landed

got in yesterday morn. bangkok is awesome and terrible. its hot and sweaty, has tons of traffic and trash, but also has amazing street food, cheap beer, and beautiful hyperactive street markets.

here is a tuk tuk:

khao san road in its neon brilliance:

hard to see, but my hand is covering a giant sweaty pit stain. its balls hot here. even harder to see is the wedding ring on the finger. we got bands to travel with. picked them up this morning for the same price as a large beer.

obama-mania has hit the streets of bangkok. seems they haven't gotten over teen-wolf mania yet.

got pics up on picasa... hope it'll be this easy to update throughout the trip.