We made it!
After about 22 hours of flying, waiting at airports and cab rides, we finally arrived at Carrie's place in Bangkok. In the middle we had a 13 1/2 hour flight to Tokyo with 3 meals on the plane, (none of which were any good), a plethora of free gin/vodka tonics & white russians, and a few naps, a seaweed salad in the tokyo airport, a 7 hour flight to Bangkok, extended conversation with a German christian "missionary" who preached to us, some more naps, and a crazy cab ride.
We got a good sleep our first night (we haven't been hit with jet lag too badly yet) at Carrie's apartment on a stiff bed....Apparently all the beds in Asia are that way.
We went to lunch, Elizabeth had Pad Thai and Matt had Red Curry. We took a boat ride down the river to the Grand Palace, Wat Pho and KhaoSan Road (Khaosan road is the area of bangkok where all the tourists hang out...). We stopped for lunch and went back home.
For dinner, we (including Carrie and Janelle) met Matt's dad and some of his suppliers at a Seafood market. We ate the lopster that Matt is holding!!! After dinner we made a brief stint in Padpong, went to a nice bar for a few drinks and took a tuktuk ride home.
Now, we're off to Vietnam!
7 comments:
Matthew and Elizabeth: It sounds like you guys are having a blast already! I didn't realize Carrie is out there. That's cool you get to hang with other people you know, and get to see dad, too.
i'll try to put up a picture soon.
Matt & Ebeth -
Looks like you two are having a great time already and enjoyed your visit both with your friends and dad. Is the lobster shell coming home as a souvenir? Enjoy the rest of your vacation, keep smiling, have tons of fun, and be safe.
xoxo
1/2 way across the world and still wearing the same pink polo I see on Fridays at Alaris.
Hey Matt and Elizabeth ... Auntie Rox here! Great updates. I'm glad you and dad got together. It's tomorrow already for u (still Tues here 5pm). Get rest, take many more pics and just have a gr8 time together. Yeah, like mom said, bring the shell home (maybe too fishy smelling tho). Huggs/Kisses!
Wow! What a great trip! Although some of the food doesn't sound so good. We love the updates and the cute pics. Have a blast!
lobster
M&E - good meal...you were impressive to my group of suppliers. They were impressed with all of you and couldn't believe how much you ate. Lobster (yes, the one you saw), crab w/ rice noodles, mussels (no, not the little ones Matt has), 1/2 prawn each (for you non-Asianer's it's a big shrimp), mangos - both green and yellow, plenty of vegies, and lots of Kloster and Singha's...hope you didn't stay out long that nite....
Good time!
Dad
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