26 hours and 9,000 miles after leaving home, we have landed in Bangkok. Tonight we took a taxi to a popular backpacker strip - Khaosan Road - and started our search for a place to sleep. It was around midnight when we finally arrived in the area, and the street was filled with drunk backpackers dodging motorcycles and taxis. Our glasses both immediately fogged up when we left the air-conditioned taxi from the extreme humidity. The sounds, sights and smells were a bit overwhelming for us two jet-lagged midwesterners. Street vendors cooking all manners of noodles and animals line the sidewalks and streets, and traffic is a zoo, to say the least.
Continuing our trek to sleep, we stopped in a guest house asking 800 baht (~$22), but it was a VERY basic room which seemed a bit dirty. We decided to continue looking and came across a bit nicer of a place going for 2,000 (~$60). It is actually reasonably nice inside.
I am currently enjoying an ice cold beer in the room, and it is past 2 AM and the party is still jumping outside. Tomorrow we look forward to trying some local food and seeing the city. Cheers!
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Glad the lodging worked out, Christie can rest easy now :)
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