My first day in Bangkok was a day to settle down. Justine, I woke up with a girl I volunteered in Koh Tao and my friend Anna knocked on the door and dragged me to the infamous backpacker mansion, Khao San Road. , went to the bank, bought a Thai phone, ate on the street and had a massage for 4USD equivalent.
That night we met with the founders of the Starfish organization and other volunteers, but none came with us, and they all headed north towards Surin. We went to a restaurant called the Cabbage and Condom that offered fantastic photo opportunities in Thailand as well as improving nutrition and HIV awareness.
The next day we planned to go to the Dusit palace, but Justine woke up with a call and mission to keep his hair on the road to the island; so we returned to Khao San. I did not want to spend 3 hours sitting still in the heat, I walked to the National Museum.
Many tuk tuk drivers who stopped me from the traffic and stopped me informed me that the National Gallery had closed down, I had to wear lots of pants, I did it somehow. I read this code by chance and kindly informed me politely that I would "come out to take the picture of the building". Of course I went there and it was clear and my shorts went well. It's not really a discomfort, but a good-hearted local is trying to direct you in the right direction, so your keeper is so far away that you have your breeze and town in the past (as I did on my way back!).
For future visitors, my favorite galleries were Marionettes and Games, Funerary Chariots and Large Images. 200 baht was equivalent to 6usd, and although it is a nice way to spend an hour or two, most galleries should be warned that there is no weather conditions.
My favorite part of all day was a place where there were almost no strangers. Thai families and school groups. In one of the hunts I went to take pictures, this school was distributing the kids with the cameras and taking pictures of the different groups of each other. I offered an empty view and some giggling of the picture taken. After some movement, I handed out the camera, took a photo, and then when I walked, "you!" She screamed and then each of them took her pictures to me. After I handed my camera over to a child, he took one from me and the girls. It was a really sweet treat and I walked with a smile even if they could not understand each other.
That night we left for Ko Tao…
Bye for now, Bangkok!
