Leaving Thailand, heading back to Mumbai, oh mercy.

Just a glimpse of one of the many fruits of our week in Thailand:




Well, sorry not to be blogging too much lately, those of you that are following.

The last two weeks have been a blur. As of now I'm sitting in Suvarnabhumi International Airport Bangkok, Thailand, my travel partner Merwan and I reminiscing about our good fortune of having the chance to be able to spend even a short time in this wonderful country of Thailand once again. Funny, Bangkok, sprawling megalopolis capital of Thailand with a population of 9 million people, and a reputation as one of the wildest places on the planet, seemed like a stroll in a peaceful pleasure garden after living in India and Mumbai for the past six months.

Really, I can't get over the people, they are just so damn wonderful, sweet, cute, and pleasant. They haggle like Indians, everything is bargainable, which is always good fun, but its all done with a smile instead of a monumental fight. Needless to say I've enjoyed my respite from my new home country of India, and I'm not particularly looking forward to leaving what has been the incredible weather of Bangkok (I'm used to being here in the summer when its unbearably hot, humid, and raining with reckless abondon at any moments notice). There is also just the way things get done here. No one looks after you like Thai people do. Nobody. Everything is always accounted for. Taking a trip down South to one of the many beautiful islands of Thailand? No problem,

they'll send a cool guy with a sweet afro on his bike to escort you to the bus around the corner and every step of the way they'll herd you like a good sheep herder does to make sure you don't loose your way.
But alas, it seems the time has come to board our plane now so now I must bid this fine country adieu yet again. Here's to hoping it won't be long before I return.
In the meantime, I'm looking forward to basking in the glory of a 545 Bhat (that's about $17 USD) commemorative edition of Time full of Obama glory.
Stay tuned on the blog for more from this week in Thailand. I found so much good stuff, met more amazing street artists and crafts people, and generally had a jolly good time.

Sawadee Krap - Mikey