Day 4 in Bangkok

Today is our last day in Bangkok and we are using it to take a private boat ride through some of the more obsure canals of the river. We will get a traditional Thai breakfast, visit the golden palace, the emerald buddha, and then catch the train to the western islands in the south of Thailand. The hotel we found in Bangkok worked out great with excellent air conditioning which is almost a necessity here to be able to sleep comfortably at night. Anytme day or night it feels like 100-110 degrees because of the extreme humidity and it never cools off. You walk outside after a fresh cold shower and you are instantly dripping with sweat. Somehow with all that discomfort we find ourselves smiling the whole time and having an amazing day/night.

Our plan from here is to spend some time on the western side of the islands where we will visit Koh Phi Phi, Phuket, Krabi and Ko Samet. From there we will venture to the eastern side of the islands and visit KohTao, Koh Samui, andKoh Phagnon. The western side is the more developed "Hawaii-like" area with mega resorts and lots of tourists. The eastern side is very undeveloped, third world where there are no tourists in sight. I'm looking forward to some of the most amazing scubadiving on the face of the planet. :) *Dustin