{"id":806,"date":"2014-02-04T09:28:17","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T01:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radcopter.com\/brianandmarisa\/worldtrip\/?p=806"},"modified":"2014-02-04T09:28:17","modified_gmt":"2014-02-04T01:28:17","slug":"bangkok-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/texandtia.com\/worldtrip\/index.php\/2014\/02\/04\/bangkok-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Bangkok part II"},"content":{"rendered":"

The next day was New Year\u2019s Eve. I\u2019m sure that Bangkok was packed full of scandalous things to do on NYE but we decided to take it fairly easy and expand our public transportation resume while we were at it. Bangkok, as a city, is very oriented around its river, and one of the main ways to get around the city is by water taxi.<\/p>\n

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It’s like a tiny ferry.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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View from the water taxi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of our best memories from Bangkok was wandering through the streets on New Year’s Eve, from the mall where we watched another movie (47 Ronin), to the bus, to a detour through the protest camp at Democracy Monument, back to the Khaosan area. It was a really nice way to see more of the city and get more of a local flavor.<\/p>\n

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The street just outside of CentralWorld in downtown Bangkok. Around 11pm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Hundreds of people were wearing these light-up ears on their heads. It was mostly girls, but in true Thai style there was a lot of cross-gender pollination.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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I don’t think they had Wookiees in mind when they designed their buses.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Marisa kept telling me to keep my head inside the window of the bus lest I lose it to a passing bus or stop sign. I think the risk was worth it =)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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There were even t-shirt vendors at the protest!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A group of young friends releasing one of those paper balloons with the fire that lifts them.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Paper balloons in flight. We sat and watched as they all rose together in the same updraft, and then fell back to the ground. Each one made almost a perfect loop and landed in the streets around us. It was cool but a little sad.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Locals enjoying the fireworks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We also managed to fulfill a long-standing aspiration by taking a cooking class through May Kaidee\u2019s Vegetarian Restaurant. We had dinner at her restaurant our first time through Bangkok and made plans to do her cooking class when we came back. Taking a cooking class was high on our list of \u2018stuff to do in Thailand\u2019 and we were not disappointed. May herself is a very gregarious lady who built her business from scratch. She is even expanding overseas to New York where she is opening another school. We had a great time with our fellow students and look forward to sharing the recipes we learned with everyone when we get back.<\/p>\n

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Chef Marisa.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Chef Brian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It’s hard to capture the experience of being in Bangkok in pictures. A lot of the most interesting things about being in a city like Bangkok comes from walking down the street, shoving your way through crowded markets, or seeing the city from the window of a bus. It’s a city of gleaming skyscrapers, labyrinthine malls, and food stalls that glow at night under flourescent lights. The people are friendly, the movie tickets are cheap, and I would recommend it to anyone. Just remember to take the bus!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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