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Sticker in Upper Right Hand Corner of Book in Bangkok

Tuesday, November 1st, 2005

If there are any Barnes and Noble employees reading these, I was in a department store yesterday in Bangkok, Thailand which has a bookstore within that sells new books. I was looking at the books in English (I’m still illiterate in Thai), and one of the books had a B&N 20% off sticker in the upper right hand corner. But there was no one to share the laugh with. Now I know what happens to the books we return.

Are there any B&Ner reading this? Specifically SRQ B&Ner’s? Let me know!

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Warm & Weak or Cold & Strong?

Monday, October 31st, 2005

Would you rather take a warm shower with very weak water pressure, or a cold shower with decent pressure? These are the choices a vagabonder must make. For some, whether to take a shower at all.

For those old enough, do you remember what Exxon was before it was Exxon?

The differences between Asha Guesthouse and Suk 11 Hostel:

Suk 11: Private rooms w/ bathroom and shower. Warm shower, good water pressure. They also have shared bathrooms, and dorms. Fan or A/C bedrooms

Asha: Private rooms, w/ shared bathroom facilities. Incredibly small toilet stall! Not even big enough for a small child. And brutily hot! (Okay, maybe brutily hot because I had just come from walking for kilometers in the hot sun and was already sweating my butt off) And you had to get your TP from the dispenser on the wall as you enter the bathroom facility. So you had better take enough! The shower I used was the warm one, but most of the water was lost through the fixture, not the shower head, so it was very weak. I guess that’s why I saw someone go into the cold one when the warm one was free. She chose cold, and strong. Unless she needed a cold shower. You also have a choice between fan or A/C bedroom.

Suk11: Coin operated laundry

Asha: Free laundry machines! And I found at least one that works! Man did I need that.

Suk11: In touristy Sukhumvit sex area. Constantly accosted: “Fucky sucky?”

Asha: Off the beaten path. I wasn’t accosted by anyone on the street yet.

Suk11: Very cool character

Asha: Okay character

Suk11: Free breakfast

Asha: No free breakfast

Suk11: Private room w/bathroom and A/C: 500 baht

Asha: Private room with A/C, shared bathroom facilities: 400 baht

Suk11: Condusive to meeting other travellers

Asha: Condusive to meeting other travellers

Suk11: No pool

Asha: Pool (clean)

Suk11: Kind of noisy

Asha: Not as noisy

It’s pretty much a wash, but I’ll give the nod to Suk11 for the bathrooms. Asha is not bad though, and the staff is great at both places. I’d recommend them both. But I have nothing else to go on as far as hostels are concerned as these were my first two.

Back to the quiz. Exxon was Esso. There are still Esso stations here, no Exxon.

I got my flip flops.

Mark

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She Seemed Shy

Saturday, October 29th, 2005
Bangkok, Thailand I was sitting at the free breakfast at the Suk 11 hostel about a half an hour ago. A cute girl asked if the seat across from me was free (British accent). I motioned for her to sit. It ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Off To Thailand, And Diane Keaton

Sunday, October 16th, 2005
Well, I leave for LAX Airport in about 15 minutes for my year long vagabonding trip to Southeast Asia, and I'm finally starting my blog now. My whole preparation for this trip has been last minute. I'm currently at my cousin ... [Continue reading this entry]

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