Bangkok and floating markets

Last weekend I went into Bangkok to celebrate Kristin’s birthday on Friday night at a club called Narz. I have never been out to a really nice place like that in Bangkok; we usually go to the backpacker’s district of something like that. There were about 10 of us and then some guys from South Africa who we met traveling showed up too. We had a blast dancing all night. Then at one point one of my Thai friends came up to me, so random, but I fell like I see him everywhere, such a funny coincidence, so after some people left we hung out with them for awhile and left at about 5 am. 

Cassie and Christie

Amphawa

The next day Lizzie and I were planning on going to a floating market about an hour out of town. To tell you the truth I was pretty exhausted and not too excited, but I was determined not to punk out. We took the BTS to Victory Monument and then got a van to Amphawa. Then it was just a short songtaw ride and we were there. It was amazing and I was glad we had stuck to the plan. It was a beautiful sunny day and we spent it walking through the bustling market past toys, crafts, sweets and tons of food. I love markets because you always see things that you have to try and guess what it is—like are those bugs or sweets?

Our yummy lunch! Can't get any fresher than this

Later when we got hungry we sat down on these little steps facing the water. There were all these long boats set up there, each one serving a different dish. We gave our order to a man that yelled it out to the women, who then started making our orders. We got grilled squid, giant prawns, son tom papaya salad, pad thai, chicken satays with peanut sauce, and beer and each spent under $5. It was so fresh and yummy; I would eat it everyday if I could! We were planning on staying the night there to see the fireflies that are a big attraction there, but we decided to skip that and go back to Bangkok. 

Mackerel-famous in this market

We went and put our backpacks in a friend’s hostel, took a shower, and met people out on Khaosan road, the backpacker’s street. It was fun, but I was not really in the mood to drink because of our rowdy night before. I did see many people I hadn’t seen in awhile, so that was good. Later at about 1 am Lizzie and I were going to get a taxi home so we could wake up in our own beds and not in a hostel in Bangkok. As we were going to the cab, 2 people we had met in Koh Tao came up! They were in Bangkok for about a week, one was on her way home to England and the other was flying to Egypt in a few days to meet him girlfriend. It is SO random to me that weeks later we just run into people we know, it’s happened before as well! We caught up a bit and then said goodbye and went home. The next day I slept until 2 pm, (I NEVER get to sleep in) only getting up to talk to a friend on Skype for his birthday. I finally texted Lizzie later and we got ourselves motivated to go to the gym and then to the market. We made salads, had some masaman curry and watched the movie Invictus. Getting up at 6:15 Monday mornings is never nice.

Out on Khaosan road-backpacker's district