Sawadee Kop from Thailand!

Talk about culture shock! It's been really interesting here to say the least! It's been kind of a pain to blog because Google thinks I'm a Thai person since I'm coming from a Thai location so it redirects me to a Thai Google site and changes the language which of course I can't read.

Well, the food here has been so cheap and good! I can eat a decent dinner or lunch for $1. I can get a really good meal for $3. Today I had shiitake soup, spaghetti with a little steak on the side for $6! There are all you can eat buffets for $2!

Movies are cheap here as well. $3 for tickets. I saw Fantastic Four and Die Hard 4 so far. FF4 I really liked. Way better than Spiderman 3. DH4 was a bit out of hand but still it was good action. I wanted to see Transformers but they only have it in Thai so far.

I was able to drive to the border of Laos and Thailand yesterday. Ate really good Vietnamese food along the Mekong river among shops that sell all kinds of stuff for super cheap. Mostly stuff I don't really want or need but still cheap. Things like toys, medicine, woodworks, knives, calculators, chips, candy, clothes, cell phones.

Today I actually drove here and after a couple of windshield wiper/blinker issues I was fine. For those who have driven on the left side of the road, you know what I'm talking about. I drove stick shift when I was in Japan so it wasn't much of a change. I didn't know they drove on the left till I got here. Rules of the road aren't as crazy as Korea but they pass alot here because there are alot of slow cars, mopeds, and motorcycles here. I've seen up to four people on a motorcycle. Road safety isn't practiced in this country. haha

Internet access here is cheap like in Korea. It can get as cheap as 45 cents an hour. I'm in a cafe that charges 60 cents an hour. Speed is pretty good. Computers are good as well.

There are so many things there that are different from anything I've seen and going out every day is like information overload. Just going for a run outside is weird. I don't have any pics right now since I'm at an Internet cafe but I'll try and post it later....