Short one this time… we are planning on taking the train tomorrow to the old capital, and some city with monkeys everywhere… then it will be on the way to Chiang Mai. That is where we are hoping to have some fun with the outdoorsy trek type adventures. This area is fantastic and it is fun to be in the city, but I think we all want to get moving into the next part of our adventure, and really see what Thailand has to offer.
Category: Thailand
We started off with no plans in mind. We had some breakfast around lunch time, then a dip in the pool. It is a hard life for sure. We wandered into the market kinda area and met up with our buddy Taylor again. He sent us on our way with a tuk tuk (a rickshaw kind of thing) and we saw some sites. We had to explain very clearly and repeatedly that we didn’t want to see extra shops. Tuk Tuk drivers get commission if they bring you to certain shops. After some site seeing we headed back to our “hood” and did some chores and went for some food. At this vegetarian place (eh Opa the “Goat”) wet up with a girl named Emily who is traveling on her own for the second time through Asia. Both times six months. Sounds pretty fun. We had a massage, spent some time lounging about her guest house lobby, and grabbed some Pad-Thai from a street vendor. We have a slightly better plan of what we will do through Asia ourselves, which is a really good thing. It is funny how quickly an early night can turn into a late night here… Thailand is fantastic!
First off, dad, love the free wifi link. We are staying at the New Siam II.. if you could find one or two near us that would be awesome. Watching the counter go down and searching is a little frantic. We spent most the day getting used to the heat, walking around, and waiting for Amy. No big plans for today except maybe enjoy some time by the pool.
Continued… turned out Amy’s flight was quite delayed. Not too bad, we enjoyed a nap while we waited and it seems it is never too hard to spend time doing nothing here. It t fantastic all the fruit that is around here. We met a guide named Taylor. Seems like a charismatic fellow; likely a front man type guy to the tuk tuk drivers who try to scam you into expensive rides around Bangkok.
After traveling through Hong Kong airport we got into Bangkok around 9ish. It was nice to see the city through the window as we came down unfortunately this was the first time we didn’t have window seats in a plane. About 30 or 40 minutes by cab and we were at the New Siam II, our guest house. 29 degrees Celsius at night… this will take a bit of acclimatizing. We wondered about looking for Khao San road and happened across it really quickly, no more than a minute walk from our place it turns out.
Everything is so casual here. Everything and everyone is laid back, no real hustle and bustle. This is clearly not China any more. We had some food before heading back to the room… turns out spicy thai food is really really spicy 
We cranked the AC and fell asleep. Amy shows up tomorrow… I think she will be really excited to see this.