First couple of days in Bangkok….

Day 1

Jenn and I arrived in Bangkok on Tuesday September 8^th, 2009. We went straight to our hotel and hit the streets in search of food. Our first meal consisted of vegetable noodle soup and two drinks each. The entire total for both of our meals combined was 100 baht (3 US dollars) and the best part is the food was really good! After that we took our first venture on the Sky train down to the US Embassy only to find out it was closed for the day. The sky train is one of the nicest modes of public transportation I’ve ever seen. There are flat screens on the platforms and inside the fully air-conditioned trains. The screens play commercials and let you know what stop is coming up next. After our failed attempt of going to the US Embassy we decided it was time for a Thai massage. We ended up getting hour foot massages for about 6 US dollars. They were AMAZING!!!

Day 2

We went to one of many crazy shopping malls and got our Thai cell phones. After that we went down to the river and took a private canal tour. The river was insane because there really is no concept of bad block good block here. There could be a gorgeous 50-story building and right next to it is slums on the river (see pics). We passed a gator and snake farm, a HUGE Buda statue, tons of houses on the water, and a lot of the really nice hotels like the Peninsula. Everyone here is so nice and just smiles and waves all the time. We get a lot of stares being two blondes, but not in a creepy way. It’s more of a curious friendly way.

That night we met up with a friend who lives in and out of Bangkok. He took us out to dinner and then out on the town for a great night!

Day 3

We got a late start thanks to our friend from the night before…. We went and found Jenn’s school. It is in a GREAT location right next to this HUGE shopping mall with everything and anything your could want. The malls here have amazing international food courts where you literally can get food from any part of the word. I think we wondered around it for 30 minutes just looking at all the options until we finally decided on pizza and salad. That night we met up with our friend Joe again at this 5 star hotels wine tasting event. There were a lot of other Expats that live in Bangkok at this event. We met a few new friends J. Then we headed to another part of town to meet up with our friend Travis who has been living in Bangkok for the last 15 months teaching English. He is moving back to the states until January and then he is coming back to Bangkok. We went out “Thai Style” which basically means you sit outside and eat and drink beer (with ice b/c its so hot) while listening to a Thai singer. It was really chill, but a lot of fun! We got to meet a lot of Travis friends from work that are from Scotland, Australia, England, and the states.

Day 4

We both had to be up early to go to our schools. I had an interview for a 7^th , 8^th, and 9^th grade math teaching position at a Christian School and Jenn had to go meet her students and check out her preschool it’s a very poshy school, 12 students, a teaching aide and even an au pair in the classroom, the students are 4-5 years old and their parents are high society business people from all over the world. After our interviews we went apartment hunting and shopping. I think we might have found a place, but we have to call today to negotiate the price. These really cute 2 bedrooms right next to the Sky train and a HUGE shopping area complete with a KFC and McDonalds J. After finding a few places we explored the area and did some shopping. The shopping here is INSANE!! Everything is so cheap and sooo cute!! We both got a couple of things and spent less than 30 US dollars. I think Jenn spent less than 15 on 3 shirts and 2 dresses.

We went out with one of our friends Christy’s brother’s friends named Pom, who is a Bangkok native. She has lived all over the world and is going to be a great friend here! She took us to this restaurant called Jim Thompson, who is a famous American who disappeared in Malaysia? He made Thai silk famous.

Day 5

Colie had an interview today and got the job for a summer camp like position! Yay! The rest of the day we are going to go to this floating market and hopefully get our apartment situation figured out. We will keep you all posted.

Overall Bangkok is a great place and we LOVE it!! Come visit, you won’t regret it, this is an amazing city and we can’t wait to share more with everyone!!

Sincerely,

Bangkok Blondes, Nichole and Jenn

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