Exploring Bangkok

Day two together meant more time in Bangkok. Hang was with us now, so we decided to do something she hadn’t done in Bangkok before. 

Mike and I had our mango sticky rice for breakfast and it was yummmmmmmmy!

We checked out of our Airbnb and dropped our luggage in storage. Then we took a Grab taxi to the Taling Chan Floating Market. This is mainly a food market where the vendors are cooking food on the river. It smelled so good! We got a few things to eat in the walking market leading to the floating market and then put together a lunch of salt rubbed tilapia, scallops, Tom yum soup, some sort of stuffed pancake, and gyoza. All so good and tasty! Mike and I even sat on tiny stools near the ground to eat like the locals. 

Then, we did some shopping at the market and bought a few treasures (including Mike’s new elephant pants!). Then it was time to return to the city so Hang and Robert could catch their flight to Chiang Mai. 

We dropped them at Terminal 21 and Mike and I stopped in a restaurant to have a drink, enjoy the view, and plan out our afternoon. We decided to go ahead and do the Grand Palace today since we had a few hours. Once again...it was crazy hot, but we loved exploring the grounds and spent most of our time in the Temple of the Emerald Buddha. The building itself is soooo sparkly!!! After that we checked out the grounds, watched the guards change, and then headed to cool off and have a cold beverage. We found a nice local hotel bar near the train station and enjoyed a Thai tea and beer before boarding our overnight train to Chiang Mai.

The train was fun! We had two little beds (one above and one below). The train ride was 13ish hours and we certainly could have flown, but wanted a more local experience. We had fun train food and then went to bed early. Slept pretty well. Only bummer was the lights were left on all night, so that made it hard to sleep. We arrived in Chiang Mai just before 8AM on Monday and were ready for more adventures!