Josie left on the evening of the 22nd for her very long trip home. I got an email the next day from her saying that she made a mistake and was a day early, so he spent an entire day in the airport apparently. It paid off though because karma gave her a first-class seat back to America. Being in my own was kinda cool. I could go where I want and at my own pace, but Josie's a real easy travel buddy, so I'd have preferred hanging with her.
The worst part of Thailand was the heat. It was the hottest I've been too, but I was also walking more instead of taking tuk tuks or buses. The pigeon lady who shoved her popcorn kernels at me also pissed me off. The touts were less willingto bargain as much and would get mad if you didn't like their price.
The best parts were the cobra show and the cooking class. 3 cobras, one in each hand and one in his mouth ... doesn't get more exciting than that. The pad thai was exactly what I wanted to eat and te cashew chicken was amazing. Earth, Aeg, and Katsuni were really fun ad I got to hang out with a few locals at the end if my trip. The girls at the Luang Poo shop were always welcoming and offerred a nice, cool place to sit down and I never hesitated to buy a smoothis from them.
I met a guy on the plane sitting next to me. I had just finished a 4-day trip to Thailand, but he had just finished 2 years. He was teaching english out here and had decided to go back home to Vermont. Although he said he was excited to go home, I didn't sense it. He sounded a bit like me. We had a good chat and parted ways at the Beijing airport.
I don't have a strong urge to come back again anytime soon, but definitely sometime in the future.
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