So after leaving our last stop in
paradise we started our journey to the congestionthat is Bangkok. It only took a 3 hour ferry ride, a bus ride, and a 10 hour overnight train ride to get there. The overnight train was.... well interesting to say the least. When morning comes, the beds fold up and at every stop vendors get on and off of the train selling breakfast items, mystery fruit with spicy sugar and other knicknacks. The first day we spent just wandering around the city, seeing what Bangkok was all about. Ate some delicious food at hole in the wall restaurants, enjoyed the fantastic street food and tried to find out what all this talk about Bangkok was all about. We took the river taxi, which was amazingly efficient, I wish Shanghai took greater advantage of such an efficient form of transportation running through the city. It was interesting to see the monks waiting for the ferry in a separate line, as they can't be touched by women. There was even aspecial area for them to stand on the ferry with a "Reserved for Monks" sign. I guess only in Thailand...
The next day we decided it was imperative that we go to a Thai Boxing match,after all not seeing a Thai Boxing in match in Thailand would be like going to China and not seeing the Great Wall of China. So we got our tickets for around 1500 Baht, the premium seating and got ready to see 10 matches of face busting action. It was definitely an experience to remember.
My last day in Bangkok I hit up the famous market street of Khaosan, bought a few souvenir T-Shirts and tried one last time to absorb everything that was Thailand. The last stop on this whirlwind vacation is back in China... well technically anyway. Here I come Hong Kong and Macau.
