Thailand Photos

Its been a long time for a photo post, due to our sickness in Bangkok and the-6x cost of Internet on the islands. Hope you enjoy them!

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We begin with the madness (not good madness) of the Full Moon Party on Had Rin beach on Koh Phangan.




The long strip of beach from our taxi boat. There were easily 5,000+ people here.



This guy was my favorite at the whole party. The main vibe was a pan-Western drunken frat-boy scene, with day-glo paint on your nipples.



Kind of hard to make out, but this wandering drunken guy says it all.



One bar puts up this giant flaming sign. Rather amusing, despite the burning diesel fumes.



Most drinks at the party are served in buckets, openly advertised as f$@k-buckets. Why, I don't know? Probably something to do with the rampant lack of taste everywhere. Via the buckets you can see how quickly people get themselves wasted.



Walking was mathem, everywhere. People running in to you, passed out, urinating in the ocean, making out on the beach, screaming for joy at really, really crappy music. ..



We remained rather put together during the party, and Alicia looked fabulous, of course.

Here are some photos of our super-chill time at the Sanctuary.



New arrivals getting off a longtail taxi boat.



Beautiful Had Tien beach and its little bay (which is very calm).




I tried to spend as much time as possible in the hammocks. The ocean is washed out behind me, but looked beautiful in sea-green with gentle waves on-shore.



Alicia during her hammock time.



Most of the bungalows are in a very lush jungle forest. Good for shade, bad for all the bugs that Alicia is currently writing about beside me.



And it rained, as we were there at the beginning of a monsoon.



Kahlua (served in a wine glass) and coffee on the beach.



Alicia relaxing with her omnipresent Alter necklace. Look at those amazing lips!



Walking on the kooky wooden-stone-and-dirt path from Had Tien to Had Yuan.



Jonathan exitedly eating $1.40 pad thai in Had Rin.



More beautiful Had Tien.



Alicia and I on a taxi boat towards Had Rin and the mainland.



Our giant catamaran ferry and a local fishing boat at the mainland pier at Chumphon (which is super beautiful as well).



Welcome to Bangkok, says Ronald!



"Traditional" neon-colored fake flowers on the bow of a Bangkok longtail taxi boat.



The backpacker ghetto of Khao San Road (where we are not staying!) at night. Quite a sight, and lots of handy services, stores, and food Alicia can eat - but not our scene day in and day out.



Typical stalls in the Chatuchak weekend market. These rows of stalls go on for what must be miles. It would take most of a day to simply walk past (without really looking) each one. Lots of fun, even if you don't like to shop (like me).



Alicia above a typical Bangkok sky-walk. One hilarious thing we've noticed is that the stray dogs in our neighborhood have figured out how to cross the street with these so they don't have to deal with the cars!



Bangkok is a city full of street food vendors. Even walk down a weird alley and you'll find one. On offer, of course, is lots of weird-to-us looking sea food.



We did a 'visa-run' to Cambodia as we had exhausted our 30-day visa. Cameras were not allowed so the border sign was all I got. This is a typical activity for people hanging out here. It is a well organized activity from every major tourist spot (all to different border points). We went with an enterprising Italian man named Claudio who takes van-loads of people every day. Recommended (though the drivers a bit crazy, however I think that is rule once you hit the country-roads with anyone): Thai Visa Service.



The Thai's love their pork. Enough so that you can get "Double Cheese Pork Burger" Lays potato chips. There was also a BBQ flavor from another brand that had a picture of a T-bone steak and the Statue of Liberty on the front.



One of my favorite pictures of the whole trip I think. This is only a part of the anti-bug section at a giant supermarket. This particular portion is devoted to attempting to kill cockroaches (which is hard).