Heading back to Bangkok, then on to Luang Prabang

Phuket to Bangkok. Left our beach experience behind....reluctantly....and headed for Bangkok.  Arriving in BKK airport is much like being in the middle of a science fiction movie. The airport is ultramodern, 10 different types of Wifi, people movers, sky train to downtown, high tech city.....outside of the airport?....over crowdedness everywhere you look...up, down, or sideways....Neal Stephenson sort of wrote about a city like this 20 years ago. in his novel Snow Crash.  It has an energy much like New York City...very vibrant but absolutely raw. An odd detail about Bangkok....skate boards.....didn't see one anywhere in Bangkok or Thailand.  Good for them.

Didn't want to forget this. There is a common scam in Bangkok...a nicely dressed gentleman approaches or walks up beside you and asks if you need direction.  You say no I'm going to _____(you can put anything in those spaces)...this time I'll put the "The Jim Thompson Silk Museum".  He then says to you..."that's closed today" or "that's not open until this afternoon......or "they're not open for another couple of hours"....Being the helpful and generous soul that he is...he'll then gives you the address of a jewelry store that has the "cheapest gold and silver in Bangkok"....or better yet, he'll walk you over since he knows the owners personally.  We were approached 3 times like this.  Gotta tell you, I got pretty tired of looking at jewelry....just kidding. Became good at crossing the street when we made eye contact with any well dressed male.

We stayed one night at a little place call Jumputa Garden Villas.  Eight small bungalows built over a lake....Beautiful little place.  Then entire inside of the little villa was teak wood.  The lake had fish like bass although they weren't...maybe tilapia?  Complete with lily pads, plumeria trees, and other plants to make the  whole thing appear as an oasis.  There was a rice paddy next door. Very quaint.  If it weren't for the fact that we were in the middle of an industrial area five minutes from the airport....and the friggin guy next door in his backhoe that was 60 feet away from us where we were having dinner... it would have been a pretty peaceful evening.  LOL  Having a great trip.  More later.