Bangkok - Blogabond

Hello Family and Friends,

a Banyan tree - they grow horizontally by sending shoots down from the branches that connect with the ground and make a new mini-trunk. I guess they don't want this one to get any bigger

Well this is Michael, coming to you from the sunny, really hot, and amazing capitol city of Thailand. Peace can be found, even in the most hectic city i've ever been. People are always talking and quite often they're talking to us. The "Backpackers Mecca" as it's been

A shrine and a huge highrise building - an appropriate summary of Bangkok

so aptly named has something for everyone. People from all over the world are coming and going. Many, I imagine, are here for the same reason we are. It's been the perfect jumping off point for our trip. We have found everything we (or anyone else in the world) might need here and we're ready for battle in just about any place we go. While doing

Our new Thai food discovery: Tom Ka Gai. Yum Yum Yum.

that, we've managed to eat some crazy amazing food and venture away from our buzzing home for the moment, Khoa San Road.

This afternoon, we took a series of public ferries that taxi people of all ages down the river that cuts through Bangkok.

A little stop along the river, when we were in the river taxi

Down the river we saw some of real Bangkok and some of really rich Bangkok. We saw The Oriental Hotel, wich looked amazing, but we were not allowed to enter, because we didn't comply with the dresscode.

A street near the Mandarin Oriental Hotel

Ready to move on down through the niehgborhoods in search of the ferry pier, we walked right through a movie set. Yes, a full on movie set. We thought, "hey, let's walk through this little market". Not even when i bumped into a changing curtain, with a lady having make up applied to her in a really fancy dress, did i realize that this market was a set and everyone around was either an actor or a crew member. There was even a director who as we were walking away yelled a lot before exclaiming, "Action!".

Tonight we're going to take it easy, because in the morning we leave for the island of Ko Chang. On Ko Chang we will stay in a place called the tree house, on lonely beach. It sounds like a great place to be, but not a good place to use the internet. So, you may not here from us for a while. Each of you are in our thoughts and we hope that all is well. As for us, we couldn't possibly be better. Katie sends lots of love and we hope to post more really soon, including some pictures.

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katieandmichael on March 30, 2009 from Bangkok, Thailand

from the travel blog: Katie and Michael's Travel Blog

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Sounds like a fun thing!

written by Momma on March 30, 2009

so is real Thai food anything like American Thai food? mm, just reading this is making me want some massaman curry....

written by Jennifer on March 31, 2009

Anticipating hearing more...last entry was 9 days ago.

written by Angie on April 8, 2009

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