September 3

We slept in as long as we could with out missing breakfast and then packed up until check out. Then we left the hotel with our backpacks and took the shuttle to a nearby metro stop that the "Nice Massage" place is near. I kinda didn't feel like having anyone touch me, but Syd got a Thai massage and I just got a 30 minute foot massage so I could use the internet until Syd got done. After that we took the metro to MBK to use the internet for a while. Syd tried to go get a microderm facial but she couldn't find it (because MBK is so huge) and probably also because it is so annoying to walk around with a backpack in that chaos. After we were done there we went to the Grand Hyatt for Afternoon Tea. It had the yummiest icecream I've ever had. Syd finally got to try her mango and sticky rice dish and it was all she had been hoping for! Then we took a taxi to the tourist office where we would be catching an overnight bus to Ko Samui (an island on the southeast coast of Thailand, where The Beach was filmed). Waiting for the bus we met a nice Australian guy and his Danish wife. They live in Sydney and gave us all there contact information, and even drew a map of how to get to their house. They offered us both the spare bed in their house if we ever need it while in Australia. Isn't that nice?
The overnight bus was fairly miserable, but I blame my dress choice on part of the uncomfort.