A TRIP UP THE CHAO PHRYA RIVER, CHINA TOWN, TUK TUKS AND MORE
I LOVE TRAVELING UP AND DOWN THE CHAO PHRYA RIVER. WHEN IT IS HOT AND MUGGY, IT IS A WONDERFUL WAY TO COOL OFF. WAS THE WATER MUCKY WITH QUESTIONABLE FLOATING THINGS? YES, BUT I HAVE A TENDENCY TO OVER LOOK THESE DETAILS FOR THE BIGGER PICTURE. I AM NOT, HOWEVER, MAKING MATTHEW WRONG. DON'T MISUNDERSTAND. MATTHEW SEES THINGS IN DETAIL, SOMETHING I AM GLAD OF, AS HE CONSTANTLY POINTS OUT THOSE DETAILS TO ME AS I BLISSFULLY GO FROM PLACE TO PLACE IN WORLD OF VACATION BLISS. "EVERYTHIGN IS BEAUTIFUL...IN IT'S OWN WAY....LA LA LA LA LAAAA LA.
THE SKYTRAIN IS A WONDERFUL WAY TO TRAVEL IN BANGKOK, WISH MOST OTHER CITIES, INCLUDING THOSE IN THE USA HAD THEM. THEY ARE FAST, CLEAN, EFFICIENT AND GETS YOU JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE YOU WANT TO GO IN THIS BIG CITY OR AT LEAST CLOSE TO IT. I LOVE THE WALK TO THE SKYTRAIN. THE STREETS ARE ALREADY FILLED WITH VENDORS, THE SMELL IS SPICY, EVERYONE IS OFFERING YOU TRANSPORT FOR A PRICE AND IT'S BUSY BUSY BUSY ALREADY. WE WALKED TO THE LOCAL STARBUCKS, THANK GOD FOR GOOD COFFEE. MOST PLACES HERE OFFER YOU THEIR VERSION OF COFFEE....NESCAFE, NO REALLY, NESCAFE. GOD AWFUL AND WOULD NOT RECOMMEND IT. WE CHAT UP A VERY NICE BRITTISH MAN WHO CAME HERE ON BUSINESS AND THREE MONTHS LATER JUST CANNOT BRING HIMSELF TO RETURN....DO YOU THINK HE STILL HAS A JOB? HE GAVE US THE NAME OF A GREAT LITTLE JAZZ BAR NOT FAR FROM OUR HOTEL AND CLEAR DIRECTIONS TO CHINA TOWN. I LOVE BEING ON VACATION, EVERYONE IS SO CHEERFUL TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR WAY, OR MAYBE I'M BEING CHEERFUL AND THEY ARE JUST BEING POLITE, WHO KNOWS.
I HAVE, UNFORTUNATELY, DECIDED THAT JAPANESE TRAVELERS ARE THE RUDEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. NOW, THIS IS MY PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED ANYTHING BUT MY LIMITED OPINION. BUT, WHEN CONSISTENTLY THEY DO NOT COVER THEIR MOUTHS WHEN THEY SNEEZE BUT RATHER LEAN TOWARD YOU AND DO SO ON YOUR ARM...THIS DOES NOT MAKE ME A HAPPY WOMAN. OR, WHEN YOU GETTING BREAKFAST AND THE TONGS ARE RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU AND YOU ARE REACHING FOR THEM AND THIS MAN REACHES OVER THE COMMUNITY FOOD, REACHES ACROSS IN FRONT OF YOU TO DIVE FOR THE TONGS TO GRAB UP 95% OF THE BACON BEFORE YOU GET A CHANCE TO PICK YOUR 2-3 PEICES THEN LOOKS AT YOU LIKE "HA HA I GOT THERE FIRST WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?" SNOTTY SMIRK, I GET A LITTLE VERBAL AND ASK HIM IN MY BEST JAPANESE "MOTHER OF GOD, ARE YOU A LITTLE HUNGRY?" THEY GET OFFENDED?
OK, BUT I DIGRES ON OUR DAILY TRAVELS. AND....BECAUSE MATTHEW IS CURRENTLY LOOKING OVER MY SHOULDER SAYING AS HE SNAPS HIS FINGERS LET'S GO LET'S GO LET'S GO, I WILL MAKE THE REST OF MY ENTRY SHORT AND SWEET.
WE WENT TO CHINA TOWN, WE WALKED THE ALLEYS, SOME VERY QUESTIONABLE AND AT ONE POINT HE SAID LET'S TURN AROUND IT LOOKS A LITTLE DICY HERE...HE WAS PROBABLY RIGHT, BUT I COULDN'T IGNORE THE "TEXTURE". WE NEVER REALLY GOT THE THE BEST PART OF CHINA TOWN AS WE GO SO HOT AND SWEATY AND NEEDED TO GET OUT OF THE PEOPLE FILLED NARROW SIDEWALKS. THE TUK TUK RIDE WAS WORSE THAN MATTHEW SAID....BUT WE LAUGHED AND LAUGHED THROUGH IT ALL. WHEN WASHING OUT MY CLOTHES LAST NIGHT, I SWEAR THEY ALL OOZED A BLACK SILT, I'M SURE FROM THE EXHAUST THAT SETTLED ON US, CAN YOU IMAGINE OUR INSIDES? WE'RE PROBABLY PRESERVED FOR 100 YEARS.
TONIGHT WE GO TO THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT JUST TO SAY WE DID SO, I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE TWISTED, BUT WHAT CAN I SAY? DID I TELL YOU ABOUT THE BOTTLE OF WINE I PURCHASED WITH AN ENTIRE SNAKE INSIDE? TWISTED, FUN...WHATEVER.
OK HE'S BACK, SO I REALLY HAVE TO GO NOW... LOVE SUSIE
THE SKYTRAIN IS A WONDERFUL WAY TO TRAVEL IN BANGKOK, WISH MOST OTHER CITIES, INCLUDING THOSE IN THE USA HAD THEM. THEY ARE FAST, CLEAN, EFFICIENT AND GETS YOU JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE YOU WANT TO GO IN THIS BIG CITY OR AT LEAST CLOSE TO IT. I LOVE THE WALK TO THE SKYTRAIN. THE STREETS ARE ALREADY FILLED WITH VENDORS, THE SMELL IS SPICY, EVERYONE IS OFFERING YOU TRANSPORT FOR A PRICE AND IT'S BUSY BUSY BUSY ALREADY. WE WALKED TO THE LOCAL STARBUCKS, THANK GOD FOR GOOD COFFEE. MOST PLACES HERE OFFER YOU THEIR VERSION OF COFFEE....NESCAFE, NO REALLY, NESCAFE. GOD AWFUL AND WOULD NOT RECOMMEND IT. WE CHAT UP A VERY NICE BRITTISH MAN WHO CAME HERE ON BUSINESS AND THREE MONTHS LATER JUST CANNOT BRING HIMSELF TO RETURN....DO YOU THINK HE STILL HAS A JOB? HE GAVE US THE NAME OF A GREAT LITTLE JAZZ BAR NOT FAR FROM OUR HOTEL AND CLEAR DIRECTIONS TO CHINA TOWN. I LOVE BEING ON VACATION, EVERYONE IS SO CHEERFUL TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR WAY, OR MAYBE I'M BEING CHEERFUL AND THEY ARE JUST BEING POLITE, WHO KNOWS.
I HAVE, UNFORTUNATELY, DECIDED THAT JAPANESE TRAVELERS ARE THE RUDEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. NOW, THIS IS MY PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED ANYTHING BUT MY LIMITED OPINION. BUT, WHEN CONSISTENTLY THEY DO NOT COVER THEIR MOUTHS WHEN THEY SNEEZE BUT RATHER LEAN TOWARD YOU AND DO SO ON YOUR ARM...THIS DOES NOT MAKE ME A HAPPY WOMAN. OR, WHEN YOU GETTING BREAKFAST AND THE TONGS ARE RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU AND YOU ARE REACHING FOR THEM AND THIS MAN REACHES OVER THE COMMUNITY FOOD, REACHES ACROSS IN FRONT OF YOU TO DIVE FOR THE TONGS TO GRAB UP 95% OF THE BACON BEFORE YOU GET A CHANCE TO PICK YOUR 2-3 PEICES THEN LOOKS AT YOU LIKE "HA HA I GOT THERE FIRST WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?" SNOTTY SMIRK, I GET A LITTLE VERBAL AND ASK HIM IN MY BEST JAPANESE "MOTHER OF GOD, ARE YOU A LITTLE HUNGRY?" THEY GET OFFENDED?
OK, BUT I DIGRES ON OUR DAILY TRAVELS. AND....BECAUSE MATTHEW IS CURRENTLY LOOKING OVER MY SHOULDER SAYING AS HE SNAPS HIS FINGERS LET'S GO LET'S GO LET'S GO, I WILL MAKE THE REST OF MY ENTRY SHORT AND SWEET.
WE WENT TO CHINA TOWN, WE WALKED THE ALLEYS, SOME VERY QUESTIONABLE AND AT ONE POINT HE SAID LET'S TURN AROUND IT LOOKS A LITTLE DICY HERE...HE WAS PROBABLY RIGHT, BUT I COULDN'T IGNORE THE "TEXTURE". WE NEVER REALLY GOT THE THE BEST PART OF CHINA TOWN AS WE GO SO HOT AND SWEATY AND NEEDED TO GET OUT OF THE PEOPLE FILLED NARROW SIDEWALKS. THE TUK TUK RIDE WAS WORSE THAN MATTHEW SAID....BUT WE LAUGHED AND LAUGHED THROUGH IT ALL. WHEN WASHING OUT MY CLOTHES LAST NIGHT, I SWEAR THEY ALL OOZED A BLACK SILT, I'M SURE FROM THE EXHAUST THAT SETTLED ON US, CAN YOU IMAGINE OUR INSIDES? WE'RE PROBABLY PRESERVED FOR 100 YEARS.
TONIGHT WE GO TO THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT JUST TO SAY WE DID SO, I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE TWISTED, BUT WHAT CAN I SAY? DID I TELL YOU ABOUT THE BOTTLE OF WINE I PURCHASED WITH AN ENTIRE SNAKE INSIDE? TWISTED, FUN...WHATEVER.
OK HE'S BACK, SO I REALLY HAVE TO GO NOW... LOVE SUSIE
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