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February 2, 2006
Andy and Jessica Arrive
We spent the morning uploading photos after eating at a nice café a few blocks away. We’re trying to pick up some Thai but so far it is really not catching on as quickly as I had hoped.
Andy’s plane was supposed to get to Bangkok at 12:20pm so I headed to the restaurant directly outside our lobby to wait for him at about 1:00. He ended up not getting to the hotel until nearly 3:00, but I had a good time talking to one of the owners who was from Burma. Once Andy had checked in we decided to catch the water taxi again and explore another part of downtown.
We got off a stop further south than Chinatown and started to make our way north by foot. We didn’t have anything in particular that we wanted to see, we just wanted to get a feel for the city. One of the first impressions is that Bangkok, while busy and heavily populated, is very safe. We made our way aimlessly through alleys packed with old car parts, past rundown docks, and by various waterways. I never felt as if we were in any danger.
After a few hours of exploring we jumped back on another water taxi to head back to the hotel. Jessica was getting in around midnight so around 11:00 we all jumped in a taxi to the airport. We were all there to greet her as she exited customs and before long we were back at the hotel. We had a beer on the busy street outside the hotel before calling it a night .
Posted by Peter Mork at February 2, 2006 1:08 AM
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