http://blogs.bootsnall.com/travelbug1575 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:48:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It took me 20.5 hours to get here, but i finally made it to Ko Pha Ngan in the gulf. I was originally going to the Andaman coast and then come here, but i need to relax a bit. I left the hotel in Bangkok at 6:30pm last night to ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/travelbug1575/i-made-it-to-paradise.html today we woke up, stacy and mom got thai massages while i walked up to the huge buddha on the hill and later we took the "s" word form of transportation which is a pick-up truck with benches in the back to the pier to catch the ferry. after we ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/travelbug1575/i-forgot-to-mention-subways.html oh no, i don't even know where to start. it's so difficult when i get so far behind, and i don't even have my notes with me. i guess i'll start with the palm reading since you all are son interested. here goes.... So Dale's dad met us at the bus ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/travelbug1575/the-palm-reading.html We haven't disappeared, it's just hard to keep up when traveling with others. Since I last updated we've bathed elephants, ridden on every class of train and tuk tuk, fed wild monkeys sunflower seeds (stacy even got a monkey scratch!!! yikes!!), fed a baby elephant, gotten trapped in a monsoon ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/travelbug1575/planes-trains-automobiles-tuk-tuks-boats-soengthaews-buses.html Yesterday morning we woke up, got some breakfast, and caught a taxi to the bus station. Everyone is soooo helpful! When we arrived at the station we were quickly spotted, I said the name of the town, and we were guided to the right window to buy the tickets. The ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/travelbug1575/uthai-thani.html Well today we started the day off with some Muesli w/ yogurt and fruit for a buck, a huge bowl, and then headed for the public transport boat again. We took it down to the skytrain which is like, well you can imagine, a subway on a line up above ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/travelbug1575/more-of-bangkok.html my last post was done on July 2, 2008  9:45am-thailand time, not July 1, 2008. the date on this is set incorrectly for the part of the world i'm in. i just tried to change it, so i'll see if it works now. ok, it worked...we're all good. http://blogs.bootsnall.com/travelbug1575/date-and-time.html It's 7:49 and they are still sleeping, but it's the perfect time to get some blogging in. I didn't think that the time change has been that difficult to adjust to until it got to be around 8pm and all of a sudden I felt sooooo tired and I wasn't ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/travelbug1575/im-disappointedno-culture-shock-yet.html So, on Saturday my mom and I got dropped off at the Pittsburgh airport at 8:30am & i took off at 9:30 to Phili where I met up with my mom when her flight got in an hour after mine. We made it to L.A. uneventfully at 5pm west coast ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/travelbug1575/were-finally-here.html Well, I'm trying to get final preparations done for the trip & this is one of them. It should be all set up now. Don't forget to check out my pics by clicking the link to the right.  So, my mom and I leave Pittsburgh on Sat. morning and Stacy (sister) ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/travelbug1575/lift-off-in-2-days.html