Thailand
You must forgive the lack of posts in the last few days. We’ve been making our way in and about Bangkok and lucky for us we got to stay at the Hilton (free thanks to my mom’s american express rewards points- go amex). UNLUCKY for us they charge and arm and a leg for just about everything there including the internet. I mean, we were staying on “wireless rd.” with no free or even paid for wireless… ya what’s that all about.
So Bangkok, bustling, glittering Bangkok- where to begin. The city is much bigger than I anticipated and we barely scratched the surface in Bangkok but we DID make our way through the heat and the sweat (lots and lots of sweat, some of us more than others- I won’t mention any names…) to the Grand Palace and grand indeed it is. I would have to say it’s pretty much the sparklefest of Asia. The best word to describe the palace is opulence, pure shimmering opulence in every inch of detail at the palace, just glimmer and sparkles everywhere. The glitteratti of Asia. By the way, Will totally “borrowed” that word, glitteratti. He types faster and therefore posts faster and so I will move onto another topic.
We are now currently on the lovely island of Phi Phi (where the movie The Beach was filmed. Oh Leonardo, where art thou?! Kidding) and I think we may just hole up here for a while, being as lovely as it it. Beaches, good food, bungalows, snorkeling and water fun- who could ask for more.
When we finally made our way over from Phuket on the ferry we floated past Koh Phi Phi Ley, Maya Bay to be exact, where Leonardo first arrives in the film. And after we floated past this picturesque view the captain of the ferry got on the loudspeaker and announced:
“all chinese passengers, please shanes boash, please shanes boash” (for all you who are not fluent in broken english that is: ”change boats”)
“if you are chinese from china on a tour please change the boat”
People, including us, were looking around confused as a boat tied up next to us, wondering who is supposed to get off now. And to clarify the matter the captain once again on the loud speaker:
“if you are chinese from china. not singapore. not malaysia but from china please change the boat. only you can know if you are chinese from china”
It’s true. Only you can know.
Welcome to Phi Phi Island.
phuket
prounounced “pooh-get” according to the reputable lonelyplanet. phuketaboutit.
so we just did a quick 3 day jaunt through bangkok. it’s good we did cambodia first, because otherwise we would’ve never seen the cambodian royal palace. in a faux-SAT analogy:
thai royal palace to cambodian royal palace is as mercedes to
a.) hyundai
b.) kia
c.) datsun (although i actually really like datsuns. especially the ancient one parked next to me in the garage back home that is covered in dust and cat paw-prints and hasn’t been moved — except by brute force — since i moved into my apartment a year and a half ago)
d.) all of the above
the answer, obvee, is d.
the temples in bangkok totally blew away everything in phnom penh, but still didn’t compare to angkor wat. again, obvee. totally glitteratti with the shiny gold and sparkly glass plastered over every available surface. we also got to check out the reclining buddha. 150 feet long. each toe bigger than your head.
so bangkok was fun. and we got to live the life of luxury thanks to american express and hilton rewards. and ted. thanks ted.
now we’re in phuket for a night, since our flight was delayed and we missed the last ferry to ko phi phi. there’s an absolutely ghetto fabulous hotel we’re staying in. we forked over the extra ten bucks to get AC to go along with our shabby decor and twin beds.
i have a little over a minute left on my internet. which means, byebye.
