Dani takes Thailand: First Day in Bangkok

First Day in Bangkok!

Our first day in Bangkok has been productive and interesting! We woke up and had breakfast downstairs in our hotel. It wasn’t much different then what I would have at home in America. Eggs and toast mostly. After breakfast we walked along the street our hotel is located on and tried to get our bearings. It an interesting city Bangkok. Once second you smell something really good like curry and fried food, and then a stench that almost knocks you on your feet. It does not smell good. But it is interesting all the same! After walking around Hannah and I found a restaurant/bar and decided to try out some Thai beer. It was just like any other beer. Not that different.

As we are walking around I feel like we stick out like a sore thumb. I could just feel the stares as we sat at the roadside bar. We are definitely foreigners. After grabbing a beer we went back to our hotel to get our things together because we met our friends Mook and Toon at the shopping center. We are forever in their debt! The shopping center is CRAZY!! There are so many different kiosks and places to purchase what we needed! But thanks to Toon and Mook we now have our school uniforms and Thai cell phones! I was lucky that my old blackberry works over here. After getting all our uniforms and cell phones in order, we grabbed some lunch over at the Siam Paragon. Super good food and really cheap! I’m liking that. We spent less than 200 Bahts on lunch. (reference 30 Bahts = $1) $7 is an awesome price for lunch!

After lunch we ventured back to our hotel and I got a chance to take a shower. Oh my god it felt so good! It is ridiculously humid here! But I have a feeling we will get used to it. Our plan for the rest of the day is to just hang out and catch up a little bit on our sleep. We are going to try our luck with the street food and our ordering. We will see how that goes!

That’s all for now! Here are some pictures of our day!