Hello from Bangkok. Quite a change from the island of Cebu. I've spent the past few days wandering around, taking it all in, eating my fill of (cheap!) Phad Thai, visiting beautiful temples, and figuring out where to go next. I saw the world's largest reclining Buddha statue at Wat Pho... pretty impressive; anyone out there happen to know where the world's largest standing Buddha statue is? I will try to post more photos soon. My camera is being a bit temperamental which I'm guessing (hoping?) has to do with the increased heat and humidity. At any rate, I've been having trouble getting it to focus properly (arghhhh... not sure I realized just how many pictures I'd been taking until my ability to do so was compromised).
Bangkok is busy and loud and I'd have to say that it's not one of my favorite places so far. My friend Dave described it like this: "It assails all of the senses more or less simultaneously and usually grinds even the hardiest of folk down after a few days." I'd like to think I'm one of the hardier folk, and after 3 days I'm ready to bail. Lucky for me, I have an escape plan! I'm headed to Chiang Mai tomorrow afternoon. I'll plan to stay in Chiang Mai city for the weekend where I'll meet up with my friend Mandy's dad. He & his girlfriend are teaching at a school in Kiew Sua, which is about 60 miles outside Chiang Mai. They are looking for more help there and I think I will have the opportunity to stay for a few weeks and volunteer before moving on to my next destination (wherever that may be... it seems that proposed map I set up is getting less and less accurate!).
Can't wait to see what's next...
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