Well actually...4 nights in Bangkok...I just like the song!
Heading to Thailand we had to go from Nepal back through India (Mumbai) where we had a 16 hour layover--yikes! We did what we did when travelling from Bangalore to Kathmandu and slept over night in the airport. (Except in Bangalore we had to make a bed on the floor whereas we found some cushy little chair-beds to sleep on in Mumbai). We sat and watched the news unfold in Japan with the earthquake and tsunami--absolutely devastating.
In Bangkok we visited all the little charming markets, went and saw the giant gold reclining Buddha, toured the Royal Palace (the king is all over billboards here--always photographed with a camera around his kneck), saw the emerald Buddha, went on a boat ride around the canals where ladies came up to our boat in their canoe offering food they were cooking right there. (Reminded me a bit of Venice the way the shops and houses are all on the water which is the main road in parts). On Khoa San Road we went for Thai massages where they stretch you in unthinkable positions and kneel on your back, shopped a bit and put our feet in a tank of little fish that ate the skin off them--extremely uncomfortable but we got used to it. We had a night out drinking Changs with some nice Ukrainians we met too. We were approached constantly by little ladies dressed up in funny hats selling croaking wooden frogs and all sorts of other peculiar stuff.
Next up the islands!
Missing everyone loads,
Lotsa love,
Andrea and Des x x x
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| Getting our feet eaten (cleaned) by fish! |
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| Khao San Road Bangkok is an amazing city! It is so unbelievably clean and modern compared to all the other major cities we have visited. It is a very colorful city with rainbow taxis that were like limos compared to the more unfortunate vehicles we were escorted in elsewhere. Loads of tuk-tuks as well and monks in orange walking around. Des says it is much different than he remembers it--much more improved. We stayed on Khao San Road which has everything you would ever need or want on one little street. The streets are filled with delicious aromas of the most amazing street food that they whip up in a couple minutes right in front of you. Pad Thai, prawn tempura, mystery meat on sticks, exotic fruit, Thai pancakes with an assortment of stuffings, seafood balls, squid on sticks, corn on the cob, deep fried insects...Des ate a giant cricket--yum ;) You name it, they've got it! There is even a lot of shark fin soup around which is absolutely horrible as many fishers cut the fins off the shark and throw the rest of it back in the sea. It's a vegetarians dream over here in Thailand that I can have Tofu in absolutely everything. My favorite dishes are Penang Curry, green Curry, Rice with fried egg on top,spring rolls, Tom Yam soup, prawn tempura, pad thai with cashew nuts and something called "no name" which is this vegetable lemon-grass patty that Des introduced me to. YUM YUM YUM to Thai food! It has even surpassed Indian as far as I'm concerned! |
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| Des eating deep-fried cricket |
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| Scorpions...Bon Appetit! |
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| A plethora of deep-fried insects to choose from! |
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| Stopping for mangoes on our scooter ride! |
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| Crab and prawn balls |
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| More fruit! (Looked like Durian but tasted like strawberries!) |
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| "No Name" |
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| Dragon Fruit |
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| Pad Thai |
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| Bag fulla Mangos! |
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| Street Meat |
Heading to Thailand we had to go from Nepal back through India (Mumbai) where we had a 16 hour layover--yikes! We did what we did when travelling from Bangalore to Kathmandu and slept over night in the airport. (Except in Bangalore we had to make a bed on the floor whereas we found some cushy little chair-beds to sleep on in Mumbai). We sat and watched the news unfold in Japan with the earthquake and tsunami--absolutely devastating.
In Bangkok we visited all the little charming markets, went and saw the giant gold reclining Buddha, toured the Royal Palace (the king is all over billboards here--always photographed with a camera around his kneck), saw the emerald Buddha, went on a boat ride around the canals where ladies came up to our boat in their canoe offering food they were cooking right there. (Reminded me a bit of Venice the way the shops and houses are all on the water which is the main road in parts). On Khoa San Road we went for Thai massages where they stretch you in unthinkable positions and kneel on your back, shopped a bit and put our feet in a tank of little fish that ate the skin off them--extremely uncomfortable but we got used to it. We had a night out drinking Changs with some nice Ukrainians we met too. We were approached constantly by little ladies dressed up in funny hats selling croaking wooden frogs and all sorts of other peculiar stuff.
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| My rosemantic fiance got me a lovely rose from a street seller |
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| Cookin' up a feast on the river |
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| Lady at our boat selling souveniers |
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| Kids out for swim in river |
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| Our boat |
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| Pile of buttons at the market |
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| Monks lined up along the river |
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| The king of Thailand |
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| Lady selling wooden frogs et al |
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| Blow fish lights |
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| The famous Emerald Buddha |
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| Blessing with flowers at the Royal Palace |
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| Thai monk in deep thought |
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| Hey man! |
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| Lotsa towers--very purty |
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| Royal palace |
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| Tuk-tuks |
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| Reclining Buddha |
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| Shark fin soup--bad bad bad! |
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| Took this photo on the sly... |
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| Guards at palace |
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| Reclining Buddha |
Next up the islands!
Missing everyone loads,
Lotsa love,
Andrea and Des x x x
Every picture you post and every comment you write lead us to think of other questions we'd love to be asking you! Your adventures continue to be a fascination for us and we await each blog entry with great interest. When you return to food consumption in Canada and Ireland, life may seem terribly boring! Love you two!
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