What do we get for ten dollars? Everyting you want. Everything? Everyting.

Ok, two days down. Most of the first day was spent wandering around the neighborhood in a jet-lagged daze, the rest was spent sleeping. I did have one interesting encounter however. I was walking across a parking lot, trying to find a place to grab some food when I was approached by a tout. He was about the tenth that had approached me that day, so I was more or less prepared to decline the taxi ride, tuk-tuk ride, or invitation to his cousin's silk shop. Sure enough his first offer was: "Taxi?" I declined and was presented with his counter-offer: "Girl?". Sorry to disappoint some of you, I declined that as well. You've got to love a country where the natural progression of things is from transport to sex.

Today I took the water taxi to the Royal Palace. I wish I could post some pictures, as the place is rather spectacular. I'm trying to find a way to at least get a few up on the web. It's 5:30 PM and it's nap time, nasty effects of jet-lag.