First Night in Bangkok!

I have no idea what has posted or what I have lost. Although the internet at the hotel is free it is really sucky. I mean slow to the point that my ‘puter goes into sleep mode before anything opens up. So, sorry about that.

Anyway, the hotel (other than that internet thing) is absolutely fantastic! It is a ranked one of the 5 best hotels in the world and I can understand why! We were picked up at the airport in a van—ok, woo hoo, and given water. When we arrived at the hotel 45 minutes later we were greeted with flowers and the traditional Thai greeting of honor—prayer hands up to nose level and a bow. We were escorted to our room on the 35th floor. It is amazing! We look out over the river. Absolutely beautiful! I have lots of pictures!

I took a very luxurious bath-huge tub with tv! It was great after the flight and the crazy car ride! Scott came up (he is on the 25th floor) and we had beers and enjoyed the view from the deck. Then we all went down to the Thai restaurant in the hotel. Incredible! We were seated in our own little tikki hut over looking the river. There were flame torches all around to light the area. We could watch all the long tail boats and lit up dinner cruise boats go by. One of the cruise boats was lit up with Christmas trees, Santa and reindeer! How strange for a predominantly Buddhist country!

I wanted to hit one of the infamous night markets, but both Scott and Steve were poops. Er, I mean, pooped. Scott is still in quite a bit of pain. The funny thing is I have noticed a direct correlation to how funny he thinks he is to how recently he took his percocet. Strange that!