Arriving for the first time into Thailand I was able to get off the plane and through immigration with no problems. Planning on taking the bus to the hostel I failed to realize that the bus would stop running at ten pm. A taxi would have to do. A 15 minute ride for 3 dollars. Not the worst thing I guess. (although the 50 cent bus sounded a little bit better) When I arrived at the hostel there was another girl waiting outside trying her best to pear into the window or make her way into the hostel. Unlike myself, she had booked a room in the hostel and had her reservation printed out which made me feel much better about just showing up and not having to wake any one up. We tried calling the place (she had a phone) (we could hear and see the phone ringing in the window…along with the security cameras for the entire building…no one was around) After a few minutes we were actually able to open up one of the side doors, and essentially break into the hostel. While walking around exploring I noticed that there was a muy thai boxing event going on that night and wondered If that was where everyone was. Sure enough when the girl I was with dialed a number she had in an email we could hear the manager, Pong yelling into the phone and telling us that he was in fact at the boxing event. Himself and about 30 other people! Apparently it was a big deal fight and everyone from the hostel had gone. Asking if we felt comfortable staying by ourselves for an hour he assured us he would come back after the fight. No problem we said and here I sit. The hostel looks pretty sweet from walking around it and checking everything out. I am definitely excited to meet a lot of new and fresh faces. While sitting at the table I was skimming though a magazine about s.e. asia backpacking and it was a pretty wild epiphany like moment. I can do anything I want. I’m as far away as I can possibly be from “home” but I feel strangely comfortable. This should be pretty pretty awesome. Although I am pretty tired I have a feeling I will get a pretty big burst of energy once this place fills up.