St. Pattys Day in Bangkok!!

Journal #27 March 17, 2009

This morning I woke up at 7 and got ready for my bus ride to Bangkok. Meghan, Doug and I were headed there for the next 3 days. The bus ride was about a 2 hour drive. When we arrived we got to a mall that was huge!!! I have never been to a mall so big. We shopped for about an hour and then headed to our hotel. Our hotel was about 15 min away.

When we arrived at The Elegance Suites I saw how cool of a place it was. It was right in the middle of a little city. The streets were filled with shops and homes. We settled in and went to lunch. We went to a street vender that was right across the street from our hotel. It was really good, I got chicken and noodles. Let me tell you how much I love Thai food!!! And actually this is the first time in a while that I have not gotten sick from the food!!!!

After lunch all three of us went and got a Thai massage. We all were in the same room as we got massages. I absolutely loved it. It was 2 hours long and they stretched us and put our bodies in weird configurations to stretch us. I have never been so relaxed in my entire life, and the best thing about it was that it was only $12.

After the massage we walked to the mall and looked around for a little while. When we got back to the hotel we got ready for our night out on the town. It was St. Patty’s day so we decided to go to an Irish pub. We heard that a bunch of people were going to a place called Orilies. Getting to the pub was quite an experience. We first rode a train to the center area, then we walked for about 2 miles trying to find the spot. When we got tired we got in a taxi and he took us somewhere else, Orilies is supposedly not a very popular place because no one knew where it was. After about an hour of looking we gave up and went to Molly Malone’s which is also an Irish Pub. We sat at a table with two other couples. They were probably in their early thirties. We ordered our food and drinks and relaxed by listening to the music and watching rugby. When our food came I was overwhelmed by my huge hoagie!!! I was not able to eat half of it but it was still delicious.

The guy that was sitting next to me was Paul. I asked him if he knew where Orilies was and that started up our fun conversation. Come to find out he is Irish and lived in Northern Virginia for about 8 years. We even were able to show each other our drivers license to see the differences. He now owns a plumbing company in Thailand and actually works for the restaurant we were eating at. He was a really nice guy and bought us all about 3 drinks. He was funny because every time he would buy us a beer or mixed drink he would secretly tell the waiter to bring us a shot. The first shot was gross, it is an Irish tradition and we have to take the shot, that has coffee beans in it, and chew the beans at the end and “aaarrrgggg” at the same time, hahha quite comical. Paul talked to us for a long time about how men should be the head of the house. He had some good points but I did not agree with everything he said.

When we left Molly’s we walked around the corner and there was Orilies!! We were sooo close. So we decided to go in there for a little while. I was able to get my green beer, and meet some more cool people. When we left we got in a tuk tuk and headed for the Dome. This is place on the top of a hotel that overlooks all of Bangkok. The view was absolutely stunning!!! I could not take my eyes off of all the lights of the city. It truly was beautiful. My first day in Bangkok was fabulous. I really enjoyed everything about it and can not wait for the next days to come.

Love
Michelle