Am Assuming BenWhaWha is a dead

[Canuckster]

Holy shit,

Did you and the taxi driver touch penises?

[Professor Diet Butcher]

This is the one time when I say "cool story bro" and really really mean it! Damn Ben! Maybe you should use Uber next time!

[Daglord]

Nope, no penises touched I'm afraid Canuckster. It is still day dreaming for you I'm afraid.

So today I went to Ayutthaya, this was the number one destination I wanted to do since I heard about Thailand. I made a deal with a taxi driver for 1,500 thb for all the temples. (I realise I got shafted big time as I was riding to the first temple, but whatever.)

Saw three temples, at the end of the third one I was sitting on my phone to a friend when I heard shots being fired. Thought nothing of it, and returned a few minutes later. Found my taxi driver lying in a pool of blood with a machete beside him. I think it was a drug deal that went bad, and he was silly enough to bring a machete to a gun fight. He was still alive, but seemed in a pretty bad way.

Another taxi driver drove me back to the station after I had paid the full fare to his friend. I tried to argue for a minute, as I hadn't had my full tour, and then realised the type of people I was talking to and thought fucked if I'm going to get stabbed or worse for what amounts to about £30. I'll be doing a full blog piece on this in the coming days.

What a way to start my Thailand adventure.

lol. keep your head on a swivel dude.

looking forward to the blog. pics of temples?

[Megaterio Llamas]

Nope, no penises touched I'm afraid Canuckster. It is still day dreaming for you I'm afraid.

So today I went to Ayutthaya, this was the number one destination I wanted to do since I heard about Thailand. I made a deal with a taxi driver for 1,500 thb for all the temples. (I realise I got shafted big time as I was riding to the first temple, but whatever.)

Saw three temples, at the end of the third one I was sitting on my phone to a friend when I heard shots being fired. Thought nothing of it, and returned a few minutes later. Found my taxi driver lying in a pool of blood with a machete beside him. I think it was a drug deal that went bad, and he was silly enough to bring a machete to a gun fight. He was still alive, but seemed in a pretty bad way.

Another taxi driver drove me back to the station after I had paid the full fare to his friend. I tried to argue for a minute, as I hadn't had my full tour, and then realised the type of people I was talking to and thought fucked if I'm going to get stabbed or worse for what amounts to about £30. I'll be doing a full blog piece on this in the coming days.

What a way to start my Thailand adventure.

I guess that taxi driver had what you might call third world problems eh.

Sounds like you're getting your bhats worth of adventure early on Ben. Try not to get killed now.

[Som-Pong]

Hahaha nice one. Did you visit wat mahatat the one with the decapitated Buddhas? Severely hungover today had another friend come in from Sweden and been on a bender since Thursday night. Going to be all responsible and shit and stay in for a few days. How did you like the trees btw, compared to the UK kind?

[Som-Pong]

Oh yeah just a side note taxi drivers who speak some English tend to deal drugs and pimp as well not the type of people you want to argue with too much. Last time I got my ass beat bluesville at tmmac assumed taxi drivers were the culprits. What time are you heading up north?

[Masato]

EPIC story by Benwahwah, lolol

So what's the deal? Are Ben and Som residing near each other? Do you guys hook up often or are you working in different parts of the country?

I want more photos/updates!

[Benwahwah]

Som and I are in totally different parts of the country now, my stay in Bangkok was just a fleeting one unfortunately. It is a 10hr journey to get to him now, so probably won't happen for quite some time. I hate travelling for that length of time, it is mind numbing and depending on your mode of transport can be quite painful.

I'm up in Chiang Mai now, which is really beautiful. It is a decent size and has plenty of Thais that can speak English, but is also not quite as westernised as Bangkok. By all counts though it is still very westernised. It will be interesting to see what it is like in the town that I am being placed in, which is on the border of Laos and is meant to be much more rural.

[Canuckster]

That cabbie story was epic, too bad you didn't film it.

[Som-Pong]

Haha you're in for an interesting time bro. What mudhole did they stick you in?