Eight nights in Bangkok….
We stayed at a nice and expensive (for us) hotel our first two nights in Bangkok. It was a great location, but it was very difficult to find. It was in the Sukimvit area known for its nice hotels and, appearantly, its abundance of go go bars. It was nice to stay in a fancier part of town before we slummed it again. And slum it we did. Our next stop was the infamous Khao San road…..backpacker hell. Actually, I thought it was not bad. We had to find someplace to park it for a few days while my parents Fedex’d the replacement to the credit card I lost in Saigon. We picked an aging boarding house with a bar attached. Not the best choice we have ever made. Every night the bar crowd and music were very loud, but we had to stay bc that is where my card was being sent. We spent several nights drinking with the locals in the bar. All the staff were lady boys; which was interesting to see. One was clearly a lady boy, but I had no idea about the other until she spoke.
The street food in Thailand is good and cheap. I think the food here is the best we have had so far. I eat curry often. Green curry soup is fast becoming my favorite. We spent some time seeing the royal palace and some famous temples. We spent several days looking through their vast weekend market. It is huge. They have 20000 vendors and get over 200000 shoppers a day. It was crazy. We got our teeth cleaned and Erica got her hair done. It was not a rushed 8 days. The day my card arrived we shipped off to Kanchaburi….and that is a story for another day.
Tags: Travel
October 3rd, 2007 at 9:39 am
…and the world’s your oyster!
Garreth sang this song in a goth karaoke bar, once dressed as a mime…and still lives to tell the tale. seriously!
Glad to hear you guys are out and about exploring. Garreth tells me that things can be quite nice in Thailand and ridiculously cheap. Have you made it to the Thai beaches yet?
thinking of you both!
~garreth and mary