Bangkok has them now

Hi my loyal readers!

This time I will report you about Bangkok, capital city of Thailand. Before we arrived we had some problems at Singapore airport because it is not allowed to take handcuffs on board and my kinky maskot was wearing them on its ears (u guys know that these handcuffs are just a toy and are very tiny, so the worst thing I can do with them is wrapping them around my fingers). I burst in to laughter and couldn't stop...however the only chance to keep them was to put them with my little backpack to the general luggage.

Directly after we arrived at BKK, we put our stuff in the hotel and headed to the Chatuchak weekend market (THX Lia for the recommendation kiss kiss). This is the biggest market I have been so far!

You can buy everything here: clothes, shoes, vintage, bracelets, watches, pictures and even little (living) dogs:

Besides very cheap shopping satisfaction you can also fill your stomach with real Thai snacks...such as worms, bugs or maggots...

...if you prefer something more habitual, then you definitely should try coconuts as ice or freshly opened (way more tasty and bigger than in Rio).

hmmmm coconut!

Back in our hotel near the democracy monument we relaxed and made up our plans for the next day: first to the Grand Palace, second to the Wat Pho (where the Giant Buddha is situated) and third to the Wat Arun temple...quite a lot for a day ha?

Democracy monument

How do we get there?...by cab, because it is sooo cheap. We avoided the Tuc Tucs because they always want to bring you somewhere else...and try to persuade you to buy something in a shop or go in a specific restaurant because they get a sort of promotion for that.

Another thing what you should be aware of in Bangkok is that near all classcial sights (especially the grand palace) you have guys that try to pull a fast one...they tell you that the palace is closed for a specific time and that they can offer you some bla bla bla...don't trust them. Already from outside you can hears the speakers saying: "don't trust anyone outside the building"! Hmmm...

The palace is originally used as the residence of the king but today it is more a place to hold royal ceremonies and state functional meetings. However, its architecture and statues are very impressive.
But to get in you have to borrow some clothes in order to meet their requirements...

Miniaturized model of Anchor Wat.

 Before we left the palace, we were lucky to see some real monks.

Did you know that women are not allowed to touch them? If a women does, the monk has to undergo a specific cleaning ritual... (something like "contamination alarm" from the movie Monsters, Inc.)
Also in a Buddha temple, you should know that it is not appropriate to point your feet towards Buddha. Hence, monks sit with crossed legs. The temple of the emerald buddha you see on the picture below was very impressive (pics are only allowed from outside)

From the palace we strolled to Wat Pho, the temple of the reclining Buddha and also known as the birthplace of Thai massage.

By ferry we finally headed to our last sight seeing spot for that day, the Wat Arun temple, the temple of dawn. It is so named because the first light of the morning reflects off the surface of the temple with pearly iridescence. If you go up you have a great view over Bangkok and if you go down you realize that the stairs are very steep.

Wat Arun temple

So enough about sight seeing, we needed a brake and food. The food is soo cheap, e.g. you pay for a Pad Thai just 40-70 Baht (ca. 1 Euro). Pad Thai is a classical dish in Thailand which consists of stir-fried noodels with egg, fish sauche tamarind juice, red chilly plus any vegetables (especially bean sprouts), shrimps, chicken or tofu. You can add crushed peanuts, coriander, lime, vinegar and sugar (I never added sugar...but thats a Thai thing).

Pad Thai...yammy!

A coconut costs just 20-25 Baht (50 cents), so we enjoyed the moment and relaxed with coconut juice and delicious soups.

I had a a Tom Yum Kung soup...for me the best soup in the world! It is spicy and rich in taste!

Tom Yum Kung

Where is the best place to go shopping, having some drinks and getting a massage? Khao San Road offers all of it (THX again Lia for ur tips kiss kiss)! Luckily, our hotel is near that area ;)

Khao San Road

There you find lots of shops offering very nice shirts and skirts (the shirt I am wearing in the pic below is from there for just 200 Baht - 5 Euro), people they try to sell you all kinda stuff while walking (got dammit, I am not interested in a ping-pong show...no really not,...I give up!) and also when sitting down for a drink...

no thx no umbrella...

Travellers love to spent time here because you meet people from all nationalities and most of the hostels in Bangkok are situated here. This street is lively almost the whole day and you get its touch with artists, break dancers and (unfortunately) also old dudes with young Thai chicks:

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Another aspect are massage studios which are spreaded all over the street. One hour costs ca. 200 Baht (5 Euro)...very very cheap compared to Austria! One specific offer caught our attention, a fish spa...if you do not know what that is, have a look on that video:

On our final day in Bangkok we didn't do so much, just a walk in the Lumphini park (almost in the city center). To my surprise, I did not expect that Mike had a great plan for the evening...he kept it as a secret for the whole day and after sunset he kidnapped me via taxi to the "Dome at Lebua" (in the state tower), the second highest sky bar in the world. He just said before we left that I have to wear something sexy...so I did :)

This bar is one of the most luxurious things I have seen so far...cocktails I have never heard before, like a "Passion fruit sour"...and sweet snacks like cinnemon ice cream...yammy.

As you can see...I was very happy...

You may know exactly what place that is, when you have a look at the following picture:

Does this picture ring a bell?

Remember Hangover 2, the beginning scene where they were totally fucked up? It was exactly on those stairs ;)

 ...the Sirocco restaurant is also the place, where Mr. Chow get arrested at the end of the movie

We did not have a hangover...just a great time...

There we met a great couple, Linda and Davey, from Holland and had conversations about everything and anything with them. Hope you guys are fine, kisses jiny ;)

Me and Linda

All in all, a great night.

Next day we had to get up very early and headed to the airport again because our next stop is Koh Samui, where I will do a one week intense Muay Thai kickbox training (I think about u Lily :P) at Superprosamui.

So follow my next entry...

Kisses jiny and Mike