Thursday, March 29, 2007

Bangkok Bang

March 22 to 28

Although my time in Bangkok wasn't spent sight seeing, I had a fantastic time and really love the city. I ended up focusing on two activites much more dear to my heart then visiting temples and palaces: 1.) Eating 2.) Shopping, both made all the more pleasurable as I was able to scoure the cities markets and restaurants with my friend Liz.
However, we did manage to spice up our visit a little with a trip to the Tiger Temple, and get a small dose of culture by seeing a traditional Thai puppet theater.
Thanks to Liz and here sister Sonya's incredible hospitality I was able to take a break from the hectic pace of backpacking and enjoy my week in Bangkok relaxing in Sonya's beautiful apartment, eating the best food (as only locals know how to choose).
Last night Liz and I took the night sleeper train (suprisingly comfortable for those of you who have never tried) to Liz's home town, Chiang Mai to stay with her family. Here we'll probably hang out with some elephants and do some treking, and while Liz is busy making the world better at work, I've enrolled myself in some Thai cooking classes. Something to look forward to for those of you who might be lucky enough to recieve a dinner invitation from me when I'm finally home!

Reunited and it feels so good...


Liz and I - Guess which one's Thai

Dinner at "Cabbage and Condoms"

Tiger Temple:
Oh... they're real all right
I was able to calm him with a wink and a smile
At the puppet theater

Night train to Chiang Mai


5 comments:

Hamster said...

Noticed you took a Thai cooking class
Hi
Yu might like this website
www.thaifoodtonight.com
It's got about 30 Thai dishes with online cooking videos for each dish. Good if you like to cook Thai food at home

Anonymous said...

Cool, can't wait for you to get back home.

nikki & neil said...

but can you boil an egg as good as your dad?

leaving for utah tomorrow, really wish you were coming...if not to board, at least to be our camera-man :)

Jennifer Anne said...

Don't worry. You won't have any trouble getting strangers to take pictures of you drinking beer in the hot tub.

Miss you. Come back to Hawaii in May! Will I see you at Ian's wedding?

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