Inside the airport were some cool statues of gods, I think.
That one was kind of purple-y and cool. There were white ones, and pink ones, and blue ones, too. They were all slightly different, but they were all huge.The hotel is nice, it has three restaurants inside it and it is nearby to a train station. The room has hardwood floors, which is kind of strange. And a refrigerator, and a TV, and wireless internet! Woo!
We converted about S$1000 ($625US) to Baht, which is the currency in Thailand. Apparently, that works out to 22,000 baht. Things are strangely priced here - you negotiate prices on cab rides, street items, jewelry - everything but restaurant food, and I'm sure there's some way you can likely bargain that, too.
22,000 baht, give or take a baht. Those bills on the right are 1000 baht bills.
Things are also ridiculously cheap here. We went to 7-11 to check out the local goods (7-11 is everywhere) and we bought a pack of gum for 10 baht and a small bottle of hair conditioner for 20 baht. In US dollars, that's $0.28 for the gum, and $0.56 for the conditioner. They also had Tiger beer by the bottle for 31 baht, or $0.88 a bottle. Coming from Singapore where a bottle of the same beer runs you S$10 ($6.50 US), it's pretty crazy to see. Also, $0.28 for Dentyne Ice gum is crazy. Gum at all seems a little crazy now, too, after being in a gum-free country for 2 months.
We went out for dinner, and had a giant fried fish in lemon and chili sauce. It was amazing.
The other things we ordered were Pineapple fried rice (a favorite of ours) and mixed stir fried vegetables. The vegetables were fantastic - baby corn, broccoli, tomato, carrots, asparagus, and peppers - all in a light sauce. They were cooked just enough to change their texture from raw to cooked, but not enough to make them soft or squishy. The rice was not terribly good - it was soft jasmine rice, but the flavor just wasn't there. The pineapples in it were amazing, but they had like hot dog pieces in it and some other stuff. We were eating at a random tourist kind of place, so it probably didn't speak to the rest of Thailand's fried rice.
Surrounding the eatery were lots of little shops - we're going to go back to them since it was late and many were closed. They also sold live seafood - of particular interest to Mathew and me were these crazy Tiger prawns and River prawns. They had arms. HUGE arms. Huge blue arms!
Things are also ridiculously cheap here. We went to 7-11 to check out the local goods (7-11 is everywhere) and we bought a pack of gum for 10 baht and a small bottle of hair conditioner for 20 baht. In US dollars, that's $0.28 for the gum, and $0.56 for the conditioner. They also had Tiger beer by the bottle for 31 baht, or $0.88 a bottle. Coming from Singapore where a bottle of the same beer runs you S$10 ($6.50 US), it's pretty crazy to see. Also, $0.28 for Dentyne Ice gum is crazy. Gum at all seems a little crazy now, too, after being in a gum-free country for 2 months.
We went out for dinner, and had a giant fried fish in lemon and chili sauce. It was amazing.
The other things we ordered were Pineapple fried rice (a favorite of ours) and mixed stir fried vegetables. The vegetables were fantastic - baby corn, broccoli, tomato, carrots, asparagus, and peppers - all in a light sauce. They were cooked just enough to change their texture from raw to cooked, but not enough to make them soft or squishy. The rice was not terribly good - it was soft jasmine rice, but the flavor just wasn't there. The pineapples in it were amazing, but they had like hot dog pieces in it and some other stuff. We were eating at a random tourist kind of place, so it probably didn't speak to the rest of Thailand's fried rice.
Surrounding the eatery were lots of little shops - we're going to go back to them since it was late and many were closed. They also sold live seafood - of particular interest to Mathew and me were these crazy Tiger prawns and River prawns. They had arms. HUGE arms. Huge blue arms!
Tiger prawns
Crazy, huh? There was also a little temple thing at the end of the shopping center that was pretty cool.
After that, we went to the hotel bar and had a few drinks. There was a live band playing pretty standard jukebox fare and a few older Asian couples dancing. It was really strange, but it was nice to be able to have a few drinks somewhere for less than $50 (like it is in Singapore).
I wish this had sound, but you should get the idea. These was the band and a few of the dancing couples. I sort of feel like I'm at a Club Med or something.
Anyway, off to bed. Tomorrow we are going to wander around and shop.
After that, we went to the hotel bar and had a few drinks. There was a live band playing pretty standard jukebox fare and a few older Asian couples dancing. It was really strange, but it was nice to be able to have a few drinks somewhere for less than $50 (like it is in Singapore).
I wish this had sound, but you should get the idea. These was the band and a few of the dancing couples. I sort of feel like I'm at a Club Med or something.
Anyway, off to bed. Tomorrow we are going to wander around and shop.
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