Bangkok Thailand.

Wow. We left Melbourne on an early flight and then truly decided that we didn't like Sydney when we had to pay to get from the domestic to the international terminal. We had budgetted out our money so tight, that we had to skimp on lunch to take the bus. We tried to walk but we were told there was no sidewalk and we would be arrested for walking on the highway. After a 6 hour layover, we headed out on Thai Airways for a 9 hour flight. We were fed well and drinks were free, even in economy! Cognac after the meal. We tried to sleep and watched three movies. Wow, we are so glad that is our longest flight of this trip.

Arriving in Bangkok was overwhelming. We are glad that we had a few weeks in NZ and Australia before heading here. This is a big, HOT, crowded city. Its amazing, exciting and a bit scary all at once. We arrived into the city, about midnight which was actually 3AM from the time we left Australia and we were tired. We settled on a really sketchy room for $250 Baht and decided to just crash and deal with it today. As we speak we are waiting for a lovely balcnoy room with A/C for $450 instead of the first one we chose for $350 with only a fan, but not enough breeze. ($450 Baht is about $10US). Ethan went out for some water and was only approached for other less wholesome things 4x in his 10 minutes out of the house. Its actually the Queens Birthday in Thailand right now, so it is a 3 day weekend and many things are closed. Its ok and it makes it a bit more bearable for our first days here.

We will write and take more pics in the next few days...just wanted to make sure everyone knew we are safe in Bangkok.