Hellooooooo!!! SawatDEEE-kha!!!
We've arrived in the wonderful (and HOT!) city of Bangkok and although we've only been here for one day so far, it's been quite the experience! I'm currently drinking 6.4% Thai beer on a semi-empty stomach, so needless to say, i feel a bit of a buzz going on but I will attempt to make this as smooth of an entry as possible :)
The flight was ridiculous long, but we made it to the orderly, brown-hazed city of Hong Kong smoothly to connect to our 3 hours flight into Bangkok. Last night was pretty much a nothing night because we'd been up for a good 24 hours upon arrival. The city is HUGE and the people here are extremely friendly (even the hard core looking Thai military officials will reciprocate a friendly smile) :)
Today was pretty exciting as it was our first day out and about exploring this mecca of everything and anything. Our hostel, which is more of a posh hotel, is right across from the busiest train station in Bangkok "Hua Lumphong". When we woke this morning we headed out to explore the maze of streets for some breakfast and spotted an older Thai woman with 10Baht coins shoved in her ears....yes... we weren't quite sure either, but it was pretty funny to see none the less. Thanks to Jesses navigation skills we managed to "master" the Thai transit and got ourselves (via subway, and then bus) to the ferry dock along the Chao Phraya river. We bought two day-passes for the boat and headed up river in search of the Grand Palace.
It's really quite a scene to look around and see 80-storey buildings, condos, palaces and shanty house-boat's all in one glance. We disembarked at Maharaj Pier and made our way down a market-maze of stalls selling everything from knock-off Oakley's to small ceramic buddha carvings. A Thai police officer informed us that we were inappropriately dressed for the Grand Palace (not a surprise as we were both in shorts, flip flops and cut off shirts), so that idea got scrapped pretty fast. Instead, we admired the beautiful architecture and meandered through the markets until it was time to head back to the ferry and then onto the train station.
One thing I've noticed so far since we've arrived, is that although Bangkok is a ridiculous, swarming city (there's literally 9 lanes of traffic outside... on one side of the street!!) the pace of Life here is very easy going and the people are extremely friendly.
We sampled some street "pork satay" and "gyozo" for the lavish price of $1.50 and I cooed and "small bodied" at the the various street cats/kittens and dogs we've encountered thus far.
I currenly have only 3 minutes of internet remaining so I'll unforunately have to cut this short... plus my beer is kicking in, so it's probably for the best :p
heading the night market tonight and then a massage, will update more hopefully tomorrow!!!
Mis syou all and hope you're well!!
xoxoxoxoxo,
Misty & Jesse
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