Bangkok

We didn't get to be in Bangkok for very long, just a day and a half while we stayed at Bethel. Our first day there, a thai sister recommended that we take the canal into the city and walk around. I was a little nervous about doing it since we didn't have a map, we didn't have a great grasp on thai money, the language or layout of the land. But Jake was all "take-charge" that day, he really wanted to explore. I'm glad we did though, it was fun to look around. We got some delicious thai iced coffee (i'll post more about food later), and then Jake decided to be adventurous and bought some meat on a stick from a lady with a street cart. After one bite we both concluded that it was most definitely some sort of gizzard or innard...which I guess isn't too exotic or weird, but we didn't like it.

Bangkok is a wild city. You walk around and are constantly amazed and bewildered. You will see extreme poverty on one street. Then you turn the corner and watch as people come out of an 8 story shopping mall with Gucci bags getting into their BMW sports car. You will smell something delicious and your stomach will growl, and then a few feet later your nose picks up something so atrocious you want to gag. But at least you never get bored!