We flew from Kolkata to Bangkok the afternoon of Feb 18th. Its amazing how far a two hour flight can take you! Bangkok seems so much cleaner than India. There’s not trash or sewage in the streets, no horns are blaring in traffic, and the food is amazing. Jeff and I got a really sick of Indian food after two months. It can be really heavy and the lack of meat is just not what we are used too. I really don’t know if I’ll ever get sick of thai food. Its lighter, tastier, and there’s more variety. And by variety I mean they eat beef! Jeff had Pricelined a hotel, so for our first night we stayed in the 5 star Holiday Inn. It was a little slice of heaven. The bed was so soft it was like sleeping on a cloud and the pillows had real feathers in them. We ate a wonderful meal at street side restaurant. We then took the metro to Siam Square and wander around the street markets there.
The next day, we bought a huge duffle bag and put around 30 kilos of our stuff into it. That bag then went into storage and we’ll pick it up when we come back through Bangkok in a couple of months. Its shocking that we were carrying all the extra stuff with us! We laid by the pool for awhile and then said goodbye to the 5 star hotel. We took a water taxi to the back packer district of Khao San Road to find a place to stay for the night. While we were searching, we stopped at a little bar that had wi-fi to have a beer. Jeff made a posting on Facebook and received a reply from his friend from high school, Rachel. Rachel was in Bangkok for the night and was catching a plane back to states the next day. We meet up with Rachel and her friends Grace and Keene. It was so fun to hear about their travels and adventures and share ours as well. Once again the world has proven just how small it really is!
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| Oh Thai food! So good! |
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| Say goodbye to the weight we lost in India! |
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| Jeff and his friend Rachel |
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| Group photo (L to R: Grace, Keene, Jeff, me, and Rachel) |
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