Bangkok

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On Friday afternoon, we purchased tickets to Bangkok by bus. We spent the extra money for the VIP bus service which was supposed to be more comfortable with more leg room, etc. Each seat had its own monitor to view movies but there were none available in English, so Macayla watched Step Up Revolution in Thai three times in a row. I am not sure how she did it. Around 11pm, we stopped at a "rest area" and I noticed that I was not feeling so great; sore throat, headache, etc. The entire trip lasted about 12 hours and was fairly miserable. No matter how many times I do this type of long-distance trip, I can never get comfortable and the seats can recline to a horizontal position and it would make no difference. We arrived in Bangkok from Krabi at 5am. We spent two hours at the bus station just hanging out since I did not want to show up at our hostel so early in the morning. Then we took a cab to Lub*d (the hostel).

Made it to the hostel around 8am. They offered to hold our bags for us until 2pm which is the time we would be able to get into our room. Not really the best news when you feel like crap. Since the hostel was in the Siam area of Bangkok, we chose to go to the several malls that are within walking distance. Wow...can Bangkok do malls! The malls here are amazing. My pictures do not even do the Siam Center justice.

Working with very little sleep and feeling terribly ill, we made our way back to the hostel and checked in. We stayed there for two nights.

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Photos

Bus Ride
Numerous altars for sale on the side of the road.

Bus Ride
Tuk tuk driver.

Bus Ride
Hauling a truck load of fruit (rabutan).

Siam Center
Handbag shop.

Siam Center Mall
This store had dinosaur skeletons as their clothing racks.

Siam Center
Wooden tree in the center of this clothing store.

Siam Center
Wooden dome clothing store.

Siam Center
Metal hangers are the focal point in this clothing store.

Siam Center
A clothing store with a wall of glass bottles.

Siam Center
Metal wire and ribbons create a flower arrangement.

Siam Center
Staircase that lights up and plays music when you walk on it.

Siam Center
Alice-in-Wonderland-type table setting.

Bangkok Arts Center
This statue is close to our hostel.

Comments

[Becky]

Thanks for the updates
Love the pics and the updates! Malls are gorgeous, you're right they really know how to do malls over there. UAE is the same way, unbelievable how big and gorgeous the malls are. It's like they have all this money and nothing to do with it. So very glad you and Macayla are having a good time, stay healthy though. Miss you, we'll have to get together in December when we come home for our visit.

[Suzanne]

Water looked amazing
The water looked amazing. Sounded like you had a great time. Sorry you weren't feeling better. Hope it has passed. Love seeing all the pics. Take care and be careful. Love you both.