We’re In Bangkok, Thailand

After a butt busting 30 hours worth of flights and travel we made it to Bangkok, Thailand. First impression is that the land of smiles really deserves that moniker.

Thai Airways

We flew from the U.S. to Singapore on United and we don’t have many nice things to say about United so we’ll skip that part and move on to our flight from Singapore to Bangkok on Thai Airways.

Thai Airways had great service and great seating. Our plane was mostly empty so we had plenty of attention from the flight crew on our journey. Interestingly, the airplane seats here feature a foot rest that provides comfort for the shorter stature traveler.

Food on the plane was what you’d expect on an airplane but there were several options and the food was hot and tasty.

Bangkok

There is so much to Bangkok that writing anything feels like an injustice. We spent the first two days getting off of our 12 hour inverse jet lag. Night is day and day is night for us now and it’s been rough adjusting but we are almost there. We took the opportunity of our “down” time to get an amazing massage at our hotel spa. A 2 hours massage cost about $120 and included aroma and oil therapy and use of the sauna.

Chatuchak Weekend Market

We spent a good amount of time on Saturday visiting the Chatuchak weekend market. The flea style open market is huge and has all sorts of items for sale and very low prices. We picked up some silk scarves, elephant pants, bowls, pillow cases, spices, clothes and we ate some tasty food. Most items weren’t more than 100 baht. There are plenty of videos on YouTube about Chatuchak so check them out if you want to see more.

We took advantage of the endless massage services at the market and got an amazing foot and leg massage for our sore legs and feet. The cost was a whopping 100 baht ($3 USD). We tipped on generously.

MBK Shopping Mall Center

After Chatuchak we went over to MBK mall which is a multi-story mall featuring just about everything under the sun.

We ate lunch at a Michelin rated restaurant inside the mall and the food was quite good.

We bought a few items at the mall including some Korean face creams and I picked up a fake mini iPhone which is actually an Android phone cloned to look like an iPhone. As a gadget enthusiast, I just had to pick one up and experiment with it.

Traffic

The main drag about Bangkok so far is the traffic. Its bad – end of story.

Heat & Showers

It’s fairly hot and humid in Bangkok. Every time we go out we end up drenched in sweat so we return to our hotel and take a shower and change clothes. I’ve gone through 6 changes of clothes in 2 days but fortunately, the hotel offers laundry service and there are laundry service businesses all over our hotel. It’s fairly cheap to do the laundry and it’s only a 1 day turnaround.