Aspen Suites Bangkok

... m going to cry again... real food!). Daddy had to go back to the hotel then, so I decided to try my luck at getting to the observation deck in the Bank of China building. It was convoluted, security paranoid, and didn&#8217;t have great views, but I made friends with the x-ray lady and now have bragging rights. And in case you&#8217;re not impressed, that&#8217;s the angular one with the white criss-cross stripes. <br><br>Dum dee dum...<br><br>Zhang ...

... batteries, pirated DVDs, clothes, etc. I'm glad I didn't decide to stay ON this road, because although it is quite the happening place, it's a little seedy, and I'm sure a lot of the accomodations are a little sketchy. <br><br>From here, I wandered towards Phra Air Thit Pier, where they were celebrating Loi Krathong! This is a special festival they celebrate on the full moon at night, usually in early November. People take boats (the traditional ones ...

... Lum night bazar which is a huge market plus tonnes of restaurants around an open square. <br><br> We also strolled through the Lumpini Park. Suddenly we saw something swimming in the lake. It turned out to be quite a big lizard! In fact when its tail popped out of the water it showed its length of about 1.20 meters I'd say! But that was not all; it then headed for the cheesy plastic swan shaped water bikes, and climbed on top of one ...

... box that it usually is. Finally it really started to pour so we hailed a cab and asked him to take us to Khao San road, which is the only place I know how to tell a cabbie where I want to go. He goes 1 block down the road does a U turn and pulls over and points to the left. Awesome, we were already there to begin with, just needed to make a right. Made it back to the hotel soaking wet and crashed in the AC bliss of our room. <br><br>

... a roof and a handle for you to cling on to for dear life.) If there has been one point on this trip that we have thoight we would not suvive, it was the tuk tuk journeys.) The sites we went to were impressively large and clean but it was the food that we liked the most. Espeically Jo and the noodles. <br>Off to Ko Samui tomorrow for some relaxing and hopefully tanning. <br>

... biggest concern was getting our toes run over by a cart (everyone seems to have a cart). Unsure of what most edible things were in the market, we didn't take our chances with the pink gelatin pork chop shaped things or the miniature shrimp skins (pictures to come). After our long day of sightseeing, we decided to treat ourselves to a traditional Thai massage (i.e. abuse from a 90lb Thai woman for 60 minutes). Apparently a Thai massage is far ...

... and I have the info I need from these guys - no serious work ethics to be found in the Thai population I guess..at least not when tempted by whisky.<br><br>Hidden across the road under a multi-hued parasol, a protection against the fierce Thai sun, spoononig down a huge bowl of noodle soup while waiting constantly scanning the hotel gate....and yes right on top of the time given to me by the security guys - really..a ...

... hard, and fresh vegetables, which I haven't eaten for weeks, other than the small Au Bon Pain salad I had today (I swear it was the only food available when I needed lunch!). I'm also looking forward to gaining back the few pounds I've lost here, since those pounds provide necessary fat to cushion me when I'm sleeping in rock-hard beds. All in all, I'm really glad I came here, both to overcome the homesick times in an unfamiliar ...

... made it Sunday Night at around 7PM. Remember we are a day ahead of you. Right now we are on Monday!<br><br>WOW, almost forgot to tell you. THEY LOST OUR LUGGAGE!!!! WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR IT TO ARRIVE!!!!! We only have our carry on's... It's some where in Hong Kong!<br><br>Alright, to what everyone wants to read about. Now how it took us over 2 days to get here, but what we did once we ...