day two

breakfast at the hotel. normal breakfast-- toast, eggs, etc. need some normal food to regulate all the greasy thai food we eat. we walked to the Grand Palace and did that for a few hours. there a a bazillion georgeous buidings, each decorated more intercately and with more colors than the next. it was really amazing the attention payed to detail and color. we took about 2 rolls of film each. then we walked to Wat Pho, which had about 700 Buddha images. they get old after a while. "this is a wat. a what? a wat. a what? a wat. oh!! a wat!!" walked around a fish market river area, saw all manner of dried saefood. bought postcards to send to y'all. eat leechis, some other little brown fruit, jacfruit (which tastes like ass), coconut-pistachio icecream (sooooooooooooo goooood).

took a tuk-tuk to Chinatown. walked through, tried to find the train station, got lost, found the station with the help of a nice Thai who works there, found the tourist info office, got train tickets and booked a 3 day trek up north.

this is the best part. we went home to deoderize, walked to the CHABAD HOUSE (!!!!!) and had dinner!!!! shabbat dinner at Chabad in Bangkok!!! the whole place was full of Israelis, we spoke some Hebrew with them but then decided that we were really sick of Israel and were anti-social for the rest of dinner. we just picked out the cute guys. also they served us half a meal, israeli style. salads, challah, soup. and then that was it. we were like....and...? then we went back to Koh San road, the backpacking-shopping street. i bought red drawstring half pants, a white flowy shirt, two tiny tank tops, and coconut milk.

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quote of the day: "When it hit the back of my throat, that was the first thing that came to mind." (Rachelle upon tasting coconut milk)