This is me at our first lunch in bangkok..I was trying to be all Urban and I ordered a iced green tea....it was terrible! It tasted like I was eating leaves.
Traffic in Bangkok....crazy....we thought it was really odd that the public transport (skylink and metro) were not crowded and really cold, full of full blast AC yet everyone insisted on driving and going no where!
see 'recommanded' soooo funny....this is one of many.
Me at the park in Bangkok, good thing its not close up, I look like I was swimming! 
lizard in the lake that burr was obsessed with! 
Banyan tree hotel - look at those drinks! The cups were not flat on the bottom, we thought they were broken at first, took us a long time to figure that one out! and yes, Burr ordered the pink one - haha! 
From the top!
More from the top! 
We ordered mixed fish platter to share for dinner.....soooo yummy.
Our taxi in Chaign Mai was covered in LOUIS VITTON seats, too funny. 
burr in the LV car!
I like the Heinz bottle with Thai writing....ahhh I heart ketchup in any country.
The shape of our watermelon at our hotel in Chiang Mai!! soooo cute!!! I obviously loved it! 
after the elephant riding we made friends with our guide and he took us to the Chiang Mai football match.
The game was very fun! People sing the same chants, just in a different language! 
Me cheering on the team (our guide made me take the scarf in since I wasn't wearing blue!)*Remember the morning before he made me get up at 4:30am for the temples at sunrise, which we didn't see because it was cloudy and pouring rain - I'm not bitter or anything though! hahaha.
OK enough whining....we walked around Bangkok, Burr really liked the "energy" and noticed there that no one sweats...he and I were both dying of sweat though. I really enjoyed seeing everyone's outfits. Lots of girls have fake bags that you can tell are very fake. Absolutely no one wears tennis shoes. All the women walk around in heels (1 inch approx so not huge) but still! And everyone drives....the traffic is bonkers. We took the Metro and Sky train a lot and it was not crowded. There are these little motorcycle drivers that you pay to hop on the back of their bike and they drive you around....so strange. There are also regular taxis, that we come to find are crazy cheap. It cost us $3 to get from dinner to our hotel last night....you cannot even get in a taxi in London for that. awesome. (Note - the $3 was even after the taxi driver got lost twice and Burr yelling at him - the taxi driving pulling over in dark alley to ask directions, a little terrifying).
So I drug Burr to a yoga class in Bangkok last night at Yoga Elements. I had read about it, apparently the 11st best yoga studio in the world. It was a 90 minute class and we were exhausted after walking around all day. But, we were set to go to the Banyan Tree Hotel and have drinks from the 59th floor looking over the city. So we came back from yoga changed and headed to the top of the hotel. It was gorgeous! I loved the view!!! We both tried different types of Thai liquor drinks ...but I still like my Grey Goose better - hehe. After drinks we wandered around and wound up at the most amazing Italian restaurant ever! We shared the mixed fish grill plate ( see picture). we were so impressed!
This morning it was up early to the airport to go to Chiang Mai, after a flight cancellation and a little hour delay we were on our way! We biked around today and saw the old city. We didn't go visit any temples, as the ones in Angkor Wat are so much bigger and amazing. The old city reminded us a lot of Siem Reap. People selling things on the side of the street, markets, etc. For dinner we ended up at some place named after Duke (yes the school) so we ate american food - can only eat so many noodles and rice!
Tomorrow we are headed to the Elephant Farm! I'm so excited!
Will post pics soon....it just takes a LOT of energy because every hotel has 1 shared computer and downloading takes ages...but we will do it!
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Anne and Burr
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