On our flight to Bangkok. Both feeling pretty tired!22nd December 2007
We left our complex around 7.30am after the driver got lost! We arrived at Shanghai around 10.00am, our flight due to leave at 2.15pm. A long wait around the airport, but we hadn’t paid for our tickets yet. It was a rainy miserable day in China, our flight got delayed by ½ an hour which isn’t so bad, however we had to catch a bus to the plane, and then walk to the plane in the windy rain. Made us appreciate going to Thailand even more! There is a one hour time difference in Thailand so we had to put our clocks back one hour. When we got to our hotel, ‘The Atlanta’ we settled in quickly, got dressed into lighter clothing and went to a big shopping mall called Siam Paragon. It’s very swanky J . You don’t pay cash in the food court, you give a lady some money and she puts credit on a card, then you can go to any food stall in a food court and buy whatever you want to eat using the card. You need to spend all the money in the same day otherwise you lose your money. Then we went and got some mosquito repellent in a ‘real’ supermarket... not a shity one like China has. Later that night we went for a walk to a few bars, but because there was an election the next day it was hard to find alcohol. Finally we found one hidden in a dark street. They put us in a room with a sunken floor, much like a Japanese restaurant and told us not to tell anyone as they gave us some beers. Further around the corner w found another local bar before heading home.
We left our complex around 7.30am after the driver got lost! We arrived at Shanghai around 10.00am, our flight due to leave at 2.15pm. A long wait around the airport, but we hadn’t paid for our tickets yet. It was a rainy miserable day in China, our flight got delayed by ½ an hour which isn’t so bad, however we had to catch a bus to the plane, and then walk to the plane in the windy rain. Made us appreciate going to Thailand even more! There is a one hour time difference in Thailand so we had to put our clocks back one hour. When we got to our hotel, ‘The Atlanta’ we settled in quickly, got dressed into lighter clothing and went to a big shopping mall called Siam Paragon. It’s very swanky J . You don’t pay cash in the food court, you give a lady some money and she puts credit on a card, then you can go to any food stall in a food court and buy whatever you want to eat using the card. You need to spend all the money in the same day otherwise you lose your money. Then we went and got some mosquito repellent in a ‘real’ supermarket... not a shity one like China has. Later that night we went for a walk to a few bars, but because there was an election the next day it was hard to find alcohol. Finally we found one hidden in a dark street. They put us in a room with a sunken floor, much like a Japanese restaurant and told us not to tell anyone as they gave us some beers. Further around the corner w found another local bar before heading home.
At our hotel in Bangkok. 'The Atlanta Hotel'. It's suck in the 50's but cheap and clean. It was once very famous as the Queen of Thailand used to go there each Wednesday. It was also the first hotel to have pool, which used to be a snake pit before it became a hotel.23rd December 2007
Today we went shopping at Chatachak Market. It is deemed to be the largest market in the world. –HUGE!- We shopped for hours, bought many things, skirt, sunglasses, cushions, shirts, food, hat, thongs, crocs, board shorts... and more we can’t think of right now. We met a man who tried to get us to go to Pattaya. When we read up about Pattaya, it didn’t really sound too inviting. When we got back to the Hotel we really wanted to organise a trip to Tiger temple and maybe an elephant ride for the next day. After a swim the hotel had organised at trip to Tiger Temple, floating market and Bridge over the river Kwai. Tiger Temple was 2.5 hours away but the whole day was going to cost us 3500Baht, split that between 3 and it really isn’t too bad, so we decided to do it – another early morning planned. That night we went to dinner to a really cool restraint in Suk 11 (street name) we had typical Thai food a curry and Tom Yum soup. After dinner we’d been told to visit Patpong by a few other ex-friends (just kidding). It is where some women can do some interesting things with body parts. An experience... I might tell one day ;)
Today we went shopping at Chatachak Market. It is deemed to be the largest market in the world. –HUGE!- We shopped for hours, bought many things, skirt, sunglasses, cushions, shirts, food, hat, thongs, crocs, board shorts... and more we can’t think of right now. We met a man who tried to get us to go to Pattaya. When we read up about Pattaya, it didn’t really sound too inviting. When we got back to the Hotel we really wanted to organise a trip to Tiger temple and maybe an elephant ride for the next day. After a swim the hotel had organised at trip to Tiger Temple, floating market and Bridge over the river Kwai. Tiger Temple was 2.5 hours away but the whole day was going to cost us 3500Baht, split that between 3 and it really isn’t too bad, so we decided to do it – another early morning planned. That night we went to dinner to a really cool restraint in Suk 11 (street name) we had typical Thai food a curry and Tom Yum soup. After dinner we’d been told to visit Patpong by a few other ex-friends (just kidding). It is where some women can do some interesting things with body parts. An experience... I might tell one day ;)
Some floating market shots.
Sherry and I on an Elephant ride.
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