"Sa-wa-dee Krab" & "Sa-wa-dee Kah"
We've arrived at our 2nd official destination, however after spending more than a year in Korea it feels like the first.
We've only just landed a couple of days ago but we've seen enough in Bangkok alone to last us a lifetime. We were lucky enough to start the trip off from our home city of Chuncheon to the Incheon Airport just outside Seoul with our friends, the newlyweds (Oobie & Soon-Young), who were also on their way to the airport to begin their honeymoon (you just never know what will happen). It was only a 5 hour puddle-jump over the China Sea and we were in Thailand!
Bangkok's sweltering heat greeted us just outside the airport and it was a big climate change from "cool Korea". We spent the remainder of the day just getting down to the heart of the city (Banglamphu) where we found a decent hotel to "ease" our way into the hot climate. The next day was spent shopping in and around Bangkok with a quick stop off at the mysterious Jim Thompson's house (ex-CIA agent turned entrepreneur who revived the silk industry) and then we crashed a couple of day markets & ending the night off at the "Pat-pong" night market. We found some amazing deals but we didn't stop in for the "Ping-Pong" show or the "Ding-Dong" show either (use your imagination). However, we were able to see a fist/kick fight between a couple of vendors (one of which we believed to be a transvestite). There's never a dull moment here in Thailand. The next day we spent hanging out with "Gib" & "Fai" who had stayed at our house back in Canada on an exchange about 3 years ago. They took us around and showed us some of the most famous and stunning temples in Bangkok, many of which were too ornate to discribe and we capped the day off with one of the best stage shows we've ever seen called "
Siam Niramit". We would highly reccommend the show if you're ever in the city (it's worth every Baht! 30B = $1.00 Can). Then on our last "rainy" afternoon in Bangkok, our Thai friends took us to Ocean World (Asia's largest Aquarium - or so we're told). After that, it was off to the Bus Station!
Well, that's it for now!
Enjoy our Bangkok photos and we'll be posting more Thailand photos soon!
See Ya!
"Sa-wa-dee Krab" & "Sa-wa-dee Kah"
We've arrived at our 2nd official destination, however after spending more than a year in Korea it feels like the first.
We've only just landed a couple of days ago but we've seen enough in Bangkok alone to last us a lifetime. We were lucky enough to start the trip off from our home city of Chuncheon to the Incheon Airport just outside Seoul with our friends, the newlyweds (Oobie & Soon-Young), who were also on their way to the airport to begin their honeymoon (you just never know what will happen). It was only a 5 hour puddle-jump over the China Sea and we were in Thailand!
Bangkok's sweltering heat greeted us just outside the airport and it was a big climate change from "cool Korea". We spent the remainder of the day just getting down to the heart of the city (Banglamphu) where we found a decent hotel to "ease" our way into the hot climate. The next day was spent shopping in and around Bangkok with a quick stop off at the mysterious Jim Thompson's house (ex-CIA agent turned entrepreneur who revived the silk industry) and then we crashed a couple of day markets & ending the night off at the "Pat-pong" night market. We found some amazing deals but we didn't stop in for the "Ping-Pong" show or the "Ding-Dong" show either (use your imagination). However, we were able to see a fist/kick fight between a couple of vendors (one of which we believed to be a transvestite). There's never a dull moment here in Thailand. The next day we spent hanging out with "Gib" & "Fai" who had stayed at our house back in Canada on an exchange about 3 years ago. They took us around and showed us some of the most famous and stunning temples in Bangkok, many of which were too ornate to discribe and we capped the day off with one of the best stage shows we've ever seen called "Siam Niramit". We would highly reccommend the show if you're ever in the city (it's worth every Baht! 30B = $1.00 Can). Then on our last "rainy" afternoon in Bangkok, our Thai friends took us to Ocean World (Asia's largest Aquarium - or so we're told). After that, it was off to the Bus Station!
Well, that's it for now!
Enjoy our Bangkok photos and we'll be posting more Thailand photos soon!
See Ya!
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