Destination Bangkok

The following occurred within the first hour of arriving in Bangkok.

Preface: After realizing the travelers would be arriving in Bangkok at 11:30pm and would probably not feel like looking for a hostel Beth decides, with less than 12 hours to departure, to book a hotel online. Thinking ahead she even prints out the hotel name and map of the location to show the cab driver, assuming it would be easier for him.

Cab driver: "Where are you going?"
Beth hands over the printed material of the hotel name and map. Cab driver looks at it and gives it back to Beth. He starts to make some grunting noises and then grabs the papers back from Beth again while driving off. Again he continues to grunt and moan with and increase in pitch, shaking his head to the left and right. Beth, Liz, and Jill start to laugh at their first experience with a crazy Thai cab driver.

The cab driver then proceeds to ask Beth about the hotel by pointing to the name on the paper and Beth, being the multi-linguistic that she is, replies with "si". With this laughter erupts from the backseat and the knowledgeable Jill and Liz inform Beth they're in Thailand! However, the laughter is short lived as a result of the ca drivers continuous grunting and moaning and shaking of his disapproving head.

The 3 experience fright and question where their hotel is located and if the cab driver can get them there; and they experience excitement knowing this is only the first of the many more instances that will occur on their trip.