We get to the hostel, drop our bags & head to the streets, it's 2 am. The smells of the street immediately assault the senses. The air is thick with the fragrance of sweating bodies, cooking food, rotting garbage, & sewage waste.
My hunger for this adventure is at last being feed. And my past life, that American reality is fading into yesterday. It is being replaced by a sense of awe & excitement that only a new experience can inspire. I'm in this moment & this moment is all I want. The air is dense, it's still hot at this hour. It takes me half block to stop my shallow breathing and inhale deeply. Pull into my lungs the garbage, food, booze, smog & humanness that is Bangkok. The journey has just begun!
