Bangkok...

After taking it easy on Christmas day, we have spent the last few days seeing things in Bangkok. We bought our bus tickets to the south, which was a small adventure as we needed to find the bus terminal and deal with the language barrier. We did get to take a long tuk-tuk ride to get there, which was pretty crazy! Drivers in Bangkok take way too many risks :)

Aside from that, we explored the city and also went to the huge weekend market slightly to the North of the city (a 20 minute walk from our hostel!) The market is made up of 26 main sections, plus about a dozen sections on the outside. This thing was huge. It was filled with tourists and Thai people alike, and sections included everything from clothing to jewelry to housewares to woodwork to pets. The puppies were so cute....we saw a lot of people buying them and taking them home. We also saw some rare animals, such as a little lemur. We were able to try some different Thai foods from the street vendors at the market. This was so busy and crazy, but we were able to get a few souvenirs to take home with us! Side note: Street vendors are EVERYWHERE in Bangkok! You can't walk a block without seeing one along the side of the road or seeing a vendor riding by with his food on the front a bicycle or motorbike.

Today we are heading to Chinatown to look around and also see the world's largest solid gold Buddha statue, and then we will head to the Temples. I am not able to put pictures up here due to our connection, but hopefully I'll be able to soon!