Rest of Day 1

So I decided to move hostels to a place called New Road Guest House. This is like the Danish hotbed of travelers. I got my first Thai massage too. I never thought a tiny woman under 5 feet tall could twist me around in so many awkward but cool positions. I definitely see how you could do that every day because I paid 7 dollars for an hour massage and it was amazing. You walk in, bow and throw a sawatdee their way and they will do anything for you. I jumped the line just because i bowed and greeted correctly, boom winner! You get water and little shoes(little because my feet popped out about and inch and a half, silly americans) and you get your feet scrubbed before you start because feet are a big disgust factor in Thailand. Then you go into your room, sectioned off by curtains, and change into light clothing they provide and wait for her to knock. Then an hour of comfortable to awkward to what the hell am I doing goes down! It was relaxing and I felt absolutely refreshed afterwards, and they gave me tea when I left.

I got a Lonely Planet from a friend I met at an internet cafe, score, and after moving all my stuff just listened to the Bangkok tourguide for a bit in my hostel. Grabbed street food on my trip back with "Eric" my cabbie. Basically the street food here is out of this world. Very little communication is available so I just point and smile and whatever they put on a plate is amazing. Not to mention i paid 50 cents for my lunch, hahahaha.

Here is where it gets interesting. Like i said earlier, Songkran, the Thai New Year, is going on and there is a waterfight taking place all over the city. So naturally I went to the mecca of the watershed...Khoa san Rd. I got soaked, bought a gun, soaked some thais, got tons of puddy softly rubbed on my face by a thousand thais. that is the traditional way. ALl this happens on a packed street with tons of cheap beer and whisky buckets and food and dancing and singing and(screw commas) and smiles and all sorts of fun! It was a blast. I decided that America should adopt this.

After that I was beat, went home to take a power nap, 6 oclock, and woke up at 10:30, haha. Jetlag has affects. Then I decided to get up early and tour all the temples the next day. So i grabbed some sleep and woke up at 5am this morning for the first time in a long time. Today is tour day with the Grand Temple and Reclining Buddha and all of it.

another Bangkok day starts, it is 6:09am.