Bangkok and then off to Copenhagen

I flew back to Bangkok from Chiang Mai about noon on Tuesday and went straight from the airport to the hostel and then across the street to my favourite restaurant to have some chicken fried in red curry and a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice. Man, I could come here just for the food!

 

In the evening I went to the Banyan tree sky bar to meet up with Mats and have a couple of drinks. The views from here were great, and the drinks weren’t that bad either! 

Kind of funny as we met up in Singapore, and now in Bangkok as well. Mats were here to spend christmas with his family.

Another really funny coincidence occured the morning after when I went down to have breakfast at the hostel café. In the common room I found Nick, the Australian guy from the trek in Chiang Mai, waiting for his flight back home to Sydney. Bangkok is a pretty big city, so what are the odds of him booking the same hostel as me? Anyhow, it was really fun to catch up a bit! :-)
 

After the usual breakfast, two toast and scrambled eggs accompanied by some great coffee, I went to town to do some christmas shopping.

I also took the last opportunities to get some more of the excellent food in Bangkok. I just love the street food over here! This place which I stumbled across had exclusively local clientele, and it was really close to my hostel.

The staff at the hostel I stayed at must have been the best I ever come across. I wanted to shop for some thai herbs to take home with me so that I can practice what I learned at the cooking class. After helping me writing down what the herbs were called in thai, they came along to the market to help me pick the stuff up! Incredible. I am so glad I found that hostel.

At about ten O’clock in the evening I took the “farang friendly” cab out to the airport and the flight back to Copenhagen. I didn’t look forward to spending 12 hours on a plane, but this was one of the best long haul flights I ever had. I managed to sleep for almost 5 hours and there was noone in the seat next to me, so I had plenty of room. Awesome! :-)