Bangkok

So we changed our plans for the weekend and stayed in Bangkok. We still had a list of things we wanted to see and with the threat of all the floods we decided it would have to be sooner rather than later. I am glad we did because things we saw on Saturday are under water today! We took a river boat to all the historical monuments like the Grand Palace. On Sunday we went to the Bangkok International Ward. It was nice to hear things in English. Great weekend! Next weekend we are headed  North.

I felt more like taking the pictures than being in the pictures ....

Southern Thailand

Thailand has been treating us well! We had an amazing weekend in southern Thailand this weekend. We flew into Krabi and took a ferry to the Phi Phi (pronounced pee pee.. hehehehe) and then to Railay (cute name huh? ). It honestly was one of the most beautiful places Robert and I have EVER been. I felt like I was in heaven all weekend… or at least what I hope heaven is like………Islands in all shapes and forms, turquois water, tropical fish (you could see without snorkeling gear), bungalows on the beach for $16 a night, monkeys, long tail boat rides, yummy food, fire dancing, caves, kayaking, hiking, limestone cliffs, stalactites (stalagmites???), $6 hour oil massages (can you tell I am flabbergasted by how cheap everything is?). I wanted to freeze time and then bring everyone I know here!  It should honestly go on everyone MUST SEE list. Write it down Phi Phi Don, Phi Phi Leh and Railay 

(I put lots of pictures up on Facebook if you care to see)

Robert went back to work Monday afternoon. He really likes his rotation. It has nothing to do with what he is going into but he says it is interesting and informative. He has seen some rare things that you only read about it text books. Not to mention it has been really relaxing.  He goes in at 10 and is home by 3. I spend my days reading, laying out at the pool, working out, roaming the neighborhood.. and of coarse blogging …. Rough life huh? I feel kinda guilty with all this ME time but I know when real life picks up again I will long for these days.  

Bangkok is an interesting place… traffic, pollution, crowded, dirty… (“Wait don’t you live in NYC?”.. you ask.. YES but NYC has my heart)

We are planning to go to Northern Thailand this weekend (Chang Mai) and am excited to ride and elephant and see the long neck tribes.

Thanks for reading!

We made it to Thailand!!!

We arrived in Thailand with a flawless trip! I guess we were expecting the worse and were pleasantly surprised. We had the entire row to ourselves so I sprawled out and slept the entire 12 hours... so did Robert ... except when he was playing the in-flight trivia game and beat everyone :) The flight in was beautiful. The landscape is thousands of acres of rice fields with sporadic extravagant Buddhist temples.  We took the air train (much nicer transportation than NYC)  to our hotel. Our room is on the top floor (21st floor) and overlooks all of Bangkok. We are right next to an elementary school so I feel right at home:) I can hear the kids singing and chanting all day. I seriously could look out this window for days.. there is so much going on. Our room is basic but nice and clean. We have 3 American channels on our TV but I think I prefer the Thai channels.. they are hilarious. We spent the first day sleeping, unpacking, and eating! The food is… well maybe I just haven’t ordered the right thing yet?!?! (I hope) It seems all the fish still have the eyes,  the chicken still has the skin and everything else is coated in a film of slim. The breakfast has a few more American options so I will survive J We worked out this morning.. Robert is determined on getting in shape for the iron man. There is a pool on the top floor along with a nice work out facility. We are noticing how large we are in comparison to Thai people. The pool is very shallow on one side and gets deeper on the other side. I laughed when Robert got in because the water went up to his shin J I must have created bad karma cause when I got on the bike I skinned my knee because my legs were too long. Robert went into work today. He says  the hospital is really nice. It is about 2 miles away from the hotel so he takes a tro-tro (a colorful four wheeler????)  Everything is SOOOO cheap. Robert came home for lunch so we went to the local supermarket to stock up on H2O and Diet Pepsi (equally important J). Walking through grocery stores in foreign countries is one of my favorite things to do (very interesting). I just spent the last hour talking to the front desk (everyone in Thailand speaks decent English and most of the signs are in English) about all the things we should do while we are here… I am so excited. Now I just need to convenience Robert to play hooky from work J