Buckets are the devil

It's 11pm Bangkok time... And I probably shouldn't be blogging. We're about 6 buckets deep right now. If you're not familiar, buckets are a pint of liquor (your choice) and in our case, soda with red bull. They look like the buckets you build sand castles as a kid, but 1000% more lethal because of the insanely higher content of alcohol.

Tomorrow will likely be spending the day recovering. We're hoping to reach Koh Chang in sometime Thursday.

Jetleg is a myth

We arrived in Bangkok at 2am last night. The cabby dropped us off in a weird spot so it took a few minutes to figure out where are hotel was. After maneuvering through giant puddles created by a earlier typhoon, we finally found Erawan House. It's a pretty basic room, with only enough room for our 3 beds. We dropped off our bags and decided to explore a little (even with fatigue setting in.

We met some fellow farangs and chatted for awhile. So far the people have been super nice. Got pretty tipsy from 3 giant beers and shot the shit till the sun came up. We even ended up sneaking into a temple to see what the monks were up to. At this point I realized I should get some sleep.

We woke up around 11am local time and honestly felt fine. Jetleg is a myth to me. After a 21 hour journey, a few beers to help me sleep, I feel perfectly fine. Even with 5 hours sleep.

Today were gonna do some exploring around Khao San Road and see what the other whiteys are saying. Apparently there are some Halloween parties going on, so we'll likely be hitting something up tonight.

Wheels Up: Bangkok via Shanghai

The day has finally arrived! Today we begin our 7 week adventure through the South East Pacific, starting with a 12hour flight to Shanghai. I'm not going to lie... It's a little nerve racking crossing the ocean in a flying tube. I haven't had the opportunity to venture outside of North America until now, and the idea of being outside of my comfort zone gives me some minor anxiety. Ah well, thats the point of this trip really. I really needed a system reboot, since "normal" life was boring the hell out of me. Besides, I've done my fare share of traveling since I was 16 and I've made it this far right? I'm pretty confident in my survival skills and common sense will keep us safe. Oh, the Adivans that Jordy hooked me up with helped as well ;)

We decided early on to book with Eastern China Air. I usually do extensive research before booking vacations, but the price was so good back in January that we bought the tickets without looking into user reviews. Anyway, after booking the flight I started reading the reviews and people were saying that Eastern China Air is equivalent to a bus with wings. I wasn't looking forward to this flight at all. Now I'm not sure if it's related to the deal that YVR has with this airline, but I have to say it's really not that bad. The 3 of us are sharing a roomy 4 seat row, I've had 3 free beers and the staff are pretty nice. I guess people to write reviews when service goes wrong.