The first thing we did was shower. The shower heads in Thailand are above the toilet so everything gets wet. Katie also immediately told us not to flush down any toilet paper anywhere in Asia.
There is food everywhere in Bangkok. Our favorite thing is the fruit vendors. There are small stands selling pineapple, watermelon, green mango, papaya, green guava, and other fruits. You point to your fruit and they chop it up for you, place it in a bag with a wooden skewer. This only costs 10 baht (1 dollar equals about 35 baht). Americans would be so much healtier if we had these fruit stands. Oh, also corn is a snack for kids here. It is also eaten with sweets like ice cream. KFC sells corn cups with ice cream in them.
Oh, another interesting food here is ice cream in a bun. Instead of a cone, small scoops are handed out by street vendors in hot dog buns. We have yet to try this snack.
Eric and I have been waiting to eat mangosteens, the queen of fruit, and now we have.
They are delicious. They have soft white segments which are the perfect combination of tangy and sweet. The flavor is difficult to describe but we think they deserve the title.
Enough about the exciting food. While we were in Bangkok we visited several temples (wat). Wat Pho had a enormous reclining buddah that filled the room.
Wat Saket (the golden mount) had a wonderful view of the city.
We also went to the Golden Palace, the old king's palace, which included an emerald buddah and beautiful mosaic buildings.
Before leaving Bangkok, we also took a day trip to Ayuthaya, the old capital of Thailand. We rented bikes and biked around the city. They were made of brick rather than mosaic and one of the best ones had a buddah head surrounded by tree roots.
Eric really liked how many of the old ruins were separated from the busy streets by only a sidewalk. Here are some other pictures of Ayuthaya.
From there, we took a train south and now we are in Hua Hin, touristy but nice beach town. We will write more about the train ride later.
2 comments:
Hi Lyndsay, I am so glad you updated! Are you guys going to BED supperclub in bangkok? I've been reading thisfood blog for SF, and I think you would also like it. http://www.meshsf.com/blogs/restaurantwhore.html
Anyway, keep updating and post some pics!
Hi!
america already has those fruit stand things where they chop up whichever fruit you ask for and put it in a bag as well.
bye!
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