Sunday, July 22, 2007

Whats the capital of Thailand? Bangkok!

We arrived in Bangkok a couple of days ago with little expectations. We kept hearing about how there is not much to see and how its a creepy city. Well, it is definitely a different place but it has its moments. We arrived in the afternoon and headed straight to our hostel. After getting settled, we walked around the neightborhood around 5 pm. We came across a section that had a lot of bars stacked on top of each other. Each one offered a different "experience". We knew Bangkok was a sexual city, but it was weird to actually be there. After walking around for 5 minutes, we were already uncomfortable. We couldnt even look in a certain direction without a group of women(?) soliciting us. At least we think they were all women. Apparently there are a lot a "lady boys" here who have had sex changes. Gross! What makes it even more gross is that it truly i shard to tell sometimes. We quickly retreated and headed for a "safe place", which was hard to find. But after we did we ate some food and discussed our discomforts. After establishing a gameplan, we went back to the hostel to change to go out on the town. Bangkok is know for its outrageous clubs and house music. We went to a club called Bed Supperclub. You can eat dinner in bed, then dance the night away. We passed on the dinner, but enjoyed cuttin up the rug until about 2am when they close. Feelin good, we headed to another club called Boss that stays open later. This is where the madness that is Bangkok reared its head. This club was not completely full, but the people there were out of control. The sexual side of Bangkok showed up again as girls were dancing on tables completely naked. We couldnt believe what was going on around us, especially since people were acting like it was no big deal. What!? Again, interesting for a minute then completely uncomfortable. Today we took in some sites after slowly dragging ourselved out of bed. We saw the palace and a couple of Wats (temples). This evening we took in a Mui Thai kickboxing event. It lasted about 3 hours and included 7 different fight, 2 of which ended in knockouts. The last kid was taken off on a stretcher. When I say kid, I mean it. We thought were at a black market event b/c they were so young. All weighed 100 lbs, expect for once match that paired up 2 kids weighing 115 lbs. We later found out that they were no older than 15 years old. We had no idea when we paid for our ringside tickets it would be like this, but they didnt disappoint. We even took our picture with the best fighter of the night (5'3, 104 lbs). Tomorrow we head to Chiang Mai in the north. I will keep you updated.

1 comment:

Jamie said...

Whoa, watch out for those he/she.