the city of angels

hi hi,

we are now in bangkok. its thai name is krungthep which means city of angels. we took a pleasant domestic flight by thai airways and reached here last evening.

its been pleasant so far as well. we have experienced the not so pleasant traffic but not so much the smog coz partly we are staying beside the chao phraya river..so the lil disturbances so far has been the noise from the ferries that plough down the river. i know, not a convenient spot for shopping..but we'll do shopping later at the second leg of the stay here.

we wandered around this area and downtown,specifically pratunam, last evening..and felt a bit lost..hahahh because the street signs were mainly in thai..were searching specifically for halal food, and it was getting difficult when the husband blurted out "Just hope we find a makcik wearing a tudung" and lo and behold, few steps later we found a shop with a macik pakai tudung..hahahha. it was a muslim family runned bookshop and right at the front they have a make shift food stall/cart. the food cart has a halal sign on its glass front cover. so that's where we had dinner. for 70 baht for two- 'flied lice' and pepsi :)

no pics now coz the computer at this internet cafe doesnt read the camera somehow..

and i have to go..the place where we are staying have arranged for a river boat ride... and it should be ready by now.