'Hey Canada!'

Our last day in Bangkok and I'm very happy about that. It's far too hectic and hot here. We took a longboat tour through some Bangkok canals, and it was definitely an eye opening experience. The contrasts between the rich and the poor is unbelievable. There would be mansions and then saggy houses, looking like they would collapse at any minute. People were hanging out on docks at the end of their house and their little babies would be sitting there, looking as if they could fall in any minute.

I took far too many pictures on the boat! After that we had the chance to walk around some non touristy areas, or at least less touristy, and it was nice to not get hasseled for things every few minutes. I am wishing (for the first time) that I didn't have a Canadian flag on my bag. Everywhere we go, people yell, 'Hey! Vancouver! You Canada?' and over and over. It gets really tiring! We were searching for a fruit stand, but so far we have found none. Tonight we are taking an overnight bus (I'm having flashback fears of the bus I took in Greece...) to get to the island Ko Tao. We leave at 6pm and arrive around 3 or 4am in the morning and then our ferry leaves for the island around 7am. The whole journey will cost us around $25 including the bus and ferry. It shall be interesting for sure. I think it's something like 500km from Bangkok to where we will then catch the ferry. I'm pretty excited to get to the beaches and out of smoggy Bangkok!

We bought our first drinks out of bags today and acted like crazy tourists taking pictures. The little lady selling them to us was very funny as well. We are looking forward to geting out of here and lying on the beach. It's time for a tan! (and maybe some scuba diving and some banana pancakes for sure!)