Returning From Whence We Came

Bangkok, Thailand

Is this the fucking Khao San? HATS! Sizzlaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh....

...yeah, only Drew and Jono are gonna get that joke. Being back in Bangkok is bringing back so many memories. It feels like a lifetime ago that we were here on Khao San, freshly arrived off the plane not being able to speak a lick of Thai and having no idea about the culture or country. And now, after 3 months, 5 countries, meeting countless people, undertaking a wide variety of fun, crazy, and sometimes downright stupid adventures, we're back.

But we're not done yet.

We were sitting down at a bar yesterday afternoon having a few quiet bevvos before we went t-shirt shopping (the shirts over here have gotten a LOT better designs on them in the last few months!) and who should rock up but three Aussie blokes from Australia Day in Hanoi; Max, Noah, and Timbles. Random! They'd just gotten off the plane and were hunting for accommodation when they saw us, so they came to say hi. We did the Australian thing and invited them to have a beer, the end result of which was us meeting up at 830 last night for a night of drunken debauchery. Muay Thai boxing could wait! We had some SERIOUS drinking to do!

So we went and found some 3Litre towers of beer (hence the photo), got verschickered, stole other people's beer, then went and visited Patpong Road and the redlight district. Oh yes. Lets just say that the night got VERY interesting after that point. In the photo below, the one with the beard is me (isn't it glorious?), black and red shirt is Noah, yellow shirt is Max, and by logical conclusion the last one is Timbles.

At 2am after our Patpong experience we stumbled into a taxi and went back to Khao San Road, where we bid farewell to our new best friends. Drew and I are in the half-arsed planning phase of a road trip from Brisbane to Perth to visit and party with Matt (yes, he's THAT awesome and worth the trip), and these boys are from Adelaide so we may be making a slight detour to the city of churches on the way. Could be fun!


We're meeting up with my folks tomorrow (hopefully) to hitch a free ride down to Pattaya in chauffered comfort. And from there, maybe Ko Samet, maybe stay in Pattaya, maybe dance naked in the moonlight...the world is still, and always will be, our oyster.