'Backpackers Alley'

The highlight of being back in the city has definitely been that I get spend time with my fellow missionary friends. The first day back, they took us to Khoasan Road also known as 'backpackers alley.' We went by river taxi, a form of transportation I've only experience once before. It was good to refresh myself with Bangkok's variety of transportation. Khoasan Road delievered in its reputation of cheap shopping. It also was a total foreginer spot. As me and the other girls were bargining for some clothes it hit; it's not fair. These venders just think of us as just another tourist. But in reality we've been here for five months. We aren't just passing through. We're actually living and working in thailand...living off the thai baht. What seems cheap to the tourist is a weeks worth of meals for us. But I guess it's all part of the experience.