We had such a successful day yesterday, and really made the most of our limited time in Bangkok. We caught a cab early in the morning from our hostel into the center of Bangkok. Cabs here are so cheap, I actually pay more per mile for gas at home, especially since we're splitting everything four ways. When we made it into town we set off on foot to find a place to stay. We found this sweet backpackers villa in no time and dropped off our packs to "paint the town red".
We were in a definite tourist area as we set off to see the golden temple complex here in Bangkok. And apparently we all have gullible tourist stamped across our foreheads. Nearly everyone we walked by wanted to "help" us with all sorts of information or tuk tuk (little mini taxis) rides to the temple. We however had read about these peoples tactics and made our way on our own while saying Mai chai (no!) to everyone.
The temples were absolutely stunning! The outsides of the temples were highly decorated unlike anything I witnessed in Italy. We walked around the massive temples for a couple hours then headed to one of Bangkok's many markets. Rach and I devoured some delicious pad Thai while the other boys hit up some curry. Adjacent to the market we headed down to the dock to depart on a boat tour of Bangkok on the Chao Prya river. The tour guided us through narrow waterways that act as streets to many small family huts supported precariously by thin vertical logs coming out of the river. We saw a number of huge lizard-like creatures that I had no desire to swim with. We also bought some beers off a canoe that paddled along beside us. Other canoes had small charcoal grills cooking up different meets on sticks!
Before dinner we all got thai massages near our guesthouse massages here are so awesome and ridiculously cheap it wont be my last massage of the trip We ate a delicious dinner including grilled snapper, different curries, and a drunken noodle dish. Another highlight of the day was picking up a pair of knock-off raybans for 4 dollars US. Great success for our first full day in Thailand.
This morning we hopped on a charter van to Cambodia where we will be visiting Angkor Wat. I encourage everyone who doesn't know about Angkor Wat to do a little research. I'm on the van currently writing this post that I'll put on my blog next chance I have Internet. Nap time!
Sounds like you're having lots of fun already! Miss you and love you, mom
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