it's our last day in Thailand. we are incredibly sad. this country, these people are more than we imagined. we have fallen in love with Thailand. and so we sulk. we wander the streets of Bangkok taking it all in one last time. We wander past street vendors and massage parlours. we venture to the mall and wander through stores. unknown to us Thailand is sending us off in style... we stumble across a sea of teenagers all going crazy for some asian rock band and then we are listening to a live concert the only white people in a crowd of crazy, crazy thai fans. just passed the concert we stumble upon a Thai celebration... something to do with the king or a water festival ?!?! who knows... but the food is amazing and people watching is at its best. We met a family of five, three teens and two parents. Mom is driving the kids nuts trying to get them to practice their english with us. they are clearly embarrassed. its too cute. and so we sit and visit with them. we learn about their lives, how they want to come to America, where they want to go to school and what for. we take pictures and exchange emails. and part our separate ways. really there is no better way to spend our last night in thailand.
And now we are back to wandering, it's getting dark. We catch a street style breakdance off one of the subway stops. its entertaining. its the early nineties all over again. we are exhausted but the city just won't let us go. and so we stay up all night enjoying the street fare. unbelievably with darkness comes shopping. the vendors come out. the mall closes and the street malls open. these people shop all night, every night. we're dumbfounded. when the shopping gets to be to much we settle for our old friend, one last time chaing. we are back on cowboy soi the street with the neon lights, you just can't go wrong in terms of people watching, complete with usual blind man and microphone, hookers and dirty white men. sitting at a bar on the end of the street we listen to one of the most hilarious conversations we have ever heard... a group of english men, one guy has been missing all day and before you know it his friends are shouting at a random man and a thai "masseuse" walking down the streets. it's their friend, dirty bastard! and so he proceeds to join his friends along with his "masseuse" for a round of drinks. The conversation is ridiculous, we can't stop listening. we are laughing and trying so hard to conceal our enjoyment at this ridiculous group of dirty english men.
sawatdee thailand! sawatdee!
