Back to the BKK (and the TF's 2nd Annual Sweepstakes)

Well, we're back in Bangkok and it feels stupendous.  I feel like we've been all the way around the world the past two weeks, but it turns out we've just been around Thailand (and a little bit of the land down under for one of us.)  Last night we took an 11 hour red eye bus trip (following a two hour ferry) from the bottom of the country back to the middle, where we currently reside.  Seeing Bangkok both before and after seeing the rest of the country is kind of cool as we're able to compare how it felt at first, and what it looks like compared with other more rural parts of the nation.

Two weeks ago we were wide eyed kids in a new world, gaping in awe at the 30 Baht to US Dollar ratio, the absence of traffic laws, Buddhist Monks, and the sleezy (yet fun) street vendors.  Now that we're (dare I say it?) seasoned veterans, we can see the town for what it really is, with a golden badge of experience worn on our upper lapel, as we overlook the town from the 17th floor of our hotel.

In a word, Bangkok is... busy.  In twenty words, Bangkok is a crazy, smoggy place with a whole lot going on and not a lot of ways to go about doing it.  Somehow everything we try to do, we end up at the same street with fake watches being sold and transvestites hollering out "Hey Sexy Boys!" offering us massages.  Don't get me wrong, I love massages, but these are not the massages we're looking for.  

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Anyways, after arriving here at 6 this morning we headed back to the tailor to get refitted for our suits.  Don't wanna brag, but I also don't wanna lie... we look damn good.  When the other 3 amigos wake from their cat naps we'll probably head out for some dinner and see what else this town has to offer.  There have been rumors of a floating restaurant, and the good lord knows I'm not one to turn down anything that involves floating and food.  I also haven't played ping pong in a while, and word on the street is Bangkok is famous for something called a "ping-pong show?"  No idea what that means, but it sounds interesting, and I've seen enough youtube videos of asians playing amazing ping pong to know that it probably isn't something to be missed.  If you have 30 seconds, here is a fun little clip of Bruce Lee killing it on the tables.  To be honest I'm not even sure if Bruce Lee is alive or dead, but it would be really epic if he showed up tonight.  Keeping my fingers crossed.  

That's all for now, and thanks for reading.  Hope everyone's school is going well, we had a grand time missing class today.

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Also, as a reward for finishing this literary masterpiece, despite the fact that it was entirely void of pictures, you have been entered into The Thailand Fantastic's 2nd annual sweepstakes! (No purchase necessary, many will enter, few will win.) At this exact moment in time this blog's got 1157 views.  We have an amazingly cool, indescribable Thai prize for the 1250th viewer of the Thailand Fantastic.  I repeat, if you  are the 1250th page view for this blog, post a screen shot on Facebook of you completing such a feat, and the prize is YOURS.  If you are a parent, advertiser, or journalist without Facebook, just let us know, and we'll most likely trust you.  We will announce the prize tomorrow, so best of luck!