Bangkok Baby!!!

We've made it! Bangkok baby! They offered us an earlier flight but due to the transfer at the other end we'd be waiting either way. Exiting the airport one thing you first notice are the massive, humongous billboards, ours are tiny in comparison. They next thing you notice is the traffic. Complete gridlock in places. As we were approaching our hotel the buildings got taller, building work was going on in many places - though here it wasn't bamboo for scaffolding - they still didn't wear hard hats though.

Bangkok probably as expected reminded me a lot of Shanghai and Beijing and probably other Asian cities too. It's incredibly crowded, congested, hot, polluted and surround by high rises. And out hotel was one of those high rises - again as expected. We walked into reception which was decorated in a very European grandeur way. Our room was on the 9th floor - out of 26 - the top being an Indian restaurant - apparently the best in Bangkok with stunning city views so we are going to go tonight.

Our room was pretty standard and going to check out the view at that moment another torrential downpour. We are doing well at missing the rain when we are out and about!

After chilling a little we headed down to the lobby bar to check out the tours and take advantage of happy hour then made our way up to the 26th floor for a curry. The views here were stunning - now dark lights in the restaurant meant the sky lit up with the lights from the buildings. As we booked we had a seat by the window - boom. The curry was nice - nowhere near the spicy curries we have at home and also not as spicy as the Thai food we have been eating.

The restaurant also had a roof terrace - on the 26th floor! You felt like you could plunge to your death as there was nothing stopping someone from climbing over the edge! I wouldn't advise it! I was rooted to the spot anyhow with legs like lead!

A great intro to this mega city, tomorrow we have our free temple and city tour so we'll suss out a bit more of what Bangkok is like then.