Date: 9/2/2005 @ 5:28 PM

Date: 9/2/2005 @ 5:28 PM
Category: Thailand

Today we went on the Chao Pharea express with Peechon, a cool person. Started by riding with her younger brother, we fit into a pickup truck. I realized a little into the trip, that he was a little drunk. He drove well though. We came to a police checkpoint and they wanted to pull us over, it was because I was not wearing a seat belt! He kept trying to pull over, or seemed so, and then just kept driving. Later that day we were in a Taxi and there was another checkpoint, we all .grabbed our seatbelts and faked it because there was no way to lock the other end of the seatbelt, it was stuck under the seats. In another taxi on the way home there were no seatbelts at all. Hmmmm.....

When we were in Northburi we bought fruit and had some great noodles at a noodle shop. As we were leaving I saw three, then four, then five people walk by coughing. Then I started coughing. Somebody in a shop two doors down was cutting peppers, I wonder if that is what pepper spray does to bears. Anyway another experience.

The Chao Phry express is as different from the Sky Train as the Non-air conditioned buses. It is a great way to travel and should be the first thing that a tourist does to experience Bangkok. It is a great trip. It takes about an hour and half one way and it cost about a dollar. Really great. I have many pictures to share in the blog when I get Internet access.

I have been using my Ricoh GR1v and it seems to work great for street photography. I have also been using my Canon S70 for park pictures and also pictures on today’s boat trip. It also is working much better then expected. I need to find a good place to develop and scan my film. One thing at a time.