Bangkok

Where to start, this city is the definition of hustle and bustle. At first it was a little overwhelming and a major culture shock. At first glance you could say it’s dirty, polluted and unorganised but look beyond the societal norms that we know and love in England and you’ll find yourself adapting pretty swiftly to the roadside restaurants with amazing street food and snacks, the beautifully created temples and buildings and if you look with an open mind, the beautiful happy people the Thai are. 

Our first few days were fraught with ushering off scammers who call themselves “teachers” who’s school is “just over there” but we soon learnt how to manage ourselves and brush them off swiftly. 

We visited a temple named Wat Pho, as soon as you entered the gates it was like a beautiful moment of calm, the buildings were incredibly beautiful and ornate. 

We also found a little park in the middle of Bangkok which was welcome oasis from the crowds, as we were walking through a giant monitor lizard glided up through the water and almost had my leg off (just joking Mum). 

As we became more confident we branched out and made use of the infamous tuktuks which are so much fun! They weave in and out of the traffic with no mind for the Highway Code but they got us to places quickly. 

We visited china town and had some fish ball soup which was pretty tasty. 

We also went to the largest market in the world(apparently) with over 15000 stalls, called Mo Chit weekend market, we arrived by sky train which was a cool experience in itself.  I could have decked out my entire wardrobe at the market, the clothes were all amazing, unfortunately Jake wouldn’t let me though.

On the last night we gave in to temptation and visited Khao San Road, it was crazy but great, and where I had my first sighting of bugs for sale as snacks - scorpions to be precise.

And finally,speaking of food, I can’t end the post without mentioning this gem. We were recommended a place that’s just round the corner of our hostel(here hostel) called thipsamai Pad Thai, it turned out this was the best place to get pad Thai in Bangkok! They have a special dish where they wrap the Pad Thai in a thin egg omelette, it was truly mesmerising to watch them make it. Did I mention that the kitchen is out on the roadside? Anyway, the food was great and we returned every night despite the 30 minute wait in line to get in. 

Our next stop is Railay, Krabi. It took 2 buses over night, a mini bus and a boat to get here but we finally arrived in one piece. Blog post coming soon for this slice of paradise, stay tuned! 

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