love your symptoms wayfaring whitey

arrived in bangkok and the 'backpacker capitol' of Banglamphu. its like cleveland compared to hong kong where whitey was quite scarce on the street level. its candy land in many ways, and everything is hell of cool. the hostels all have these big open air patios with chill house music and candles and stone statuary, koi ponds, bamboo pillars. like a thousand zeitgeists and all whitey whitey, dready dread, a 22oz beer costs about $1.25 and some nice rooms at about $10. opt-out, drop-out paradise. proves that any misanthrope american living in his parents basement, stoning out with a chip on his shoulder really has nothing to complain about. everythingyouwantsville. but that is only a 12 hour diagnosis. not nearly as seedy-seeming as i had imagined, nor as 'heady'- several family vacations visible, and lots of single european/american/aussie girls. staying here for today at least before we head to cambodia. Alors, we are looking for a room with a view. a room of ones own, a couple dozen feet above the stampedia.

also, i'm looking for some feedback here, wondering if anybody has actually bothered to read this. half narcissism/half curiousity. forgive.
thinking maybe of opening our "plans" up a little choose-your-own-adventure style:

should dan and linz:
a) spend a few more days in bangkok before heading out to cambodia/vietnam/laos/greater thailand in order to gather some non-lonely planet derived ideas of where and what to do there. also dance frenetically and chill in plush lounges drinking cold light beer.
b) bus down to the islands and partake of the moon parties, seek inspiration and swim in tropical waters.
c)leave tomorrow on a train to sihanoukville
(and again)...and do all of the above when we come back? oh, we might actually go to angkor watt first as it is on the way.

vote up america!