Bangkok is truly the capital of Southeast Asia and is modern, fast-paced, notoriously seductive and truly just crazy! We arrived after 12 hours of ferry and bus to find our guesthouse on Khoa San Rd, the famous backpacker area. On Day 1, we joined May Kaidee's cooking school for an express class of coconut soups, pad Thai, curries and mango sticky rice... exactly the dishes I wanted to perfect!
The resident cooking school dog:
Us woking and rolling:
Everyone I know will get Pad Thai made for them when I visit or you visit me!
We finished with Thai dancing! Awesome!
We then rolled to the movie theatre for a good ol American movie (it's been like 4 months ok!) and saw (aka cried through) The Vow before continuing to enjoy the air con at the mall's USA Fair. Where America's finest cuisine was presented... French Fries! This is what others think of when they think of America! Yuck!
Now on the contrary, pole dancing in a crowded mall is definitely worth being known for!
Even the Statue of Liberty is a Lonely Planet reader
In the land of sleaze, condoms are critical! Thus we visited one of my favorite restaurants of the trip, Condoms and Cabbages. The founder realized Thailand was on the verge of developmental collapse in the 70's if high birth rates were to continue. So he started spreading the word of condoms through cities, villages and continued to expand his outreach when HIV/AIDS hit Thailand's sex scene. Thousands of lives were saved by his campaigns and the proceeds from the restaurant go to the Population and Development Fund's work.
And they give you them free with your bill!
Yup, those are costumes made of condoms
Last stop was one of the many streets affected by CC's work: the Soi Cowboy. Where listless, scantily-clad women would look more eager to rip their toenails off than dance on the stage for the old man gawkers. A quick drink, in which we were asked over and over to buy the ladies drinks, and we were outta there.
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