Today has been a most frustrating day. The main problem came to be when I wanted to pay cash for my ticket out of BKK to Romania (about $1000). Anyway, naiively enough I tried towithraw some 1500 USD from the ATM, which didn't work (thanks to the bloody US bank). After trying various amounts with zero success I figured I'd call'em. Surprisingly, there are pay phones that have a Verizon collect call button. Not surprisingly, it didn't work for my number. My guess is that Verizon charges an arm and a leg for such calls and Bank of America is too god damn cheap! To make a long story short, making a simple phone call required more than an hour some times. Ultimately, I managed to get a hold of those Bank of America peolple. Then I got some money out, and then again my card stopped working! So, as it turned out it was blocked, which required yet another conversation with Bank of America...
What else? Ah, getting a sim card. Quite easy to do actually. The hard part is getting the calling rates. Apparently, the sellers only sell those sims, but have absolutely no fucking clue what the rates are..
So much for errands. I've heard some nasty stuff about how badly Bangkok smells. The fact is, that it's really not that bad. When one walks down the street one is continuously offered Taxi, Tuk Tuk (I say "Mi Sham") - that's a motorbike ride, a tailored suit, prostitute, food, massage, and anything else that can be sold.
The food is incredibly cheap here especially on the street. For example, a Pad Thai, which is not too big, but just enough, is 15Baht ($0.5) or 20 Baht with egg. A 500cc bottle of water can be 15 or 30 cents, a one hour full body oil massage 8 buks. Pretty darn cheap...
Speaking of massages, I did get myself one. It was pretty good actully.
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