Elisa and her street food pad thai (less than a dollar)
us at my lovely birthday dinner (we contemplated walking out with the nice golden shawls they gave us to fight the strong AC but decided it wasn't very fitting with going out to such a nice place...)
me on khao sahn road- the tourist infused street of Bangkok
my delight!
one of the many large temple structures we passed
We got to Bangkok after an exhausting bus ride which allowed me to sleep about 2 hours, max. I talked to a nice English guy the whole time, but by the end (6 am, after a 12 hour ride) I was much less friendly and talkative. We got a cheap hostel close to Khoa San Road, a really wild and fun street, took a quick shower, and went off to explore the city. After wandering around for a while, stumbling across some markets and some watts, we took a cab to a worthless shopping center, did some shopping on Khoa San Road (everthing is really cheap! I got 2 dresses, a shirt, earrings, and a dress fixed at a tailor, all for less than 30 dollars!), got a massage, and signed up for a cooking class for this morning. I then took Melissa out for her birthday, quite belatedly, and the restaurant was really really fancy, which was a wonderful change from the dirty, cheap, wild lifestyle we've been living. They gave us cashmere scarves to keep warm and warm jasmine-scented towelettes between courses. The duck curry with lychees was amazing, as was the beef salad with mint and eggplant. The coconut ice cream was mindblowing, even though we were way too full. We got cocktails (I had an amazing mojito) and were basically treated by royalty by several staff. We decided we couldnt live like that all the time, and that the contrast is what made it great, but it was still a little sad to come back to a dark, dingy hotel room with no sheets. Off to the Philippines tonight- no more time on the internet, so I'll write more then! Leave a message!
2 comments:
Formidable ma chérie qui prend un cours de cuisine. Ce matin, j’ai trouvé de vos nouvelles sur le blog. J’ai bien suivi l’épisode Easy rider et je t’avais écris chéri, mais malaise technique, fatalité ou vieillesse, je n’ai pas pu envoyer ce que j’avais écris. Vous devez savoir que Obama a fait tomber clinton. J’aimerais te parler de vive voix. Je t’aime.
It is my first move in the morning: check your blog. This morning was great!
I can't wait for you to teach me thai cuisine. Maybe this summer we could do a thai evening with nathalie and cie.
Bon voyage aux Philippines.
Soyez tres prudentes.(ca c'est la mere qui parle).
J'ai tellement hate de vous retrouver....
Maman
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