Back from the city of angels and the land of smiles. Didn't want to leave, here are some of the reasons why (in no particular order):1. Cheap delicious spicy food. Tom Yum Gong, green curry, streetside noodle stalls, skewers, fresh fruit juice, shark fin soup, getting hungry just talking about it! Basically food anywhere is good. Even at the food courts.
2. Cheap everything. Pretty much everything is cheaper than Hong Kong.
3. Beautiful temples. The details in the handiwork is amazing.
4. Night markets. I'll take take Suan Lum over Fa Yuen St. anytime. Earrings for $2HK! Plus, bargaining's more fun in Bangkok, more smiles and jokes involved. Great place to sharpen up your thai too, 'lot noi dai mai' = 'can you make it cheaper?'. I have that phrase down pat.
5. Overall friendly and a "good mood" people. Enough said.
6. Awesome 3 star hotels. Ours had a kitchen and living room.
7. Thai massage. Must experience at least once! I slept soooo good that night. It's good for your health and improves blood circulation. If you ever get the chance, go to Pranali Spa at the new shopping centre Siam Paragon.
8. Movie release dates. This is purely a geek moment. Movies are released earlier in Bangkok than HK! Not fair. Pirates of the Caribbean's already out, was so tempted to go watch it. Have to wait till Aug. 3rd now.
9 & 10. Interesting cab drivers. 3 separate instances. #1) We thought we wer lost so we got into a cab and said Grand Palace, cabbie FIRST puts on the meter, then points ahead and says "Oh my god! Right there!" (he starts giggling as we cringe with embarrassment). #2) We tell cabbie we want to go to the night market. On the way, he keeps pointing out discos and asking if we want to go. We stood firm, NO DISCO, MARKET! He then proceeded to asking the age of my friend, guessing she was "one eight", she then retorts with "one six", which sends him into hysterics while we politely giggle back. #3) Cute uncle cabbie, didn't speak any English, so super nice tho, would point out places of interest. We were stuck in traffic, and a cop was handing out "Taxi Safety" booklets to all the cabs. Our cute uncle cabbie let out a little giggle and passed the book to us. That book is the FUNNIEST. Obviously I can't read Thai, but it had many photo illustrations of step by step instructions for how to defend yourself in dangerous situations. Lesson 1: If a thug in the back of your cab starts to beat the cabbie up, the cabbie should quickly snap down his seat to squish the thug and proceed to beat the crap out of him. End it off by breaking the thug's legs by slamming the car door. Each preceding lesson goes on to what you should do in the event of a psycho strangler/psycho with knife/psycho with gun. Wish I could've taken the book with me. But we decided to leave it for the sake of the sweet uncle.
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