Khaosan Road...

[randomness]

...is an amazing example of the effects of mass backpacker tourism. The whole street is a tourist alley, but of the dreadlocks and batik brigade.

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Bizarre occurrence was turning on the radio and hearing a cover of "One Night in Bangkok" being played on FM 90 here.

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Write-up of Bei Otto, a German restaurant here in Bangkok, to follow.

Comments

[vvalkyri.livejournal.com]

Oh, WOW :)
I'd love to get to Thailand. How long was the flight?

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Let's see...fourteen hours from New York to Tokyo, followed by a four hour layover in Tokyo, then six and a half from Tokyo to Bangkok...which makes it a little over a day, total.

Whew.

[vvalkyri.livejournal.com]

yipe!
Vacation?

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Thankfully, yes.

Having to do this for work on a regular basis could get to be a serious drag.