Our Last Day in Bangkok

After a delicious and terribly unauthentic Thai breakfast at the Shanti consisting of wheat toast, a big bottle of water and delicious fruit smoothie (check out the deliciousness to the right) followed by a few confusing sweeps in the guidebook to determine our plan for the day.....we decided upon Chautuchak Market.

To provide a little background, it's the largest weekend market in the world, covering over 35 acres with 9,000 individual booths, packing in an estimated 300,000 visitors each day! With likely chaos to ensure, we decided to get an early start and beat the crowds. Well, not really. Jet lag is a bitch and had us up at the crack of dawn again!

With no strategy in hand to tackle this tremendous market, we were lost within the first five minutes of being there - there were crowds and stalls stretching as far as we could see! Everything under the sun could be found there ranging from the smallest dollhouse items, authentic Thai foods, vintage Thai fashions (such as a girl scout outfit from Alabama that we came across), antiques, intricate wooden carvings, masks from far-off lands, adorable fluffy dogs (check out Lo trying to take one home), flying squirrels, colorful fish of every hue and singing birds. All in all, by far the coolest and most disturbing were the fighting roosters and baby hedgehog!

Now, after a few days in Bangkok, we are leaving to head to Siem Reap, the city near the magnificent and Seventh (I think) Wonder of the World, Angkor. This experience will likely change our perspective on life so get ready for some heavy and deep posts in the coming days!