This is one of the food stalls in the Khao San area of Bangkok. They're serving up mangoes and sticky rice. It's one of Brian's weaknesses. Well, you get the "Rowaan special" today....2 blogs in one day! Once again, we've started off the trip in Rowaan style. Last time we were travelling we managed to loose all of our pictures from our first week of travelling by accidentally deleting them from our camera. We couldn't let another trip go by, without loosing our pictures again....except this time we lost pictures from 2 weeks as well as our camera. Needless to say, that put a downer on the day. While eating lunch today, we put our camera down beside the table and it was only 30 min. later that Brian realized he forgot it. We rushed back to where we had eaten lunch only to find our camera was gone. We spent the next few hours trying to find it, but no luck! We've since gone to get a new camera (the same as our old one) and aren't letting it out of our site!
This is where we got our new camera today....this whole place was electronics. They had everything from computers, to cameras....ipods.....computer software and games. It was quite overwhelming!We were reminded today that although it was really disappointing to lose our camera, and especially our pictures, that it really isn't the end of the world. There are much more important things to worry about. It's a good reminder.....but it still sucks!
We've had a fairly decent day regardless of our misfortune. We've been eating well, and even found a "cornflakes" booth for breakfast this morning, which was a treat because we haven't had cereal since we left home. Tomorrow we'll spend the morning in Bangkok and hopefully go to the King's Palace. Brian is getting a suit tailor made here, so he has his first fitting tomorrow morning. Although Brian was tempted to wear it while we're here, he's going to leave it in the shop until we come back through here in March (provided the airport is open by then).
This is a view of Khao San road...the backpackers ghetto here in Bangkok.We're planning to take a bus up to the Northern City of Chang Mai tomorrow night. Our plans for Chang Mai include Thai massage, hiking, and hopefully a cooking course so we can learn some of the great secrets to Thai cuisine.
A typical noodle stall found on the streets of Thailand.
4 comments:
Hey!!! that royally stinks about the camera!! it's great that you can have a good outlook but... i also would hate losing the pictures! it's great that you could find another camera though... and i'm assuming it was probably cheaper than if you bought it here!!
so... your pictures... the food... your experiences... everything looks so cooool!!! eat lots of mango for me, okay?!? i'm jealous! i just love all the pictures of the city and stands and beach...and erin... show us those braids!! can't wait to hear about the north!
Been there, done that. Lost the camera to prove it. I feel your pain.
I've only been a witness to the 'lost camera' experience, but I can feel your pain as well. Like, your good camera? Wow, that's nuts. Thanks for the update. I am really excited to see this tailor made suit. I hope it is silk and white, yellow or baby blue.
It's crazy how the suit thing works -- Irene had one made there. Tailor took the measurements one day (with all the specifics of material to be used, etc), and the suit was delivered to our room the next day! They even send out a vehicle to pick you up, take you to their shop for fittings, and take you back to where you came from. Amazing service!
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