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The Big City

Friday, March 16, 2007 @ 5:03 PM

After soaking in the sights of the countryside, we arrived at the bustling, dusty city of Bangkok. We couldn't get enough of the shopping and feasting and silly me tired myself out further with late night cable tv. I simply couldn't resist the HBO and Star Movies channels lah!

The rooftop pool at the second hotel we stayed in, beckons invitingly. We had planned to take an early morning dip but well... u know..


*Drumroll* Presenting my POW, 'holey' waffle!

A smug Madame Doreal showing you how it should be done - all fluffed up and whole.


The day we spent at Chatuchak Market was a hot, tiring day. You should have seen us lugging our loot around like wholesalers and it was close to evening before we sat down for lunch. But I must say it is an interesting market; you can get practically anything there! From pretty cutlery to furniture to clothes to furry pets!


This had to be our most extravagant night in Thailand. After hearing so much about Bed Supper Club, we simply had to pay it a visit. Patrons can lounge on beds in this chic club, sipping their cocktails before their meals are served. The highlight of the night came when two expats occupied the bed next to us. I was aghast when one of them laid his head on Dor's lap, cushioned by a pillow (thankfully!) and the other tickled her leg. We couldn't get away from them quickly enough!




Sunday night was themed their 'Gay Night'. The performer that night was a buxomy brunette who was all woman and curves. Our jaws dropped when she shot us a question, "How many of you can tell that I was once a man?" Apparently, the influence of Charlie's Angels on her young self was so complete that she had undergone a gender change. And she's married!




My first manicure in this lifetime, which has been amazingly resilient! The pretty pink cherries are still intact on my fingers now, a month from the trip.


And our traditional Thai massage at Healthland! The two-hour-long massage was so soothing that we dozed off in the midst of it. Mmm. The tuk tuk rides had our hairs raising on ends with every sharp turn. Crossing the roads also turned out to be a challenge for us.



We tried to get from point 1 to point 2, a shortcut that should have gotten us to the other side of the road. We ran across, faced oncoming traffic, freaked out and ran back, faced another set of oncoming traffic before we got back to our starting point. On hindsight, I don't know why we did that in the first place. It was terrifying!


We've thoroughly enjoyed staying in guesthouses for this trip. In a way, they are so much cozier and you get to meet different nationalities! At VN guesthouse, we met Chi-Song and her bf from Korea and at PU, we made friends with Mr Japanese who hardly spoke English but managed to teach us a new poker card game, with the help of a Japanese-English Dictionary. And of coz, Lee from UK, whose curls we absolutely adore.

And as you noticed, the peace sign is really an universal language.

The most amusing incident took place at Khao San, when we were having a drink at Macs. These two Egyptian guys were blatantly flirting and he kept offering me a single fry at every other turn of the conversation. His 'One for your eyes', 'One for your nose' cracked me up as he paid tribute to my facial features. And he had even whispered to Dor that 'he was getting a little high and horny.' It was hilarious!




All too soon, it was home sweet home. We arrived in Bangkok almost empty-handed and went home with truckloads.
We'll be back!

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