Back in Bangkok

Greetings. We are back in Bangkok now, but not for long.
Yesterday we rode the train back from Ayutthaya. The countryside was beautiful. The train landed us on the south end of Bangkok, near ChinaTown. We found a place to stay for 250 baht... a double bed with a straw mattress and cold shower. Deke doesn't mind it, but I haven't been able to sleep, it seems, since we've been here. Yesterday afternoon we went down to the market to do some shopping. It was a pretty cool experience. Its a locals thing that happens only on the weekends that our friend KJ took us to. Dinner happened at a side street "restaurant" with "steak" and sticky rice, all for 45 baht ($1.50). I prefer to just think of it as steak. It tasted really good.
This morning we walked around ChinaTown. Now we're getting ready to head back to the "hotel" and grab our stuff so we can board our minibus to Ko Samet, an island 4 hours southeast of Bangkok. We're going to stay down there for a couple days and do some Scuba Diving until we have to head back up to Bangkok in preparation for departure.
I'm sure there are some stories to tell, which we will add in later. Its been interesting. We want to talk more about how we've journeyed. For example, the priority of finding a place to sleep usually tops the list. More to come on all that later.
Peace from around the globe.