Our new home

Tracy and I are officially in Thailand- after 19 hours of flying (and approximately 8 sleeping pills and a Xanax) , we landed in Bangkok where Tracy's brother Iain and his wife Jen picked us up. Tracy did end up sitting next to me the entire time and somehow managed not to tear my arm to shreds when the plane took off.


I've now learned two words in Thai that I remember- farong (foreigner) and of course the all-important dum (drink). Our most valuable new phrase is "dum free"- next week when we're out on Ko Chang we're going to try to befriend a local bartender and offer to teach him English in exchange for as many free drinks as we want. According to Iain this might also signal to him that we're prostitutes, but apparently tank tops, shorts, ankle bracelets do this as well. I just met my first Thai person (he came in to visit Iain) and I'm currently sitting at the computer in a tank top, shorts and an ankle bracelet. Good to know I'm making a good first impression on this country.


Thought I would share our new home in Thailand, the guest house off to the side of Iain and Jen's house- you can see the river through the slats in the floor. The only sounds I could hear when I woke up this morning were birds chirping and the sound of the wind going through the palm trees. It's just awful.


By the way, thanks again everyone who came out Saturday night and Monday night (even though Tracy didn't even make it to Monday- and yes, Lisa, I told her "bye, and fuck you" for you).


Here's our room:

Off the back of the guest house is a porch over the river, and this is our view:

On our way to Bangkok this afternoon, we'll do our best not to get sold into slavery.

Posted by-Katie