ANOTHER WORLD

We just arrived in Bangkok!  What a contrast to Inle Lake, Myanmar.  This morning as the sun was rising over the lake we boarded our boat to leave the Myanmar Treasure Resort.  As we left the hotel we saw 3 boats with fishermen leg paddling. Quite picturesque -- wish I could post a picture.

So going to Bsngkok from Burma is like going from Island Pond to Las Vegas......music, lights, people -- lots of people, lots of whacked out people, young people with dreads, young people from Germany, Sweden, Japan, lots of YOUNG people.  Our hotel is in the middle of lots of action:  food stalls, restaurants, Thai massage places, tattoo parlors, and of course, shops selling clothes and scarves and bags and souvenirs of every kind.

We picked a restaurant close to the hotel and I had a very good pad thai and beer.  We wandered about a bit until I was succumbing to the heat.  Thankfully we have an air conditioned room AND there is actually a pool at this little non-fancy hotel.

Tomorrow we are off on a tuk tuk tour.