After 1 Partial Night in Bangkok

Well, fell asleep around 2:30ish, woke up around 7:30am. Guess with what I got on the plane (bout an hour or so on the long leg, maybe three or four on the last leg) it'll keep me going for a while. Observations after 1 night in Bangkok:

Leg 2 of the journey had us just above where the pets were. Luckily when the plane took off there was too much noise from the engines to hear them, but it was very odd hearing them.

Leg 2 also had the never before heard broadcast line of "if there is a doctor on board please come to the err of the plane". Guess that is better than heading to the front. Apparently it wasn't anything too serious, or at least if it was they hid it well. Judging by the response we had at least five doctors on board.

Had forgotten about having to clear security again in Tokyo. Annoyingly slow, but I suppose gave us something to do during a good portion of our layover. Would have preferred to have looked around the stores instead.

Longer flights essentially have a Netflix option now, where you can just choose from about 30 films from new to old, as well as a handful of tv shows. Better way of passing the time from the old days.

Bangkok had the easiest customs I've ever seen. Nothing to declare? Okay, just don't stop then. Weird.

Getting a taxi from the airport was extremely easy and ridiculously more expensive than I expected.  You go up to the taxi kiosk, tell them where you want to go, they tell you how much it is and you pay them, then they have someone take you to the car. Spent 22000 bat, which turned out to be most of the $80 we had changed over. They did put us in a BMW though, and it was about a half our drive in very little traffic on a toll road, which suggests it's probably not that much different price wise than Austin, and there probably are cheaper alternatives if you know enough to ask about them.

The hotel is sparse but clean and comfortable. We have interwebs here but last night at least it seemed to be about 28.8.. Ridiculously slow.

The road we're on reminded me a little of New York last night in that it was hustling and bustling with people of all ages and nationalities at 1:30am this morning we came through.

Alright, that's what I have for now. Time to jump through the shower then see if I can get some food around here. Update you folks soon!