Bangkok Round2 – Temples and Parks and FOOD!

So I almost go arrested for walking up to the gate.  Apparently the King lives here and well, how was I supposed to know???  Maybe all the armed guards walking around might have been the first clue, but like I told ya in the first post which is here (Bangkok – I’m OK, and.. The Food) I was a pretty curious kid… and maybe not the smartest kid when it came to stuff I shouldn’t do.

So they guard was nice enough to let me snap this pic. Here ya go Ma!… I love ya.

SO.. Meet MINT.  One of the coolest, nicest, genuine people you could happen to have the pleasure of meeting.  She didn’t know me from Adam (I never understood that saying, who IS Adam anyway.. Do people mean Adam from Adam and Eve?  If so of COURSE no one knows Adam, that dude lived like ages ago)

I met Mint through a friend in Tampa and she came to my hostel when I got into BKK (That’s Bangkok for you non travelers) and literally toured me around the entire city showing me the inns and outs (or is it INS and OUTS, I never get this one right).   It was also really awesome to have someone that spoke Thai from Thailand as I didn’t get taken advantage of as often.   I will be posting an example in the next blog post so be sure to check it out.  

Yup some more food..  These are little crepes with what looks like carrots, but alas they are NOT carrots.. They actually much better than carrots,  they are shredded egg yolks… I mean who has time to shred egg yolks to make yummy treats… Well Thai people that’s who, and let me tell ya.. it’s fricken delicious.

They have all sorts of other toppings that you can put on them, (And I have tried them ALL, well I hope so, or do I? God there is so much food, squirrel)   Anyway.. back to it.. these things are amazing, just like all the other food here.  I Know.. I KNOW.. how can EVERYTHING be amazing, if that’s the case well then NOTHING can be amazing.. well that’s just stupid.  Of course ALMOST everything can be amazing.. Trust me I have had a few things here that suck (sorry mom, I had to be descriptive, I seriously think she still things I am 9 and shouldn’t say bad words, ok ok  I shouldn’t be .. ok again anyway)..   and so THAT’s why I can say what’s amazing.  I mean I had some fried birds feet, yup NOT AMAZING.   See where I am going with this?

So why am I showing you a picture of a restaurant you ask?  Ok, by now you probably are NOT asking that, you actually know that I am going to tell you that this place is Amazing.. ok you got me.  I am.   It’s the second best place in Bangkok to get Pad Thai.. Where is the first you ask?  I know you are all asking and wondering, well I am not going to tell you.  I am going to in the next blog post, which will come sooner than expected.  Anyway.. apparently all you have to do is show a cab or Tuk Tuk and motorbike this picture and they know exactly where it is, cause all the locals eat here.  It’s actually rather reasonable too at only 180BT for a dish of Pad Thai (which is $5 for you Foreigners, or Farang’s as Thai people call us).

Yep here it is..  Second best Pad Thai in Bangkok..  Holy crap (sorry Ma!) that was DELICIOUS.. I can’t wait to try the best.. ok I already have, but I can’t post it just yet.    This version actually looks all fancy and stuff, and it’s a bit nicer on the inside than all the other places, but it’s still only the second best..  O I know you guys and gals can’t wait until the next post to see the best place.   I got a surprise for you all on that one too.  🙂

Here I am…at a floating market.. What is a floating market you ask?  Well let me tell ya.  It’s a market on water (original right?).   You have all these places ON the water and you can walk to them on the wooden planks or you can actually take little boats around the market and pull up next to the vendor and get your food, drink, or souvenirs.  It’s rather awesome (yes I love that word).   This is the Damnoen Saduak floating market in Damnoen Saduak District and is the largest floating market in the world.   It’s fricken (sorry Ma!) huge (pronounced UGGEE)

Just a super small portion of the market, but you can see the vendors on the water on both sides, so this will give you a good idea of what to expect on your travels.   This market is open 7 days a week, unlike almost ALL the other floating markets around which are only open on the weekends.   This is a BIG tourist stop.  It’s about 550BT to go there via van with return trip to BKK (Bangkok).  The conversion right now is about 35bt to 1 USD.. So you can do the math, ($15.75), ok so I did it for you all, cause I know you are all lazy and won’t do it yourselves.

Some more vendor food.  She was nice enough to allow me to take a picture.

YEP.. more food.. You know you like it..

I just really liked this image.. More vendors on the left side and then a large outdoor area on the right side to eat all the yumminess (or is it yummyness?)

OMG!!  These are rice fried in a ball with Salmon (my friend Henry would PRONOUNCE the L and emphasize it too and it used to drive me nuts, but it’s ok cause he’s Portuguese, so you have to forgive him)… anyway, back to these things.  So Salmon or Tuna (my two favorite fish btw, just in case you ever want to buy me something, ok.. don’t buy me fish, a we can talk about what to buy me another time, anyway.. They are delicious.  Like seriously, who thought this stuff up.  Then the black and white stuff all over the rice balls are this sweet and semi sour stuff.  WOW!..  These were 40bt for 4 of them, so that’s roughly $1.14.  Yep $1.14!!   I love this place, did I Mention I love this place?

My friend Katri Na took this for me.. Yep.. enjoying every single bite.

Someone asked for a sunset pic in every place I went.. I will try my best to oblige, not sure I will be able to, but I will do my best.   This is from the Pier north of Wat Pho in Bangkok. It was just beautiful.   I could spend days just watching that sunset.

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