We are in Bangkok!

Hello to all,

We left our happy place in Phuket today.  On our ride to the airport my earlier suspicions of the Ferrari Taxi being an imposter were confirmed when we saw a real one being delivered on Phuket.  It was very sad leaving the island, but we quickly became happy on our ride to the hotel in Bangkok.  It felt like we were starting a brand new vacation.

The city is incredible and our suite at the Oriental Residence Bangkok is phenomenal.  After checking in at the hotel, Veronica and I went for a walk to start scouting the city.  After walking for a little while, a fellow named Chai Chai offered to show around the city in his tuk tuk (scooter taxi).  We had a lovely time.  He took us to see temples, to a tailor to shop for suits and to the long-tail boats to see the city from the river. One of the temples had a huge Buddha made of solid gold that is worth something like $50 million. Chai Chai also wanted to take us to something called a tiger bar to see a ping pong show.  We are still not exactly sure what that is or if we should go.  Despite our adventurous ways, we declined. We will be looking it up online tonight and talk about going tomorrow.  After Chai Chai's short explanation, I am not sure that Veronica has it in her.

After the city tour, we went back to the hotel where we continued our streak of ordering room-service.  The food was quite good, despite the portions being small.  We enjoyed a bath in the gorgeous bathroom.  Veronica is even getting accustomed to the sprayer thingy in the bathrooms.  We also spent some time enjoying the city lights from the comfort of our balcony.

So far Bangkok is freaking awesome!