We left Nepal and headed for another southeast Asia country, Thailand!
It was dark when we landed in Bangkok and the ride to our hotel took longer than expected due to the traffic jam on the 8 lane superhighway. Although no couldn't see much I knew that we were in a much more developed city than the one we had just left. We didn't do much of anything the first night in town, just enjoyed some of the nice things we had been missing for the last month - a good shower, fast Internet, and English news on the TV.
We wondered around on our own the next day and ended up at the backpackers market on koh sun road where I got a much needed haircut and we enjoyed our first thai massage of the trip. We took a city tour the second day in town and had a lot of fun learning about Thai culture and history from our guide "Jack". We visited the Golden Buddha, the Reclining Buddha, and the Emerald Buddha, as well as the Grand Palace, the Vimanmek Mansion, and the temple of dawn (Wat Arun). We also learned from Jack that our hotel was in the red light district of Bangkok so our evening activity was walking around until it got too uncomfortable for either of us to continue!
Before getting into Nepal we were told that we needed to have a ticket to leave or we may not be granted a visa. That being the case, we wanted to book something that was fully refundable so we could change departure dates if necessary. We booked two first class tickets on Thai Airways with the intention of canceling and rebooking something cheaper. However, our crazy experience on the flydubai plane that took us into Kathmandu and the relatively small difference in cost vs. coach tickets prompted us to treat ourselves and keep the first class seats. Neither Julie or I had ever flown first class and we were like kids in a candy store playing with the electric seats that reclined almost fully, listening to our Bose-like headphones, and enjoying the 5 course meal we were served. The one thing we could complain about was that the flight was only 3 hours long!
It was dark when we landed in Bangkok and the ride to our hotel took longer than expected due to the traffic jam on the 8 lane superhighway. Although no couldn't see much I knew that we were in a much more developed city than the one we had just left. We didn't do much of anything the first night in town, just enjoyed some of the nice things we had been missing for the last month - a good shower, fast Internet, and English news on the TV.
Three days was enough of Bangkok for us, so we left for Chiang Mai excited to see another part of the country!
To see all of our Bangkok pictures click here
To see all of our Bangkok pictures click here
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