Bangkok again

Upon arriving in Bangkok again we realized that the air smells most definitely nasty when you’re coming from a place that has a fresh ocean breeze constantly. This is not really a surprise as it’s a big city with a not so great sanitation system (at least they have one!). However we were somewhat disgusted when we realized that when we first got to Bangkok from Dar we actually thought the air here was great and so fresh smelling. Again we were reminded of how very lucky we are to live in a place with fresh air, forests and mountains.

We slept in this morning and basically spent the day hiding in the hotel room. In the evening we went for some eats and found a place for a massage before settling back in to watch some English television. It’s a luxury we haven’t seen since leaving Bangkok and it was rather nice to be able to sit for an hour or two and watch something we could understand.

It turns out that while we were sleeping in late this morning all in Bangkok was NOT quiet. Just half a block from our hotel on the Sukhumvit Road 100,000 people were protesting the government here in Thailand. We had no idea and wouldn’t have known except that while flipping through the channels before our massage Eric happened to catch a BBC report on the protests. This evening while walking about on Sukhumvit and all the neighbouring Soi’s there was no evidence that anything out of the ordinary had occurred. It’s somewhat of a surreal feeling to know that all this protesting and politicking occurs and yet as a tourist you see and know nothing of it really. I guess it pays to be a night owl every once in a while.

We are safe and promise to stay up late and sleep in again tomorrow!