In a stunning display of forward thinking, we decided to go to the Vietnamese embassy to get visas. Ideally we would have gotten them for China as well, thus enabling us to take the train all the way through China to Hong Kong, but there wasn't time for that. We went on Friday. It takes four business days to get the visas, so we'd have them the following ...

The Atlanta Hotel in Bangkok is within walking distance of the tailor district, the Siam Paragon, and Lumpini Park. It's also right next two of the three red light districts of Bangkok. When the owner's son took over, he decided to make it "Bangkok's Bastion of Healthy Tourism." The guy must have had some pretty traumatic sexual experiences.. he clearly has a complex. Staying there, you're also constantly ...