Bags are almost packed...

When I told my employer I was quitting my job to move to Thailand for five months she proceeded to gush about the place. "It's amazing. I'm so jealous. I love it there. 'The Land of Smiles' and whatnot." She then gave me a look over and said, "You know, you'd probably go for about 100k on their sex trade market."

I took her comment as both a jest and a warning. From what I've heard, all the stories you hear about Bangkok are true. The good and the bad. Mostly, I just enjoyed the ego boost. My mother, on the other hand, didn't find anything amusing about this comment. So came the idea for the name of the blog. I knew I wanted to document as much as possible of the next coming months while also sharing the experience with friends and family back home. A blog was the logical way to accomplish this task. It will also serve to assure my mother that I have not yet been kidnapped and sold into sex slavery.

I will try and update as often as possible with stories of the crazy happenings in Bangkok, where I will be living, as well as the other places I will be traveling to.

For now, I have to try and cram as much into my suitcase as possible and figure how to say "hello" and "thank you" in Thai. Perhaps "where is the bar?" would be a good one, too. Flight takes off tomorrow morning!

See you on the other side of the world.

Disclaimer: I am technologically illiterate and have no idea how to operate a blog. I am not a good photographer so expect some bad/cheesy photos. I'm also a blondie, so prepare yourself for atrocious grammatical errors and more useless comments than witty ones.