Bangkok

We finally made it to Thailand, but it was a long and quite bizarre journey.  We flew from Athens to Amman, Jordan and it was quite an interesting adventure.  We were supposed to have a 9 hour layover in Amman, and apparently the airport has a policy that any layover over 8 hours earns the passenger a free hotel voucher.  We had no idea, so the guys in suits talking in different languages pointing at 2 Americans in the middle of The Middle East didn't sit too well with us.  When a man approached us and told us about the hotel, our spidy senses were tingling, but we also thought it might be nice to have a bed for the night, so what the heck?  Hopefully we don't get kidnapped and beheaded, but I guess we'll take our chances.  Not the smartest thought process, if I'm being totally honest, but what can I say?  I wanted to see what would happen, which is also a horrible thought to have.  The point is we did it, against our better judgement.  Thankfully, it turned out fine (spoiler alert!!!).  

It was a beautiful hotel with a full buffet (everything was free, I might add), and we were throughly surprised by the hospitality.  Thanks Amman!  

After an 8 hour flight, we were in Bangkok and ready for the night! 

We got a ride to our hostel and unpacked.  The hostel is super nice and equipped with a full kitchen and lounge area with books, a PS-4 and tons of movies.  

Each bunk has a huge bed, equipped with your own outlets and light (it doesn't sound like a luxury, but for a hostel it is).

We met some really nice people from England staying in our room and we all decided to go out together to Khao San Rd (a tourist hot-spot for drinks, dancing and all-around frivolity).  It turned out to be a super fun night (from what I can remember).  Aaron has all the good pics on his phone and is taking forever to send them to me, but I'll try to get them from him ASAP!  Here's what I got:

Yup, both crickets and scorpions were ingested:

Again, Aaron has all the good pictures, so I'll be posting more soon!