In Bangkok, Thailand

Just got in to Bangkok, Thailand this morning at 5 am. The wonderful hotel staff was kind enough to let me check in early and had my room ready by 9 am.

The first order of business after a 9 hour flight from Istanbul was to get a massage. There is no shortage of massage places near my hotel. There are at least one dozen and likely another dozen beyond that a few more meters away. The great thing about Thailand is that massages are fairly inexpensive and high quality if you get an experienced masseuse. At the time of this post the Bhat is trading at 32 to 1 USD so a 250 Baht massage will cost ~$8 USD.

I ended up getting two massages. A full body massage which did wonders for my back then a separate foot massage which is really more of a leg, ankle and foot massage. I plan on repeating tomorrow. The cost of 4 massages is still less than one massage back in the U.S.

I wish I could tell you that after the massage I didn’t fall asleep back in my hotel room but I did. The intent was to take a quick nap but I dozed off around noon and didn’t wake up till 4 p.m. I woke up hungry and had planned to go to an Indian restaurant but along the way, I found this night market and decided to check it out.

There are endless stalls offering all kinds of foods from pizza, Thai dishes, Indian dishes, fried foods, seafood and more.

The spicy stir-fried mama with basil and chilli caught my eye and the chef seemed very enthusiastic to cook up any order freshly so off we went.

I blurred out the faces but they were very happy and enthusiastic. Thailand has strict social media laws that protect individuals so I’ve opted to blur for everyone’s protection.

The dish below was very filling and cost 120 Bhat ($3.75). Noodles, shrimp, calamari, and veggies grilled to perfection.

And of course washing it all down with an order of french fries and chicken nuggets also 120 baht total.

The seafood stand below was very popular. You pick a stick with a variety of seafood and the grill master cooked it to perfection. I plan on eating here again tomorrow. This place has every type of food I like, it’s fast, cheap and good.

I have a dentist appointment tomorrow here and more about that journey tomorrow.