2010 Visitors: Final Round

My last crew of visitors came and went. Paige, Joe, and Diana were here for the last 10 days and it was all sorts of silliness. First night we chilled at an outdoor "bar" and had ourselves a few Chang beers. Day two was filled with wats, temples, the heat, Khao San Road, pad thai, eating grasshoppers, fish massages, and video interviews for the Thailand Tourism Website (link to my awkward, fidgety, repeating self interview video at the end of this blog post).
After Bangkok for a few days we jumped on an overnight train and headed south to Suart Thani where we then grabbed a bus to take us further south to Krabi. Total travel time: 17 hours...yeah wont be doing that again...oh wait I am...I will...two more times...in China. Ha. Anyways Krabi...AKA Beautifulness. 6 days of beach, beach, and more beach. Joe and Diana went rock climbing, Paige and Diana rode elephants, and we all hiked up to this amazing viewpoint. Paige, Diana and I celebrated St. Paddy's day at the beach drinking Changs and playing drinking games. Needless to say, day drinking at the beach makes an early night in but entirely worth it. What a great day!
After the beach we flew back to Bangkok and went shopping at Suan Luam Night Bazaar. Afterwards, Paige, Diana, and myself met up with some of my friends here at an outdoor club and had a night full of deep down belly laughs.
And finally their last day in Thailand...we found ourselves in the middle of a Red Shirt March down Ramkhamhaeng Road. "Since the 2006 ousting of Thaksin Shinawatra, Thailand's former prime minister, the country has been gripped by waves of political protest. Ten of thousands of opposition supporters paraded across Bangkok in an attempt to encourage the city's residents to support their calls for the government to step down. They moved across Bangkok in an 13km-long convoy of motorcycles and pickup trucks" (taken from a news source online). It sure was a wild sight to see. Afterwards, we had a packing party trying to stuff suitcases full of Thailand goodies. And finally off the airport to say our goodbyes...however it was more like c-ya laters as I will be seeing them and you in 6 weeks when I arrive back to Chitown!!!
Thailand Tourism video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ns8GeAy7kI&feature=player_embedded