One Night in Bangkok

Bangkok - wow. We were initiated by our cab driver who picked us up from the airport and then proceeded immediately to fumble around with something on his passenger seat and then he popped in a CD and turned on a screen on the dashboard. KARAOKE IN THE CAB!!! Oh my god, I was in heaven. The worst, cheesiest, most incredible 80s love songs...many of which we didn't even knowm but they were all in English...blared into the air with our cab driver whistling and dancing along with each of them. And they were accompanied by the worst videos we've ever seen. Our driver loved it and was obviously excited by the music as he sped past billboards bigger than any we've ever seen, going over 150 kph at times (93 mph, Google tells me) and navigating his way into Chinatown to our hotel. Wow again. I couldn't stop laughing, but Brent was politely trying to hold it together until we got out of the cab at which point he lost it as well. We have arrived. We laughed for awhile about the whole experience then we dumped our gear in our hotel,



grabbed a 3 wheel death trap, I mean "tuktuk" (which actually makes the sound tuktuk with it's burping, belching exhaust) and made it to Khao San Road. Khao San Road is a combination of Cancun spring breakers, NYC night clubs, stereotypical Thai salesmen (one of whom we think was trying to sell Brent on a "Live Fuck Show" but we're not positive), street vendors galore selling everything from t-shirts to underwear to jewelry to bikinis, and food stalls.




We decided to just get right into it and we bought pad thai for dinner(2 orders), plus one spring roll for the total price of 50 Bhat, or about $1.20. haha. We then proceeded to get ice cream and beers for almost $10. Maybe we should stick to food that comes on carts.