Emily and I have arrived in Bangkok, Thailand!:) yay! Now the hard part...how do we get from the hotel (which is not downtown) to our hostel (which is downtown)
Step one: find public transit
We ask our front desk to direct us to the bus or skytrain
"Oooohh noooo you can't do that...too hard...you must take taxi! 600B! I call for you" (imagine an asian accent)
So we refuse! We are here for the real thailand experience...we will find it ourselves!
And we did! (Had a little problem on the way TO the skytrain but that was only a minor misunderstanding.) So we took the skytrain as far as we could!
Step two: walk to the hostel
So the map is very misleading...first of all the roads are missing and most of the signs are written in symbols! Secondly it doesn't LOOK that far away. The people here are great! So friendly! Every person is very eager to help us-get to THEIR friends hotel-which is not what we want! But they are just so happy you can't help but smile:) and walk away very slowly. So we continue along a road and hope for the best!:)
After 2 hours, 2 sore shoulders, 2 blistered feet and 2 very sweaty tired girls we finally made it to the hostel! Despite all the persistent negativity from the locals telling us we'll never make it!:) AND it only cost us 70B! Not bad! (Pat on the back)
Step three: check into hostel
You would think that is easy...but its not! First we couldn't remember where we put the confirmation, and then after much digging and unpacking we found it! Only to realize we booked it for tomorrow night and not tonight! Ahhhh! Thankfully they had a room for us tonight so we don't have to sleep on the streets:)
Take away message from this experience: don't take the easy way out! Its much more of an adventure the hard way! (But maybe check the dates beforehand)
Step one: find public transit
We ask our front desk to direct us to the bus or skytrain
"Oooohh noooo you can't do that...too hard...you must take taxi! 600B! I call for you" (imagine an asian accent)
So we refuse! We are here for the real thailand experience...we will find it ourselves!
And we did! (Had a little problem on the way TO the skytrain but that was only a minor misunderstanding.) So we took the skytrain as far as we could!
Step two: walk to the hostel
So the map is very misleading...first of all the roads are missing and most of the signs are written in symbols! Secondly it doesn't LOOK that far away. The people here are great! So friendly! Every person is very eager to help us-get to THEIR friends hotel-which is not what we want! But they are just so happy you can't help but smile:) and walk away very slowly. So we continue along a road and hope for the best!:)
After 2 hours, 2 sore shoulders, 2 blistered feet and 2 very sweaty tired girls we finally made it to the hostel! Despite all the persistent negativity from the locals telling us we'll never make it!:) AND it only cost us 70B! Not bad! (Pat on the back)
Step three: check into hostel
You would think that is easy...but its not! First we couldn't remember where we put the confirmation, and then after much digging and unpacking we found it! Only to realize we booked it for tomorrow night and not tonight! Ahhhh! Thankfully they had a room for us tonight so we don't have to sleep on the streets:)
Take away message from this experience: don't take the easy way out! Its much more of an adventure the hard way! (But maybe check the dates beforehand)
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