Third Time is the Charm

I would like to start this post by saying that this is now the 3rd attempt to write it and needless to say I am losing my paitence. But I must remember to be calm - woo saa.

Okay I'm better now. I will do my best to write this verbatium, but if I'm not as funny as usual I'm sorry (since we all know you cry from laughter every time you read this).

Kanchanaburi

I know all of you have been waiting on the edge of your seats in anticpation of the outcome, so here it is...

I got a one hour massage :)

We spent our last days in Kanchanburi sitting on our veranda reading. Paul finished up his 6th book of the trip and I finished eight. We both have really gotten into reading murder mysteries. We don't even hold conversations anymore, we just say "who done it?" (this is where you laugh... why aren't you laughing??)

Bangkok Again (I'm getting really tired of writing that)

Our sole purpose in this trip to Bangkok was to visit the famed weekend market to do the last of our shopping - Chatuchak Market. We stayed at a guesthouse right by the subway to make transporation there easier and more cost efficient (there is no other reason to stay in Chinatown otherwise). We dropped off our bags and headed to the train/subway station to take our first trip to the market (this was on Dec. 31). Much to our delight it turned out they were having special fares in honour of New Year's - 10 baht each one way instead of 38. Speaking of that...

HAPPY NEW YEARS!!

I totally forgot about that. My apologies. Where was I??

A common phrase out of our mouths since arriving here is "how in the world do they cram so many people in such a small space?" Every time these words leave our mouth we expect it to be the last time. Let's just say that this market did not disappoint. It was CROWDED with locals and farang all looking for a bargain. We spent about three hours shopping and went back to the guesthouse exhausted.

As I mentioned earlier there isn't much in Chinatown so we spent New Year's in our room drinking beer/wine coolers, playing cards and listening to very bad karaoke. We had a blast. We actually managed to stay up until midnight (which is unheard of for us since arriving here) and promptly went to bed at 12:01 a.m despite the singers outside. We got up early the next morning and went back to the market to finish up all of our shopping - a mission we accomplished. Yay us. We left Bangkok heading to the beach city of Hua Hin.