Bangkok

So we are here in Bangkok for our first day of travel outside of Europe, and it has been nothing less than spectacular. We arrived around noon and sat through what seemed like a whole day in the customs area, and then hit the heat, and do I mean heat! I love my California weather, but this is something else, I mean humid doesnt express the thickness of the heat we had. I was sweating within the first few minutes of being off the plane. We took our taxi straight to the hostel, and right there we knew how much we loved this country, when a taxi ride from Malpensa airport in Milan cost 20 euro for a mile ride, and the taxi fair for 3 miles here was $5. Ahhhhhh, that was a sigh of saving money. After taking a quick shower from being on a plane for a full day, we walked over to the corner store and bought two huge waters for a total of .71 cents.. After chugging them in about 2 seconds we then got a local spicey chicken meal, with fantastic rice for a combined $1.30 total. Ahhhhh I love this country.So after practically saving a small fortune we decided to go get Thai massages and once again it was a total of $10 for both of us for an hour.. Do I need to even explain my happiness right now? So anyone who wants to hang out for next to nothing, come to Thailand, and definatly up to Chiang Mai, becasue starting tomorrow we booked a month long stay in a beautiful area for $160 for the month..Yep that is one really nice dinner in the city, for a months rent...


So back to Italy, Stefano, Giampaolo, Roberto 1, Roberto 2, Davide, Jockey, Dom Grace, Vincensa, and the rest of the gang, we miss you so much and wish we could have you all with us here right now on the patio overlooking Bangkok, with wine and all the laughs you bring to us. If you have not gone to Italy, you just havent lived. Roma is beautiful, Florence is another world, Milan is similar to S.F, but what makes it all is the small towns like Viterbo, Soriano, Chellano, Bomzaro, and all the Fantastic people who reside in these areas. Clay had it right when he told me, it is all within the small towns, that is true Italy, and you couldnt of been more correct. We were made to feel like family with all of these wonderful souls and we honestly do consider them our family, and will be for as long as we live. Every one of you brought so much warmth to our hearts and lives that I cant even describe it with my ture emotion unless we start drinking wine, or I eat another pig face.. :) So we will explain more in detail tomorrow and we hope you all love the stories becasue these are some of the most real and energetic people we have ever met.

T-T-T-Thailand

So we are forgoing the rest of Europe and the damn Euro, and heading for Thailand. Bangkok, and Chiang Mai to be exact. Europe has been probably the best experience I have ever had and amplify that by having the best travel partner anyone can have, but Asia is a new conquest and we are taking it. So we are passing up Amsterdam, Germany, and Prague to go to Buddhist Monestaries, ride bikes and get $3 massages (normal ones). Basically go somewhere where the dollar is actually worth something. I do need to write a lot about our experience in Italy, so that will be coming soon, because all those crazy pictures need to be explained and all the fantastic people in them need to be acknowledged because they are the ones who made it so special.

We are very sorry to the people we will be missing in those Europe countries we will be skipping, but dont fret there will be more world tours and those areas will be the first on our list. We are not just saying that either, the travel bug has bitten us like, inevitably a mosquito with malaria will when we are in Chiang Mai. Traveling is defiantly a state of mind, and its the doors of possible perception that need to be opened, and they defiantly have been, so we will be looking forward to the Cafes of Amsterdam, the Carnival and Birkenstock store of Germany, and the castles and Bohemian lifestyle that only Prague can hold. So tomorrow offically begins our trip to Bangkok via a short stop in Cairo, and then we are going straight up to Chiang Mai. So it will be awhile before you hear form us (a few days) but after that we will catch all of you up on the absolutely amazing time we shared with some of the most genuine people we have ever met. And a quick note to my Italian brothers, I miss you and think about you almost every second, you have made me a better man, and I will always hold you with a special place in my heart.

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