We are finally here

The flights were long but we made it. I was lucky enough to be able to sleep much of the Vancouver-Hong Kong flight, but Julia stayed awake so she was pretty tired when we finally arrived in Bangkok. After a quick nap we took a cab to Central Pier and then took a water taxi back up the river. Then we searched around for a restaurant I read about in our Lonely Planet book, only to discover that it was closed (after walking up and down the street about three times looking for it). Tired and hungry, we sat down at the K.C Guesthouse restaurant. The food was surprisingly good, and cheap! Our meal was only 250 baht total (less than $10).


Afterward we wandered down the road and discovered a performing arts festival at Santichaiprakarn Park. We noticed a few young ladies wearing traditional Thai costumes, so we decided to hang around to see if they would perform. Sure enough, we were treated to a traditional Thai dance performance. It was really cool to see and made us really feel we were in Thailand.

Tomorrow we plan to do a lot of sightseeing, and hopefully a Thai massage. We are also trying to figure out our next moves to Kanchanaburi and Chiang Mai.