This will be short...just checking in to let you know I'm safely in
Bangkok...up to the point of getting here was beautiful. I got to the
airport with Michael early enough to take an earlier flight which left at
5:10. The flight was nice...very roomy and only 1/2 full. I arrived at the
airport which is huge and immigration was excruciating to get
through....then customs. I had a contact through Hospitality Club..they
could not host me but they recommended a place....the cab took me there and
I didn't want to stay there but no one spoke English...so I just gave up and
thought I'll bite it and stay for one night and regroup. The place is not
good. I decided to come into town to find internet and perhaps another
place to stay....This place I'm at is so out of the way...there is nothing
there...I mean nothing and the only way into town is by motorcycle.. So I
daringly hopped on the back of a motorcycle...it was a terrifying
experience. All I wanted to do was go downtown and the guy was driving all
over through the traffic and everything. I have never been so scared. Then
after there was drama about how much I owed him and he kept following me.

I fin ally got rid o him and hopped on the subway and am downtown...after I
write this I will try to find a place to the next two nights, go back to
that hell hole and spend the night. I'll give you an update tomorrow..thus
far...I do not like Bangkok!