Jen here-- I am attempting to get some semblance of chronological order back on track with this blog. To recap, we spent December in
Chiang Mai, flying to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in the beginning of January for a long weekend. From there, we headed to
Siem Reap, Cambodia and then back through Thailand to
Krabi, which we didn't really like. So we left a bit early to head to our next destination,
Bangkok, where we stayed from January 26 to February 7.
If you don't have a lot of time to scroll through silly photos, here is your TLDR-style preview: ate at vegan places, particularly
Veganerie spots a lot; it was hot; we went to malls more than you might think; we availed ourselves of very few cultural opportunities (still more than Otis would have hoped for), Chris hurt his ankle (in a mall); and we saw our friend from law school, Rick, who had recently moved to BKK.
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| Welcome to Bangkok |
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| Adorbs elephant in our hotel |
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| Otis signs the guest book at our first veg restaurant in BKK, May Veggie Home |
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| All day every day |
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| At Veganerie |
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| Thanks for the heads up FB |
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| View from our hotel room. We stayed in a high rise near Victory Monument which was about a 10 min walk from the BTS station. |
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| Sunset by pool |
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| On BTS please vacate seats for monks as well as the usual other demographics |
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| Benchasiri Park |
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| Aerobics class each night in parks all over Bangkok just after all activity stops as the national anthem is played over speakers |
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| In our lobby cafe |
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| Lumpini Park |
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| Statue entitled "Youth Save the Environment" in Lumpini Park |
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| After a misstep in a trampoline park in a mall, Chris getting an Uber to the hospital as he is wheeled out |
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| Chris is grimacing behind that smile as came right from the hospital to catch the end of dinner with us -- Baiphor and Rick treated us which was so lovely!! Despite Chris not being able to make it, the rest of us had a nice night together. |
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| At the crutch store (not in a mall). Crutches were $8. |
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Some mall decor
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| Basically heaven |
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| Working at Veganerie in yet another mall |
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| Trying -- and failing -- to get a more detailed doctor note from Samitivej Sukhumvit Hospital for airline (we rearranged our flights) and travel insurance purposes |
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| Watching the Super Bowl in the Sheraton 4 Points Bangkok where we relocated after Chris's ankle injury |
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| This mall had a travel theme with each floor repping a different city from around the world, you're obviously looking at the San Francisco level... |
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| ...a fun place to meet up with Rick! |
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| More working and treating ones self |
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| Kittens at a small shrine |
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| It was Chinese New Year.... |
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| ...so decorations were thusly themed. Gong hoy fat choy. |
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| No picking flowers or dumping fish or turtles in this pond at Benchasiri Park |
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| Find me by my pasty arm: I am doing evening aerobics in 80* heat in Santiphap Park |
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| Benchasiri Park is near a Veganerie so we walked through there a lot |
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| Panel from the Jim Thompson House, one of the most interesting cultural activities we did although a vegan fail because they were boiling silkworms to death in the courtyard to show how silk is made |
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| Another panel at Jim Thompson House |
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| Courtyard of the house |
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| Dried straw flower decor |
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| Made me laugh |
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| Since malls are a bigger part of the culture, they have more culture within...this was an exhibit on.... |
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| ...we don't remember |
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| Outside of Siam Paragon, another mall |
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| Inside of another mall. We began to see more set ups not just honoring the deceased king but the new one as well |
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| Ice cream at....the mall |
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| Oobanana |
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| ...and despite the fact that we had fun in this exhibit, we were really taken with an exhibit they had on environmental advocates who were killed while trying to make their corner of the world a better place. Very sobering. It is called For Those Who Died Trying and we really recommend seeing it if it comes by your area |
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| Soo...much... |
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| ...traffic |
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| Leaving Thailand to head back to Malaysia....thanks for the memories Thailand! |
