Bangkok, Thailand

Welcome to Bangkok, Thailand....
Yep,  it's a long flight to get here ~ 30 + hours door to door and feeling out of kilter with a 15 hour time zone difference doesn't help ~ but Man ~ what a place!
A city of 8 million plus and more scooters, motorcycles, and tuktuks per square km. that I've ever seen!  Street food and other venders - up one side and down the other on almost every street; Beautiful Temples scattered over the city, Markets everywhere ~ all in an 88 degree sultry Thai January!

                                                                      Big Star Fruit

                                                              Fried Fish Anyone?

                                                  .....or just fish of any kind?

                                                                        Grilled??

                                           Lots of options in the soup department

 Carol looks tentative ~ but nothing says breakfast in Bangkok like assorted meats, egg, and rice!
               (it was so good ~ and cheap ~ $1.50/ea.  that we ate here again for lunch today)

                                          
                             Aebelskiver?  Nope!  Gooey coconut balls with assorted fillings

                                                          Wat Traimit on edge of Chinatown

Come get some....

 

Tomorrow we leave for Siem Reap, Cambodia and the temples of Ankgor Wat

the beginning of our cross country excursion through Cambodia (about 10 days) on our way to Vietnam.  Bangkok has been great and we will return here in late February. 

Today we rode all over Bangkok on the Sky Train -  which is an awesome metro system.  We started out at 6:30 am and stopped by Wat Pathumwanaram on our way to the gigantic weekend market at Chatuchak in north Bangkok.

 

                                        Wat Pathumwanaram ~ one of many temples in Bangkok

 

 

Scenes from the Chatuchak Market:

 

Thanks for Playing ~~ We will see you in Cambodia! ;-)

Don and Carol

 

A New Year

2014 was a special year for us with our son Stuart's marriage to Sara Cozad, which in a sense starts a new chapter for all of us.  The support and well wishes of friends and family made the occasion all the more special and forming connections with Sara's family is an enriching new aspect of Stuart and Sara's marriage.

Carol and I followed up the "Summer of the Wedding" with a fantastic road trip through much of the western U.S. which only inspired us to see more of this amazing country in the years to come.

So..... believe it or not -  we are on the verge of our next world experience and we are traveling to Southeast Asia for 8 weeks and looking forward to seeing Stuart and Sara during the last 2 weeks there - as they finish up their own 2 1/2 month Honeymoon through the same area.

Along with connecting with Stuart and Sara we are looking forward to visiting my cousin,

Mary Helen's son, Brian who lives in Bangkok with his wife and 2 girls.

Carol and I will be travelling in Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam.

 

We are packed and ready to go -  with each of us carrying about 20 lb travel packs and making plans as we go along.

 

We fly out on Tuesday, January 13 and return on March 10

We will update soon!

Don and Carol