So William and Kate got married.
So what?!
We are not really a fan of this royal cum showbiz brouhaha. Since the big announcement of the royal wedding last year, paparazzi started revving-up their lenses, tabloids and broadsheets got busier and television networks all across the globe featured all sorts of shits about this “event of the decade”: from Diana’s engagement ring, Middleton’s modern victorian McQueen dress to how many times the bell will ring after the ceremony. Aack!
So if you are sick of all these hyped news and sensationalized publicity stunts …

“… Pairs of MALE Elephants will be released to the forest of America. There is hope that they will grow in number…”
~King of Siam (Yul Bryner, The King and I 1956)

The day started with a half-baked excitement. We pretty much wasted more than two hours looking for the money changer that would accept our Peso bills. After 140 Baht on the cab meter, several kilometers of Bangkok sprinting action and litters of juicing fat squeezing out our pores, we couldn’t help but pacify the plea of our intestinal parasites, so we …

Bangkok welcomed us on a late afternoon from our long lazy bus/van ride from Siem Reap. Being the last leg of the trip, our minds were practically overwhelmed with plethora of enriching experiences, images and a bag-full of stories we can’t wait to tell, which in turn, made an inversely proportional amount of cash at hand.
So with a dwindling budget, the moment we realized we are approaching the capital, we started doing mental computations ’til our mouths froth.

It was late afternoon when the van dropped us at Khaosan Road. I …