New post finally! Bangkok

October 7, 2009

posted by sean

It has been awhile since I made a post. We got tired of the slow internet and writing as we go. It has been a few months but I thought I would continue. I will not be able to go into much detail as I forgot a lot and have to go on a few notes I jotted down. A lot of what I felt is gone as well. But here it goes.

We flew into Bangkok morning time and checked into our hotel, Lamphu Tree House. At first we were worried – there was no street and we left the cab, we proceeded down a dank alley next to a dirty canal – but we eventually arrived and were pleasantly surprised. Lamphu had to be the best hotel value-wise we stayed at. It was about $40 CDN a night. It had a swimming pool and was clean. The restaurant served decent food.

We then checked out Kao San Road which was a mash of shops and full of travelling hippies. I did not find it impressive. It was a let-down after hearing about it from friends. We ended up going to bed early.

During the night the thunderstorm was the loudest storm I have ever heard. It woke us up several times. The next day it rained. Actually it poured. Sometime in the afternoon it stopped and we went to check out the Grand Palace. We then took the River Express Boat to Chinatown. The River Express was great value and good for transportation to some areas of Bangkok. Chinatown was slum like but charming. We also checked the National Museum. Very, very boring. It contained mostly replicas.

We again went to bed early to get ready for our 6:30 am flight to Bali.