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Saw -waa-dee-kaaaa.....(hello) we made it! We landed in Bangkok on time and navigated our way to the hotel with some help from a few friendly Thais. The hotel is great and one of the more "luxury" (hot water, air con, pool) places we will be staying in I'm sure! We lounged by the pool for about a hour and then showered and got ready to go out for dinner. Having no clue which way to turn outside of our hotel we walked for about a block and soon turned around to go back to the hotel to look up a restaurant from the guide we brought. With a name and address of a place and a few mumbled words from the unfriendly front desk agent we set off to find the place on our own! We hop on the under ground train heading to "bang sue" station and transfer to a sky train, it's amazing to zoom around and watch this very bustling city go by. We get off and use our very keen sense of direction on a hunt to find Ana's garden after quite a few blocks we find it! It's a super cool place only part of it is under roof the rest is open,lots of plants,table lamps and quirky tables and chairs! We order delicious green cury and a pitcher of the local beer Singha for 6$... It was yummy! On the way back we ease through the public transit like locals. At this point we have only slept about 6 hours in 2 days and are buzzing from the beer so even though it's 8 o'clock we head to bed for a nice 10 hour snooze.
We tried to post this last night but the Internet at the hotel sucks, so here we are today at Terminal 21 mall which is massive and soo cool. Cynthia tried out the electric toilets in one of the 8themed washrooms...Bangkok was a nice first stop as it is not a huge culture shock yet, but a nice ease into getting to know the people, food, language. On the list today, the grand palace and tonight the infamous Khao San Road! In the morning it's off to Cambodia.
Miss you all!
Much love,
C & K
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Darci Well Karli sounds like you guys are having a great time. Looking forward to hearing more....
Carrie Yeah..Enjoy Cambodia...sooo..saa..die. My spirit is with you. Drink Anchor beer (silver can) confused with Angkor beer (gold can) Love you guys