Surprise! I'm in Thailand!

The hotel I'm staying at in Bangkok doesn't appear to be near any touristy areas, however it is full of shopping. Between my brief strolls yesterday and today, most of what I have seen consists of open-air market stalls and food. The stalls sell anything from clothes to jewelery to music, and there are usually plenty of people milling about.

Last night I had some Thai noodles from the small shop across from the hotel. Food is pretty cheap, considering dinner cost me about 1 US dollar. The noodles were really yummy. There are a lot of small sit down places, that are run by families. They cook the food in a little open air kitchen, and they are really nice.

Today was spent in orientation type stuff...we spent the morning learning some Thai language, which is nice and always helpful. We have just learned some spoken language, nothing about reading or writing the script, which is a little unnerving. Thai has a very unique script, at least compared to the ones I've seen before, Japanese, Chinese, and Korean. I half expected it to be more similar than it is. Anyways, in addition to learning a little Thai language we also learned about some customs, and how to bow politely. There are only 6 of us, so we're quite a small group.

I'll be teaching at a school in the area around Bangkok...that is about all I have learned so far. I will learn more tomorrow, and I am hoping that I am not too close to the center of the city. Big cities are nice to visit, but to live in, I prefer my smaller towns. Not too small, but a good size.

Well, I am still plenty tired from traveling and my day, so I will leave you with just this short post before I simply start rambling. Enjoy my 12 hour time difference posts from the future. :)

...and I shall enjoy the 30 minutes it takes to figure out how to post this when google is being a jerk and making all the buttons read in Thai so I have absolutely no clue what I'm doing...