Thailand, Bangkok- August 18- 19

I met Holly at the Taipei airport on August 18th. We flew out that day at 7pm and arrived in Bangkok about 11pm. That night we got a 'package deal' from a travel agent in the Bangkok airport- well let me tell you- there was NO DEAL. We got ripped off. In our deal for the hotel room we also got breaky and a 'free' tour of the Grand Palace. The Grand Palace was good, but we actually ended up having to pay an entrance fee still. Oh well... we lived and learned. The hotel room was ... a lot less nice than we were lead to believe. Oh well... i'm sure we will have a few good laughs over it in a few months. In the tour of the palace, the tour guide also took us around to a few store where we spent all our money. Oh well... I am saying that a lot in this entry.

After our day of touring and shopping we took the last plane out of Bangkok to Koh Samui that night. It was pretty much smooth sailing after that. When we landed in Koh Samui- we were trying to find Xorla and Kim- but no luck getting through on phone- so we ended up asking someone to call one for us and we ended up staying here (The Mermaid) the rest of our vacation in Koh Samui. So that turned out well.

On our way back to Bangkok, we decided to take a ferry and boat. We left on a Tuesday at noon and got into Bangkok on Wednesday at 6am and waited in the Bangkok airport for a few hours and then landed in Taipei at 6pm. I ended up staying at Holly's place for the night and I caught a train the next morning. I got home about 3pm on Thursday. I was beat. I had been travelling for sooooooo long. I was sooooo glad to be home again.