holy cow..... we suck

Hello friends.... it's been a while.

We have just been having so much fun stuffing our faces with curry and riding elephants that we haven't had the time to update. C'est la vie. Now we can torture you with a super duper update!!!!!!!!!

So where did we leave off?

We arrived in Chiang Mai, and enjoyed the lovely Pak hotel- awesome suite, complete with our own computer. So instead of updating the blog, we downloaded the most recent season of Lost, drank beers, and enjoyed our evenings! The temples were awesome,fod was fabulous. On our anniversary we had a lovely 2.5 hour spa treatment, then had lunch in town where we met an odd old farang and were offered an indecent proposal- to go home with him and meet his thai lesbian ladyboy girlfriend for some fun. Though we were offered unlimited funding to stay in Chiang Mai, we politely declined and ran back to our hotel. Now that's a memorable anniversary!



We enjoyed Doi Suthep but we had bad timing and ended up there on the day that the entire freshman class of Chiang Mai Uni were there doing their prayers. Miles of students walking up the hills, people singing and dancing and boozing... it was nuts. It took a bit longer than we expected!!! Headed to the Saturday walking market afterwards and bought some fisherman pants and paintings, then lounged for our last day in CM.

In the morning we had our last amazing breakfast at Pak, then hopped in a tuktuk and went to the bus station. We rode for 5-6 hours to Sukhothai and settled in at our little bungalow. Had a fabulous curry down the road, bought some Chang beers, and played cards all night on our balcony. In the morning, we hopped in a songthaew to Sukhothai Historical Park, where we viewed amazing ruins and frolicked in the rain.



After lunch we returned to the bus station and headed down to Ayutthaya where we stayed in an 80 year old restored teak hotel right along the river. In the morning we rented bikes and toured the city and ruins in the blazing sunshine. It was gorgeous, and Mr. Map Reader Oli made the mistake of leading us down the wrong road which was fabulous- we were right in the north of town where the residents live, and we saw them fishing, planting crops, laughing and smiling. It was a great detour and much better than the way we were supposed to go to the temple!



After a great day and a sore butt we headed to the train station to catch a train to Bangkok. The train was delayed and we spent our time drinking some beers at a local place with a guy who knew great English and even better bar tricks. I got a star up on the wall for my handy rubber band trick completion, and we walked away very satisfied.

The train was short and sweet, and we arrived in Bangkok surprised to see it so modern and well kept! We moseyed our way down to the river, hopped on a ferry, and headed up to Khao San Road, because as a backpacker, why not? We checked into our seedy hostel which was reminiscent of Leo's room in The Beach, then headed our to contact Oli's old friend Al. We rang him up and met him at a local bar, where we drank beers out of paper cups and chatted. We had a lovely evening with him, and experienced the backpacker culture for a bit, then retired to our room.

The following morning we grabbed breakfast, packed up, and headed back to the ferry to The Oriental stop. We got off the ferry, walked down the road, and were immediately whisked in to the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, where they grabbed our bags, gave us juice, and showed us to our lovely lovely lovely riverfront room. So luxurious!!! I wanted to collapse in the fluffy white pillows but we got our bearings straight and headed out. We went to a local tailor where Oli got fitted for some gorgeous suits, then hopped in a cab in the nick of time before the heavens opened up. We headed to the mall to look for some Mandarin Oriental appropriate shoes for me, but go figure- couldn't find a place with my size! Never thought an 8.5 US was large, but now I know!!! We killed time at the mall, then headed back to the hotel to lay around and watch Dexter and wait for the arrival of.... THE MILLERS IN BANGKOK.