Lodging

Ha-its not that bad - just woke up with an arm fulla red marks. They don't itch, so I'm not bothered.

Yesterday, Amy and I did manage to find a room for Friday night at a place that is not nearly as nice as where we are staying, but its not bad. Not on the beach, but we can still hang out by the water, so it will be just fine.

After a sweaty day yesterday, Amy decided pizza sounded awesome, so we went to an "Italian restaurant" and got some little pizzas and drinks - Amy had rum and coke and I had gin & tonic. The food was NOT delicious, but the drinks were and we had a nice time. We walked home in a rainstorm and when we got to our room we laid down to dry off. Well, that was at 7:30pm and we didn't end up getting out of bed until 6 this morning! It was wonderful. We didn't put the mosquito nets down (until the middle of the night) like we shoulda, since we had the windows open to listen to the rain. So we both have a number of bites. Amy started taking her malaria medicine today! I didn't bring any. So, we'll see what happens there...

This morning we rode an elephant for 2 hours. A thunderstorm approached as we boarded the topless truck that took us to the elephant place, so we got wet. But it wasn't all that unpleasant - at least we weren't sweating. The elephant's name was Rambo - we prefer to think his name is pronounced Rahm boh and means something stately in Thai as opposed to thinking of Sly Stallone. You should too.

Today will be a relaxing day. It is the first day we don't have to wonder about what's next or bothered by figuring out some detail. Amy is getting a massage now, and I'm off to find a hammock.
Here's a link with some pictures of the bungalows we are staying in. Just scroll down to the Bungalows section. But, imagine them looking not quite as nice...

I'm pretty sure Amy mentioned the peafowl in a different post. Since I can't get to her posts to put pictures, here's a picture of that stately guy either trying to scare us or get us to go back to his place..

I think that's it for now. And, thank you for commenting.

We totally made it. This morning we had some pad thai & bacon, sunny-side-up eggs, fresh OJ and the richest, most delicious coffee ever for breakfast. Chris has already made the mistake of drinking water with ice in it. Yikes, maybe.

The weather here is pretty warm to say the least. 110 degrees heat index. Amy has seen many people wearing tank tops so far, but we have yet to leave the hotel. Last night a nice little man who stood out amongst a crowd of 100 taxi drivers who held a big sign with "Amy Antonio" on it. He took us outside to wait for his disco van - and while he retrieved it from the parking garage, we were exposed our first olfactory impression of Bangkok - a smell that resembled hot muggy fritos and fried rice.

Our hotel is awesomely great. Seriously. Check it out at www.reflections-thai.com. We are in room 210. You can look at each room. Kitch is the name of the game here. And we are happy as can be. Our room came with robes and slippers and thai TV that we watched into the wee hours of the morning.

We are off to explore wherever we are now. Going to try to take the skytrain somewhere and maybe a boat to the Grand Palace.

More soon - love to all...

Chris & Amy