Read about my trip, experience it vicariously, feel the empty thrill, realize that you're still just sitting at home in front of your computer, envy me, and then I'll post something about traveler's diarrhea or some similar unpleasantness and you'll suddenly be glad to be home in the developed world.

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I would put a travel related quote here, but I've referenced a Death Cab song in the title, there's an outdated, weathered map as the backdrop, and the main font is Courier. I don't need a cheesy quote here as well.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Thailand 1

I got a nice early start this morning, but apparently I wasn't early enough to catch the bullet train to the airport, and when I finally arrived, an hour before my flight, I got stuck at the back of an enormous line fatalistically imagining how, when I missed my flight, I would have a breakdown and return home in defeat and not go to college and work on Nash's for the rest of my life and take over Scott's (the main field boss) job and be bitter and never find love. Luckily, I made it on, and got to Bangkok! I availed myself of the SMUS alumni network, by getting Tony Goodman to arrange my staying with Jessada Sawatdipong, father of Jeti Sawatdipong '09. His driver, an amazingly jolly fellow named Somchai, met me at the airport, and must have been waiting for hours while I crawled through the slowest passport control line in the world, behind two cute French/Israeli chicks who I tried to get up the nerve to talk to but then started thinking about DRMRSVANDERTRAMP verbs and ended up staring resolutely at a screen showing the same tourism video on a loop for the entire eternal wait. Somchai took me to the Sawatdipong's house, where Jessada's stepmother made me a nice chicken snack, and then I met Jessada in one of Bangkok's business district for dinner with him and a nice Austrian expat lawyer named Stefan. They gave me lots of good info, and tomorrow should be a fun day of exploring Bangkok! Love you all.
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  1. Zac BenloulouOctober 27, 2010 at 7:05 PM

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  2. Zac BenloulouOctober 27, 2010 at 7:07 PM

    When traveling adhere to the "never going to see these people ever again ever" rule. Make an ass of yourself as much as you want, haha youre never gonna see them again! :) much love

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