There are other places, and there's Bangkok
We found ourselves a classy hotel, too.
Got that?
We actually stayed at quite a deluxe-feeling place the first couple of nights -- arriving at night in the rain after a cab ride, a plane ride, and a very long day in Delhi, it felt like we'd landed in the middle of an MTV set. Even with the thumping music and apparently plentiful cocktails, it proved to be a nice place to recover from a nasty cold. Now we're across the street at a more, well, basic spot. One that's clear about its rules.
We've been nursing ourselves back to health with some very, very good food.
Ho hum, another curry
Yes, please, we'd like our fourth coffee of the day please
Our wanderings through the city have convinced me that Bangkok has the best Chinatown of any city anywhere. I might entertain the idea that there's a better one in China but you would have to take me there and show me and I would be tough to convince.
A gorgeous Chinatown sidewalk
Perhaps not the most vegetarian display but intriguing
Now, what EXACT size of squid was it you wanted?
We visited a wat, or temple -- it is hard to go a block without visiting a wat here -- and found that you could plunk a coin in the, uh, "alms hole" of a shrine to Brahma and get your fortune told on a little roulette-wheel-with-lights kind of thing. So of course we did.
Try your luck -- or your fate
We both got really, really dire fortunes, ending with the summary, "no lucks." Here's an excerpt of Marty's.
May be?
He seemed unsurprised at the news.
Enjoying the breeze on a water taxi -- possibly our new favorite mode of transport
No on the basil and the hookers. Yes on the coffee and the water taxi! The streets looks nice, almost like New Orleans. Is there an overhang from the patios above?
ReplyDeleteGlad the city is helping you recover from the sickies.
Yes, I wouldn't say that was a totally typical street, esp the plants along the side, but in Chinatown it was fairly common -- there is usually an awning or overhang because of the frequent and drenching rain. There were also very old-style wires running along the underside of the ceilings. It all looked like it could be from about 100 years ago.
ReplyDeletecurry and thai coffee coffee, it don't get much better than that! Hope you both start feeling sparky soon...
ReplyDeleteIt's cold/sore throat time in the Bay Area as well.
I took a picture of those funny mailboxes too, while in Bangkok. Gotta love that lovely brown water (bottom photo). Did you do a canal tour?
ReplyDeleteI found that Bangkok was not all that vegetarian-friendly, compared to other places in Thailand (and of course, compared to California-Thai food).
Yes, Thailand generally to us seemed less vegetarian-oriented than we're used to at Thai restaurants in SF and Hawaii... but we still found it pretty easy to get delicious things we could eat.
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