Grung Tahyp

Here are just some classic Khao San Road pics from when I was staying there a little over a week ago. I have fallen way behind in the blog but already have this pics uploaded, so I'm just going to post them anyways. Being back in the same spot agtain in Bangkok is surreal though. Everything (borrowing the over-used phrase of Thai-English) is the same same. But different. Its all the same people selling the same shirts, the same 25 orange juices, the street pad thai, the cheap beers. The same little kids try to hustle you for 10 baht, though now they're looking a little old to be combing the streets for money. The same tuk-tuk drivers are still trying to scam people and take them to ping pong shows.

Still, other things are different. Some new music plays from behind the pirated CD stands (though Jack Johnson will forever be a favorite.) And entire new swarm of backpackers has taken over the road, will use Khao San as a starting point to travel all over South East Asia. Since everything else is the same, I half expect to see the same people I've always seen on the road, having a cold Beer Singh on the curb, watching the chaos stroll by.