The Kingdom of Thailand is quite enjoyable thus far. When we reached Bangkok, the first order of business was to take my big honking suitcase into long term storage at the airport...no problems (thank god for the blissfull ignorance that credit cards give a person). We took a bus to the popular backpackers area in toan, Khao San Road. Had to wait a while for some room a the inn, but the people watching is entertaining. Had some red curry. mmmmmmmmm.
We headed out to the City Palace, which is one of the King's residences...there is also the well known Emerald Buddha statue (actually made of Jade), and the whole place was great eye candy. Very colourful and ornate decorations expected of a Royal compound. On our way there, I was accosted by a woman with bags of corn kernals who wanted me to feed the pigeons. I read in the travel book that it's a way for Buddhists to earn merit, something along the lines of bettering their karma. In my books though, feeding pigeons is not high on my to do list. We politely declined, but they were insistent and rather annoying, and it became a bit of a hot potato game, she just kept giving me the bag, resting it on my arms when I wouldn't take it in my hand....I finally said yes and she asked for 120 bhat (which is equivalent to 4 meals here...) I gave her the coins in my pocket and ran...it was entertaining to watch Claire shreiking with her pigeon lady...haha, I think she's gun-shy from all the mayhem in India- hyper aggressive people on the streets!.
We've arranged a day trip tomorrow to a place called "K-something-beri" which is where the "bridge over the River Kwai" is and on the way we'll be going to a floating market (time to get my shop on...boop! boop!) AND the Tiger Temple, where you can pet the tigers since they've grown up around humans. Excited!
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