Thailand (again)

The full slide show can be found here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/achakra/Vietnam

So after our 'hard' travels in Vietnam, we decided to go and relax yet again. Rajiv once again was nice enough to donate some of his Starwood points to our cause and we found a great little resort in Krabbi. It wasn't quite the Thai beach experience you see in the movies and read about in the papers since we were pampered, but nevertheless, it was fantastic.

The food here was tremendous. All types of cuisines, and impeccably made. I even tried foie gras for the first time. Have to say not my cup of tea.



After dinner, we believe it or not sat down and watched Shall we Dance (yes J Lo and Richard Gere). It was the 'family' activity on the resort for the night. They had 3$ asahis so why not.

In the morning, Jeeves guilted me into working out so we hit the gym. The guy who was monitoring the gym was this really really buff guy. Turns out he used to be a world kickboxing champion in some division. He had the trophy right there which he won in Vegas. Really funny guy. he taught us how to say hello in Thai. Turns out if you're a guy, you say "sawatdee khrab", and if you're a girl you say "sawatdee kaa". I dont know why he decided to pick on Rajiv, but he basically taught Jeeves the girl's way and us the guy's way,, really funny guy.



Yes the resort had its own 'baby elephant' for petting and riding. (I think its name was RaRa)

We went off to the airport to fly back to Bangkok. They had a hospitality lounge with snacks and free internet. So we sat down cuz the flight was delayed for 2 hours. I kid you not, this was what was on the screen. It was some sort of condom catch the sperm sex education game. Right there in their hospitality lounge.



I swear, I dont know why American based carriers suck SO badly, maybe labor costs. But even on this 45 minute flight, somehow they found time to give us steamed chicken with pasta and sauce. Gotta love Bangkok Air.

Below. come on.. admit it its funny.



Jeeves once again generously donated some Starwood points for us ot stay at a nice Sheraton. We go out at night, and it turns out they are celebrating the Buddhist Lent or something so most bars are closed. We decide to head over to Patpong which isn't anywhere near as seedy as it used to be. Instead they have tons of street shops with a huge market in the middle of the street. We got some fake soccer jerseys, and then Rajiv decided to buy a perpetual motion watch. We told him OVER and over there was no way it was going to work (turns out it worked for about a month hee hee). Rajiv and Saumil then managed to find a place to get a pedicure. Yes a pedicure. In my minds, they officially switched to the 'other' team right then and there.

We went back to the hotel, and Saumil had to start packing as his flight was that night to India. Saumil had brought an immense amount of candy and what not for his cousins in India. He then realized he was going to get charged a TON for too much extra weight in his checked luggage. So he proceeded to move ALL of this deadweight candy into his onboard backpack. His Jansport had to have been close to 50-60 lbs! It was a funny sight as he had to move one thing in, then another thing out, then something else in, weigh it, repeat (we got something like a fish weighing scale from the hotel). So I basically gave him moral support while he packed, saw him off and then we conked out.

The following day was Rajiv and I roaming around the historical sites. We saw a bunch of wats (temples). The famous one below (Wat Pho) has this ENORMOUS reclining Buddha.





After this, we were exhausted of 3 weeks of sightseeing, so we hit a movie called 'The Island', pretty good movie actually!


Below, I dont know why, but every sign showing exits east of the International Date line seem to have a guy running for his life.



Come on its funny.



Anyway, this is the end of our tale. Rajiv and I headed back to the United States. There is a very funny story also here concerning me on the plane ride. And well, to hear it you'll need my permission :-).