Bangkok, AKA the city of a thousand temples AKA the worst pedestrian city in the world is quite a trip. We've only been here one day but already we've almost been killed riding in mini cabs, seen the revered Emerald Buddha and traveled up and down the big river. After an uneventful 20 something hours of traveling it was nice to move around a bit.
On the surface Bangkok seems like any other sprawling metropolis, but under the surface it has a unique and intriguing personality. Today we visited 3 or 4 big temples, all of which teaming with tall Thai style spires and filled to the brim with Buddhas. Reclining Buddhas, sitting Buddhas, Standing Buddhas, Kneeling Buddha... Buddha overload! The temples were pretty amazing though, however the obnoxiously loud tourists put a damper on the experience. No fear though, we are determined to have a good time and made a decision to leave Bangkok early and fly over to Koh Samui tomorrow morning. It's a bit spontaneous, but that seems to be the theme of the trip. Cities are cities and we're ready to ditch the endless sea of sky scrapers and get into the heart of Thailand (literally "Land of the Free"). Tonight we will go to the night markets after relaxing on the hotel's rooftop pool (beautiful) and try, but probably fail, to bargain our way through the shops. Our Thai sucks and we barely understand the money but we will press on. Let's hope we're fast learners...
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