Our next 3 days in Bangkok are spent just soaking up the atmosphere and getting soaked literally! The food here is so amazing. I haven't eaten a meal that wasn't delicious yet - and on our last night in Bangkok not only does the waiter not forget my order but I actually get served first! I was really not sure what do with myself- however they do forget Eleanor's drink so it seems I have just passed the baton! Everyone here is so friendly and smiley though, it's very hard to get annoyed! (tuk tuk drivers being the exception).
We spend our days wandering around the streets or sunbathing, one day we walk down a non touristy street and the Thai's go to town on us- I think every single person on the street splashes us or pastes us! And when I say sunbathing I really mean Eleanor sunbathed- our hotel had a nice pool on the roof- so she sunbathed while I sat with sunglasses a towel on my head in the shade and had to keep my feet in the water to stay cool...I lasted about 20minutes. Hoping the acclimatisation happens soon! As Songkran is a national holiday everything is closed, that coupled with the riots mean we don't really get to see much of Bangkok. We book our flights to Chiang Mai in the north on the same day that Triona and Ash are leaving. Luckily this also coincides with the end of Songkran so we are able to make to the airport relatively dry- (hangover+ hot taxi = horribly sweaty taxi drive).
We have lunch and say goodbye to Triona and Ash. It was really great having them around to show us Bangkok but now we are like little birdies taking our first flight all by ourselves! We board our Bangkok airways flight to Chiang Mai at about 5pm. It is a crazy psychedelic looking plane, this coupled with the fact that I m wearing white Birkenstock sandals make me feel a bit like John Lennon. Our flight is perfect even though I dont find a thai yoko ono on board! We are in Chiang Mai before we know it and ready to explore Thailand's second biggest city.
We spend our days wandering around the streets or sunbathing, one day we walk down a non touristy street and the Thai's go to town on us- I think every single person on the street splashes us or pastes us! And when I say sunbathing I really mean Eleanor sunbathed- our hotel had a nice pool on the roof- so she sunbathed while I sat with sunglasses a towel on my head in the shade and had to keep my feet in the water to stay cool...I lasted about 20minutes. Hoping the acclimatisation happens soon! As Songkran is a national holiday everything is closed, that coupled with the riots mean we don't really get to see much of Bangkok. We book our flights to Chiang Mai in the north on the same day that Triona and Ash are leaving. Luckily this also coincides with the end of Songkran so we are able to make to the airport relatively dry- (hangover+ hot taxi = horribly sweaty taxi drive).
We have lunch and say goodbye to Triona and Ash. It was really great having them around to show us Bangkok but now we are like little birdies taking our first flight all by ourselves! We board our Bangkok airways flight to Chiang Mai at about 5pm. It is a crazy psychedelic looking plane, this coupled with the fact that I m wearing white Birkenstock sandals make me feel a bit like John Lennon. Our flight is perfect even though I dont find a thai yoko ono on board! We are in Chiang Mai before we know it and ready to explore Thailand's second biggest city.
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