Well two days in and i forgot my small camera on the plane and my phone slipped out of my pocket in a taxi today =( still a small chance to get them both back are going to call thai air tomorrow and hotel staff is trying to call my phone.
But those are just material things =) have had 2 hectic days in the bangkok traffic trying to avoid getting run over, some really good food and overload of impressions. Well tomorrow we are moving into a luxurious hotel for the last bangkok night and might shop a nice new pen camera… ;)
Thought of the day:
- In an emergency in the airplane you are supposed to follow the light in the floor but those don’t have any directions, how’s that supposed to work ?
- glad i have an advanced lock pattern on my phone ;)
A COMMENT FROM A FELLOW TRAVELER
Day 1:
Thailand, here we come! Yiiihaaaa!
The flight was pretty OK but we did not get much sleep and that got very obvoius when we landed and started our day on roof-top pool. I got sun-burned when falling asleep like a first class dumb-ass tourist but I guess some Aloe Vera can fix that.
After some walking around in the hectic city and saved Anders to get ran over not only once but ten times (wow, he owes me!) we finished our day dead tired in the nice hotel Siam Heritage Resort & Spa. We got to eat some really good Thai food from the recommendation of the guide book and also got our first encounter with all the sales guys trying to get us snow-white, disoriented and sweaty “farangs” to fall for their false prentences. LEARN TO IGNORE - but the Scandinavian politeness force me to respond when talked to…Hello, I am from SWEDEN, yes!
Nice first day but very groggy!
Day 2:
After 12 hours of GREAT sleep we got out for day of adventure! Breakfast had everything I wished for - even scrambled eggs which is a MUST!
Now ready for a day on the canal and visit some tourist attractions. It was a perfect day but - oh, so hot! While the hottest hour of the day we visit the Wat Pho Temple. So marvelous, but too many Buddha’s after a while and I just needed a cool Singah and some shadow. I got it almost by a nice shabby restaurant with great food and a crazy Thai woman with very loong hair and a crush for Anders. (See pictures as he did not seem to mind the attention at all).
Now we started our walk into Indian town, China town and saw swarms of people, tons of flowers, fabrics, dried fish, fruits, vegetables, amulets…well you name it. So much to see and so out of good words in English, sorry. We had a nice famous suki-yaki in China Town at Texas Suki. Suki-Yaki is such a fun meal that you cook at your table in a pot of steaming broth that is placed on a charcoal burner or hot plate. You pick out the “sets” or plates of ingredients you want from a menu. It is a serious smörgåsbord of ingredients-seafood, meats, fowl, vegetables and noodles.
Our plan was to finish our day, blogging (and reading some emails - sorry) and have a drink at the hotel pool but it was ruined by a lost Nexus in the back seat of a taxi that immidietely disappeared in the chaos of city populated by 10 million people. We still have hopes of honest people in the world and have sat in the room hoping the reception to call with good news.
Now an early night again as new things waits for tomorrow and we also going to try the night clubs…that will be so cool and a night to remember, I hope!
God night, I hope you keep warm and healthy!
PUSS & KRAM
Lina
