the keyboard is slightly weird.. it has thai letters on it.. and since i've always been the kind to look at the keyboard as i type, it's pretty confusing, esp as some of the english letters are a little worn out...
I'm now in Ayutheya, staying at Ayutheya Guesthouse. It's not the cheapest at 150B, considering it's a shared bath, but the place is pretty nice and I was really too sian to walk around looking for a cheaper place. Strangly the one i wanted was full. Think it's due to their agressive marketing strategy at the pier and too many guidebook reccommendations. I may try out another place with 100B rooms but i may be too lazy to move =P
I got here about 1 plus. Got my room, slacked in it a bit, then managed to drag myself out at about 3pm. Mainly because i haven't had lunch. Did not feel like sitting with ang-mohs/farangs so I decided to walk in the market and down some side road, where i saw a lady from a shop buying from a cart selling mii naam (noodle soup). So i stopped and ordered. The guy was really nice and made me put a bit of all the seasonings on the tray. I still don't know what some opf them are, but the noodles sure tasted good. And the seamtress in the shop i was outside let me sit on their bench and even gave me a glass of cold water =)) Yes, i know, its a small thing, but it made me happy cos they were all smiles. I don't think they see tourists down their street very often.
Of course, so far, not a day has passed without me doing something very me. I err.. got off at the wrong train station. One stop before. But it did have a few attractions, so i visited the Summer Palace then managed to rush back in time for the next train.
This afternoon I also visited 2 wats, but then got lazy so I am now near the guesthouse typing this.. I'm got to learn to organise my thoughts.This takes too long to type..
People are generally nice. Lone backpackers are quite friendly to another lone backerpacker, and we all smile and greet one another as we pass. Though there are very few foreigners here actually. So far, I've been mistaken for thai and japanese. Got to practice my thai... and at the station i mistakenly got off at? Talked to a nice guy working there for a while. Apparently he worked in Japan for a year. His english is quite good too.
Next session: comparing Thailand and Indonesia, the road/flight to Bangkok, and just what i think of the culture at Khaosan...
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