Hey From Bangkok! "Sa-wa-dee-kha"

My goal - already having spent three amazing weeks in Thailand - was to post a few pictures of what I've done and who I've seen. This single computer at our hostel in Bangkok seems to be bent on thwarting that plan. It is not reading anything from the USB ports. Shucks. Hopefully next time. I have been having a blast and seeing a ton! In a nutshell: Mom came and met me in Bangkok on Sept 16th. Laura and Brandon joined us the following day. We tore up Bangkok for a week: Grand Palace. Dinner and drinks with Tyler Frank & Friends on Khao San Rd. Amazing birthday at the Grand Palace & dinner at Cabbages and Condoms (look it up - awesome PH). Fabulous Massages!! Yummy food. Chinatown. Thai theatre experience - more like a Disney's Spectacular Spectacular :-). We headed north on a sleeper train to Chiang Mai: Cooking Class. Bamboo & Whitewater rafting. Hike to waterfall in mountains. Road elephants. Drove scooter (Mom on back) to swim in beautiful dam. Muay Thai Class (Intense Thai Kickboxing). More massages (this is going to be a weekly occurrence). Burmese Food. Mom left on the 30th and we lost an amazing traveling companion :-( Laura, Brandon & I headed south to the beaches on the Gulf of Thailand: Prachuap Khiri Khan = Most lovely beach ever on army base and small fishing town. Hua Hin = Swimming, swimming, massage, swimming - more touristy but more activities and night life as well Both sites had delicious seafood. Now we are back in Bangkok and leaving tomorrow for our trek up through Northeastern Thailand to the Laos border. There are about four stops on our way and we will be crossing into Laos on Oct 15th (when my visa expires). Hopefully I can keep this updated ever so often with some pictures.