Happy Today from Bangkok!
It is about 11 pm here in Bangkok but I am still sweating like Mitt Romney on debate night (Ha! Dated humor!) Drinking my mystery pomegranate drink and catching up on this thing I like to do called sitting.
Despite it being in the mid 90s here, Christmas is still in the air. Christmas songs play from all the shopping malls and there are twinkling lights and Christmas trees on every bridge and street corner.
Today we learned that is is also the King's birthday! There are lots of decorated pictures everywhere and vendors selling flowers and candles to place next to them.
"Loooong liiiiive the king..." - Scar
Took the best nap of my life today, it felt good to finally lay down, legs stretched out on a proper mattress. I slept so good I didn't want to get up (Ty I know you're reading this and yes I know you are saying "Told you so!"). We tore ourselves away from bed in search of food, met up with some people from the hostel and we all trekked off to get some true Thai food.
I think I gambled and won with this dinner, yes it does look like intestines or some such but the menu said "BBQ Pork Bun" so I guess I was hoping for hum bao or something similar but it was pretty tasty despite a rather unappetizing appearance. I watched the boys sweat over a spicy bowl of soup with prawns, every time they opened their mouths I swear steam blew out.
Tonight I elect to stay in, we are planning our next move. Most likely we are headed up to Northern Thailand, towards Lampang where we hear tell of an elephant sanctuary.
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Good night!
I would love to see Bangkok all lit up at night. It sounds amazing!
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