Friday, April 27, 2007

Bangkok Shock

Bangkok surprised us. First came the heat. Hot, humid heat. We expected that. What we didn't expect were the hordes of tourists. We hadn't seen so many white sunburned faces in a long while. We spent our first night in tourist ghetto then moved on to a more secluded area. I pined for China during my first few hours in Bangkok. But then Bangkok slowly revealed itself. It may have been the public transport boat rides on the river. Or the street-side stalls and small shops. And just as I started to like the city, we moved on.

We flew to Chiang Mai in Northern Thailand today. We're doing a Thai cooking class tomorrow on a farm just outside of town. It should be fun.

3 comments:

Catalan-Fajardo said...

Don't forget to get those custom made suits!

Anonymous said...

How did the cooking class go? Looking forward to some Thai food when you are back. Love Mom / Linda

Mikey Leung said...

hey buddy, what are your plans?? this is mikey from the netcorps group. I love thailand and if you get the chance I think you guys would really like a visit to Pai, it's just a bus ride from chiang mai. I don't know what your travel plans are but if you fancy a hit of serious adventure come visit me in Bangladesh (hahaha, yeah right!!!) again just another flight from Thailand :)