt really interest me anymore. went to pat pong area and watched a pin pong show. dont ask what that is if u dont know but it wasnt especially sexy, at any route. interesting tho. and saw lots of girls for sale, some very young. lots of women who mite be men, some who definietly are and more crazy sights in between....
i decided to get away from bangkok for a couple of nights. kananchabaru is 2 hrs west of bk and is home to the infamous bridge over the river kwai, and death railway/ hellfire pass, built by POWs in WW2 and at the cost of 16000 lives. its an interesting place to visit with a cemetary and museums about the japanese atrocities here but also is a backpackers hang out because its so chilled by the river. staying in a simple guesthouse bungalow with a little terrace looking out over theriver and abig garden to chill out in swinging in a hammock. its pretty relaxing as im sure u can guess. met some great down to earth english blokes to hang out with for a bit. watched 3 films last night and doing a pub quiz later- its tough life i know. sorry to all those working hard back home. esp mum whos probs working far too hard as usual.
talking of employment chris got himself a job with the fire service in oxford -yay!!! and more good news is my sister has been called to the bar! how exciting, a fully fledged barrister in thefamily. now i can finally embark on that career of international crime and terrorism safe in knowledge my sister will probs bail me out!!
so congratulations to you both. love u and miss u allxxx
ps ill be out of touch for a few days i think because im heading to the jungle at the weekend. hopefully ill make it out alive and not too mosquito bitten tho i doubt the latter!!
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