Thailand: Kao San Road

Well, Thailand at last. We made it here safely and got a nice room near Kao San Road. There's more dirty hippies per capita than Humboldt county except the ones here are travelers like us. Amy says this is her one chance to let out her "inner hippy" but I think with time on the road and less showers and body maintenance, we'll get there soon without effort. We walked around Kao San and got cheap pad thai from the street vendor for $1US. Mmmmmmmm. When it got dark, we treated ourselves to some ice cold "Chang" beer at a beer garden and treated some local mosquitos to some good "Farlang" blood (Amy's). Woke up early and like a bat out of hell, we headed by bus to Koh Samed.

Now for Amy's thoughts on Kao San:

I don't have too much to add, it was quite nice there and also a relief to fit in for a bit with all the other tourists. We stayed at the Happy House which is more or less what you expect from the name: staffed by "ladyboys." The room was cheap and had a balcony so we were able to do our laundry, thanks to Forrest's handy clothesline. We also got in some shopping - skirts and mens' tee shirts are about $6 US and girls' tees only $3 - finally fair prices! I definitely liked it there apart from having a hard time telling the mosquitoes apart from the bats.