Bangkok, Thailand (Haha I said Bangkok)

Well having been here over a year ago has made us at least ready for the size, scope and intensity of the city, but with each visit to Bustling Bangkok we’re shown some new kind of craziness, debauchery or sad story. We arrived late on Thursday night so we decided to take a cab right to our Hostel, Asha Guesthouse, a recommendation from one of our friends that we met along our South American journey… thanks Jess and Chris. The hostel worked out well and since we didn’t get ripped off by our initial cab we were already ahead for this visit when compared to our last.
The next day after a lot of free Wi-Fi usage and netbook tinkering we went out to our favourite mall in the world MBK. MBK is that rare blend of knock-off stores with originals purveyors all on 7 levels each one whole city block in size. We were there to add to our cheap t-shirt collection and to indulge in one of Nicola’s favourites… Cheap Facials!! Hanako is a Japanese beauty care chain that has come to Thailand and has Japanese service at Thai prices. We went here twice the last time we were in Bangkok and I received my first two "treatments" ever... no laughing. It was hard to turn down when an hour long "treatment" is only $20. So this time in Bangkok we were pampered once again and now looking fabulous for a jaunt in town.
We walked to find a store that Nicola was told about and in true Bangkok style we were accosted by two separate “helpful” people. One was a teacher who was interested in helping us get to see the sights if we just took this tuk-tuk to go see them... the other was a Sikh numerologist who was going to tell me my future until he was sent on the run by a passing police car.
Day two commenced with more shopping this time at the weekend market near Mo Chit BTS station... it did not disappoint, it was a massive collection of local designers and ranged from t-shirts to bags to candles, house wares, etc. It was the largest market I have ever been to and could ever imagine. We of course bought a “few” things…
Being in Bangkok a second time we quickly realize that it is a place which we could get use to being in, it has all the comforts of home and the exotic side of Asia rolled into one and all for the right price… cheap!

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Bangkok, Thailand

~Andrew