One Night In Bangkok

Things we did today:

1. Woke up & grabbed Bung's Tear Coffee (street Starbucks coffee) & people watched.

2. Ate a well balanced but different breaky of choice for Americans: rice noodles in beef base with stewed beef, watercrest, thai basil, fried garlic & shallots with sprouts (locals breaky)

3.Booked upcoming adventures: floating market & bus + ferry to Koh Tao

4. Grabbed beers, fried mini fish & fried chicken to eat by the pool. It has been 90 degrees here! Hot & humid! We met fellow backpackers from Norway & Holland. Got travel tips & recs. 

5. Rode our first Tuk Tuk to Patpong Night Market (Hangover 2). Spent about $20 on 2 sunglasses & mala beads. The locals have been mistaken Aimee as Thai but we've been getting hook ups because of it. As for Dusty, Thai women have been super friendly with him.

6. We thought we caught a sketchy ass Tuk Tuk ride back to Khao San Rd/Party Central but the driver was just taking short cuts thru alleys. Bangkok is full of crazy drivers & polluted air. 

7. At Khao San Rd. a rasta bar was blasting ganja farmer so we sat down & had a relief beer. Chang has been our beer of choice.

8. We shopped our way back to our hotel room & packed up for tomorrow's adventure. It's hard not to shop & pass up good deals. Plus bargaining is becoming pretty fun. We bought bags, tanks, & jewelry. We're trying to pump our breaks since it's only the beginning of our trip & we don't want to lug a lot of crap around.

If you like to party Khao San is the place for you. Bright lights, music blasting, people partying of all ages, you can drink & walk around, shop & all around good vibes! So fun! 

Bangkok Day 1: Street food, Ladyboy #1, Cheap Beer & Extreme Heat

WE HAVE ARRIVED! It is 5:30 am wed, March 4 here. We reached yesterday afternoon. The time difference is 17 hrs ahead of Hawaii & 15 hrs ahead of Washington. 

After about 20 hrs of travel with a quick stop in Taiwan (including flights, layovers, immigration & cab into Bangkok). We flew EVA Air & were pleasantly surprised with how nice the process was. With anime like flight attendants in cute uniforms we were fed pretty decent meals (rice, meat, salad, fruit, bread, dessert) and beer, wine & soda in between sleep and watching new releases (as in moving pictures) on our own touch screens. We were also given blankets, pillows and slippers for the flight and were surprised how quickly and smoothly the whole thing went. We were honestly a bit anxious about the first 13 hr flight but once we landed it turned out to be quick, fun and pleasant. We would def recommend EVA AIR if you're going to Asia. 

 Off the plane we went through

Immigration and caught a cab (with no wait time through the use of a kiosk. Grab a number and walk to that taxi) and took a 40 min cab ride into Bangkok. There were 2 tolls coming into the city but overall it was a cheap ride $14.83 altogether. 

 More to come, we wanted to announce our safe arrival and show a few shots. We are going to go take a sunrise walk to a temple and will catch you all soon!

Oh and p.s. The whole ladyboy thing, nothing happened he/she was just trying to sell us roast duck and walked right past Aimee and was an extreme close talker.

Our home for the next few days. Wild Orchid Villa, right in the middle of markets, bars, restaurants and street food vendors. $62/3 nights.

First beer in Bangkok.

First street food in Thailand, crispy chicken with sweet chili sauce, vegetable pad Thai and Singha beer. So good, everything you hear is true.