12.28.09 - We woke up nice and early to hit the main touristy things before leaving Bangkok for the islands. We took a tuk-tuk to get to the Royal Palace, which was ridiculous. You see these pictures in the travel books but seeing it in person was awesome. We visited a few Wats (temples) and saw lots of extravagant temples and buildings and buddhas and had a blast. Hopefully I'll get the pictures to upload because I really can't describe how incredible these things were.
Everyone we met was really nice though, and overall we had a great experience in Bangkok. After a full day of sight-seeing and another amazing meal of pad thai and Thai beers we did a bit of shopping in the streets then headed to the airport. We flew down south then hopped on an overnight boat to get to Koh Samui.
The bottom floor was filled with cargo (motorcycles, fruit, VCR's, you name it) and the upstairs was one big long room, hard-wood floors, packed to the brim with small flimsy little mattresses with one pillow each for backpackers to cram in there and sleep the 7 hours to Koh Samui, all for about $6. It was a pretty interesting scene - backpackers partying and trying to rage as their next-mat-neighbor is trying to get their first night's sleep of the trip - and everyone all lined up like sardines and sleeping an inch away from each other - best friend or complete stranger, but it was an adventure and we made our way to Koh Samui the next day.
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