Some people go to Disney to ride rides...we got a tad crazy and headed to Bangkok.
Our rides today included zipping above the city on a very clean BTS skytrain, hanging on tight as we dodged traffic in a Túk-Túk 3-wheeled vehicle, bounced along the canal in a Longtail Khlong boat and finally, thanks to a police man and the Bangkok local that we had arranged to have as our tour guide for the first day, we found and rode in a metered taxi. All were more breathtaking than Space Mountain.
During and in-between rides, we toured Khlong canal, sat in gorgeous sunshine waiting for the lock to open, fed mountains of catfish bread in the canal "to bring us goodluck"', got splashed with septic water ( yes... I quickly pulled at the hand sanitizer and bathed us all), came within a foot of a un- zoo'd water python, ate in a local cafe (where our tour guide commented to Jason' " i can't believe 'K'', as she called me, can eat such spicy Thai) toured the Grand Palace, looked stylish in our rented clothes that allowed us to enter the temple, wished we were lounging like Wat Pho as we walked around this massive reclining Buddha which was chilling in his mother-of -pearl and gold digs- and finally hit the hotel pool with our VERY jet-lagged 7 year old (pictures don't lie) and peachy 8 year olds who had seen enough of this Disney for one day
The one thing our rides seemed to be missing today, was that Christmas spirit we have enjoy sharing with our families...but at least we found a little "fra-la-la" ( as in Christmas story) as we were eating our meal in the hotel lobby since it was close to bedtime on Christmas Eve.
Merry Christmas from "the other Disney" where you can eat fried seaweed chips rather than Mickey Mouse Popsicles and the rides cost a heck of a lot less!
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