Well, gone are the days when I didn't used to have jet lag. I woke up after 2 hours of sleep and couldn't fall back to sleep after trying for an hour and a half, so I thought I'd get up for a while so I can start to feel tired again.
I don't have much more to say about Bangkok, but I do have to say a few more things before I add my photos. My first impression of Bangkok was one of mild disgust. I mean, the culture and the country seem pretty cool, but I had really disliked the number of old white guys walking around with young Asian women. On this trip, I learned I wasn't alone. Some of the other recruiters I met who have had more experience travelling in Thailand than I have had the same impression of Bangkok as I did. So at least I'm not alone.
Regardless, I must say that I do find Thai people to be really sweet. The hospitality is the same as other Asian countries, but there is something about the personalities of people there that I can only describe as sweet. All the security guards in my hotel, for example, would not just say hello, like in other hotels, but they would actually salute me with a heel click of their boots as well! I don't know, that's about all I can think of as an example, but otherwise it's just hard to put into words.
As for my day off in Bangkok, I went to Chinatown and then to the Grand Palace where the temple of the Jade Buddha is located. I think I didn't see all of it. It all started to look the same to me after a while, and even though I had a map, I felt like I got lost there. It was a long day anyway. I had planned to travel to places and back to the Sky Train station by boat, but I only got as far as Chinatown and then had to take taxis the rest of the way because the boats stopped running between 11am and 6pm, which I didn't find out about until I had wasted 45 minutes sitting at one of the piers waiting for the boat taxi to come by. The palace closes at 4pm, and by the time I realised that the boats weren't running, it gave me only about one and a half hours to see it or maybe less by the time I got there. By the time I got home, I was exhausted with a massive headache from dehydration, though I tried to drink enough liquids.
I'll post the photos later. I think for now I'm ready to try to sleep again...
