First of all be warned that this post will have quite a lot of pictures in it :). So be patient scrolling through them :).
After about 20 hours of travelling time we reached Bangkok today. But before I get to that, here are some comments and pictures about our journey.
Since we had quite a lot of time in Helsinki airport before going to our Bangkok flight we went through most of the places and shops Vantaa airport offered. You could sum it up with quite many buzzing people in the middle section of the airport and calm Nordic quietness in the outer parts. And of course really high prices.
But what we liked most was a book changing room, basically a library, which was very cozy and filled with sounds of nature.
Secondly there was an interesting separate room filled with sleeping pods which this time we didn’t use but I think it would be quite an interesting experience 🙂
Our flight was delayed but luckily only by 20 minutes. Getting on board was quite tricky since a huge number of people wanted to go also :). Based on last years Bangkok is still the most visited city in the world.
Our plane was actually relatively comfortable and it looked brand new. Seats could be lowered by quite much and on-board infotainment system was spot on! But still, 8465km and 9 hours and 30 minutes can be quite exhausting 🙂
But now – Bangkok. Well, for starters although we knew it beforehand it’s still extremely hot and humid in here. Within minutes you are literally soaked no matter what you do. Every once in a while you just have to step into some sort of store or public transport to be cooled down by air conditioning. And everywhere you go you will be greeted with lot’s of different sounds and smells. Some of them good, some not:). And it’s not even worth mentioning of how crazy the traffic is in here. Zebra crossings and traffic lights are more just a recommendation, not law. At first it seems very different to what we’re used to but even with one day you slowly start to blend in with all this craziness.
On our first day we just checked in to our Hostel (after 2 hours of different trains and walking), walked around in the neighborhood for a while and visited Khao San road where we ate dinner and just looked around.
And of course at least in my opinion had one of the best ice creams ever! Coconut ice-cream straight from a coconut 🙂
Besides that we bought some snacks – crispy silkworms which actually don’t taste very bad 🙂
Before ending this post here are some last comments
Firstly – there are Buddha statues literally everywhere.
Secondly – I wonder what is the average life expectancy of an electrician in Bangkok. Because all the electric posts looked like this 🙂
Time to end now :). Thanks for reading and new post about our adventures in Bangkok will follow soon!
The World As It Is 