Hungry for Meals & Deals!

Now with a few days under my belt in Bangkok…it was time to loosen that belt and go on a food tour. It was a food tour of Old Siam (aka Bangkok) and I ate and travelled like a local. Our sampling of 22 different dishes was enough to put me in a food coma by early afternoon and needless to say there was no need for dinner that evening. The 4 hour adventure had us travelling on a boat through the canals of the city, walking, riding tuk tuks and hopping a local bus – all in search of the best street food in the city. The added plus – I learned how to peel/eat some of the local fruit, which will come in handy when I hit up the grocery store for food.

Now today’s adventure was exploring the Chatuchak weekend market – the world’s largest open market, with its labyrinth of 15,000 stalls. Yep – pretty crazy! I strolled the aisles of stalls for 2 hours and still didn’t cover all of it. The highlight of the visit to the market was actually not the shopping – it was agreeing to be interviewed by 2 grade school girls doing a project for their English class. I am now immortalized forever on their video as the they peppered me with questions about my experiences in Thailand and giggled as I spoke the only 2 phrases that I currently know in Thai. In return they taught me a few new words in Thai and gave me a great tip to visit Pattaya – ok girls, I’ll put it on the list!!