5:30's not so early

we made it! 13 hours in the air, a stop in taipei, another 3 hours (bridesmaids is a great movie, by the way), and we hit bangkok. the city is incredible, and we've come to terms with the temperature and our levels of sweatyness (both quite high). our days have been starting before sunrise because we've been having a hard time fighting the overwhelming tiredness that sets in about 6pm and the nagging awakeness that comes around 3am. i'm also pretty sure our bed is made of some sort of bamboo and cement epoxy, but we have good pillows and air conditioning and thai iced coffee so all is well.


josey loves traveling with me.

we rode to our hostel in a tuk tuk, a three-wheeled open-air car thing. i want one real bad.

 rest stop for water, snacks and beer.

 insomnia attacks. our street at 4:30am.


i wandered into this market, which was buzzing at the crack of dawn. i saw lots of crazy stuff.


eggs come in brown, white, and pink.

this was just sitting out on a table at the market. he looks like he's napping. i can't tell if that makes it more or less creepy.

 thankfully, he actually is napping, amid bags of kibbles and bits. life is good.

 wandering down the street we found mini pancakes! i'm inviting these folks to the next bishy's baby brunch.

 we went to some temples. this one is wat bensomethingoranother. there's a good story behind this temple trip, which i'll write up later.

 we also went to the grand palace, where the dress code is strict. josey wore his translucent t-shirt, which was a no-no. so embarrassing!

 

buddha just relaxing at wat pho.

in the words of the wise rafi ajl, most honorable pedicure.

the flower market was filled with orchids and i had to keep fighting the urge to buy stuff because who buys flowers when they're living out of a backpack but OH MY GOD these prices are so cheap! 20 baht is less than a dollar! (i am my father's daughter.)

kelly gets here today for the weekend! then we're off to krabi on sunday.