Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Uncharted Territory

I left Lopburi and headed to totally uncharted territory. Uthai Thani is not in any guide book and is nearly non-existant so far as the internet is concerned. It was a nice little town, and I was able to find my way around well enough, although I'm not sure if I hit all of the places of interest (or any of them, for that matter... or if there even are any).
One thing that definately surprised me about Uthai was how unfriendly the people were. I suppose they just weren't used to Farang (foreigners) and the language barrier certainly didn't help. I even got turned away at two different internet shops... one because she didn't think I would be able to use the thai keyboard (it's easy enough to switch), and another because they were just punk kids who ran an internet game shop and didn't want me there...
But, now I'm back in Farang-friendly Bangkok. I stayed at the Green House again for my first night but upon talking to an Irishmen abuot hit place decided I should move to a cheaper hotel (Green had given me a terrible room this time with a too soft lumpy old mattress). This place is 100 baht cheaper and pretty nice, although it doesn't feel as secure as Green did... wish me luck!!

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