So we arrived in hot, steamy, smoky Bangkok. Drifting between the ubber 5 star Oriental (where our friends are staying) and our more modest but very comfy hotel down the cluttered, chaotic tuk tuk infested road. Massage massage cheap cheap, only 300 bart, tuk tuk sir! The river is wide and busy, tug boats, water busses, tourist boats. BIG catfish and small crocodiles.
We took a walk through Patpong night market or should I say Pingpong, love you long time alley Craig got that look in his eye, >>>>>>> for shopping got some fake diesel jean pants and we got the boys baggies all started off at 3x the price we ended up paying.
Second night we left the kids with our friends kids in the oriental and they ordered room service, much to their delight. That night we had a crab that was so succulent, we were all in heaven they do that fried garlic with the skin on with sliced lemon grass and pepper all fried and nutty and delicious , the best Tom Yung Ive ever tasted - its all in the stock deep fried fish, no wine-singa beer or green tea bright lights and plastic tables so local so fabulous and to think we gonna eat like this the whole way.
Our Hotel has a massage shop next door, Nicky discovered massage and massuers discovered Nicky, heaven, just sign for it and pop it onto mom and dads account. Heaven!!!
We went on a fantastic adventure looking for a special restaurant for the last night in bangkok very local and extremely hard to find, friends taxi got lost, we got desserted by ours and two taxis later finally found each other again. boy was that a taste experience, a pork dish in a fresh tumeric tamarind sauce, fried noodle dish , a smoked auberjine dish mmmmmmm my mouth is watering, a chilli prawn dish, a green papaya salad, a fish dish with a green mango salsa banana flower salad oh god and then to end it just a sliced delicious mango.
Fell into a tourist trap, overpriced boat trip which ends up at a snake farm eeew it was bad bloody hell, we need to get the SPCA in there, a Bengal tiger in a shoe box I felt so sad and cross the poor monkies, it was hidieous and sad and made me depressed, imagine thats your lot in life. We were delighted to get back and off the bloody boat and away from the relentless touts trying to take you for a ride.
Decided to test our stomachs and ate at our first real street stall down the road from our hotel, we went where all the local lady friends take their sweaty farang dates, then you know the food is good, I had a pork stir fried with chilli and yes a green papaya salad kids are loving all the varieties of noodles and I am loving no junk food for them, we sat and ate delicious street food until the rain came down and drenched us.
Fell into a tourist trap, overpriced boat trip which ends up at a snake farm eeew it was bad bloody hell, we need to get the SPCA in there, a Bengal tiger in a shoe box I felt so sad and cross the poor monkies, it was hidieous and sad and made me depressed, imagine thats your lot in life. We were delighted to get back and off the bloody boat and away from the relentless touts trying to take you for a ride.
Decided to test our stomachs and ate at our first real street stall down the road from our hotel, we went where all the local lady friends take their sweaty farang dates, then you know the food is good, I had a pork stir fried with chilli and yes a green papaya salad kids are loving all the varieties of noodles and I am loving no junk food for them, we sat and ate delicious street food until the rain came down and drenched us.
Three days in Bangkok is enough, Craig on a mission to get out the city so we off to Pai,(pronounced Bye) via Chang Mai.
This is cowritten by Craig and Louise so some of the views do not respresent those of the other xxxx
This is cowritten by Craig and Louise so some of the views do not respresent those of the other xxxx
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