Pattaya

Three views from the balcony of my room in Holiday Inn Pattaya. Pattaya is about two hours away from Bangkok by car. There's a long stretch of boardwalk along the beach, kinda like Pacific Beach/Mission Bay plus the sweat inducing humidity. Also unlike PB, where the night ends after 2, this place never sleeps.

Bangkok Dangerous

A view of Soi Cowboy, a red light district in Bangkok. It's pretty much everything chaotic and shady about Asia compressed into a block. In all honesty I like to enjoy my beer without getting ht on by hookers every five min. Hello, my eyes are up here.

Suvarnabhumi Airport

In case you have to write the English words above in Thai. The cab we caught to get to Bangkok was definitely a rice rocket, complete with light shows and over the top exhaust noise. By the way, two-second rule, the door is that way.

You'd be awed by the sheer number of cabs in shocking pink.

Ferris Wheel

Singapore Flyer is currently the tallest ferris wheel in the world. It's so big you can't see where it is when you're next to it.

In Singapore for most of this week. Apparently there's an F1 race this weekend in Singapore. The city is shutting down the roads in preparation for the race in the city. Hopefully I will be able to catch it...If anything I'll be able to hear the race. Vroom vroom.

Speaker Bear

This bear can be hooked to an iPod and plays music from its built in speaker. That's the boring part. The fun part is that the bear dances to the music played.

Apartomento

View from the apartment's balcony. Summer hasn't quite ended in Japan so a morning chill session in the balcony can't quite be nice and breezy just yet. Say what? 80+F and 80% humidity? Alright, back in the room, hello AC.

What you see in the bottom left of the picture is a monorail. Yes, there is a monorail that runs near the apartment.

Japanese Train

The Yamanote Line, which runs around in a circle in Tokyo, is probably the most used train line in Tokyo (if not Japan). The great thing about this line is that because it runs in circle, the turn around is pretty damn quick. Even if you miss a train, another one would show up within two minutes. And always on time...I'm talking to you Caltrain.The screen also shows trivia quizzes to keep you entertained while you're getting squished with what feels like five million other people.