Nicole's birthday (August 17th) was spent traveling - via taxi, bus and boat - and we have returned to Bangkok for the last few days of our journey. We've been keeping a low profile (beach burnout), however we did attend a night of Muay Thai boxing fights at Lumphini National Stadium in downtown Bangkok. We had both hoped for more blood, but the fights were both entertaining and brutal all the same. Our only regret is that we were unable to understand - and therefore participate - in the rampant betting that was taking place (imagine the New York stock exchange but twice as loud with crazy live Thai music and smelling of cheap beer and body odor).
We leave for Canada tomorrow and are looking forward to the many conveniences of home (hot showers, toilet paper, garbage cans, non-feral animals to name a few) that we hitherto had taken for granted. We both agree that this was our greatest travel experience: the pace, food, geography, culture, history and above all, the people make this a very special part of the world. We are already planning our return to South East Asia - hopefully next time with more family and/or friends.
Hopefully you enjoyed following the accounts of our travels because we certainly enjoyed writing them for you. We will post some more pictures on the blog when we get home as, again, we are faced with stubborn South East Asian computers. We miss you all and can't wait to get home to share our stories and get caught up on all of yours.
Bye for Now,
Joe and Nicole
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Oh how I loved following your adventures... such beautiful snapshots of more striking memories. The world really is an amazing place that needs to be seen. I can't wait to see more pictures. I have loved following (ok, borderline stalking) you guys. Please feel free to plan a trip to Abu Dhabi now!
ReplyDeleteMuch love,
Joy