Now I feel the buz in Bangkok

In front of Joes house

So this is really my second day here in Bangkok, the first night I got here did not count since it was 12am here and I did nothing. So yesterday I got the experience in.

Lunch Stop 1

The start of the day was not entirely crazy, we woke up, showered and headed out. First we went to get some lunch at this outdoor eatery  just down the street from where Joe lives. We pulled up and before we even parked he had some conversation with a woman, rolled down window, cooking on a flat top searing meat. We parked, found a clean table ( all out side, its better to sit outside because of the heat) and before we barely sat down we were served duck on white rice with some type of hoisin type sauce over the dish.

Picking up Nemo

We left there and picked up two of his kids, Nemo and Yan. Once we had them in tow Joe dropped the three of us off at a mcdonalds located somewhere in the area called Siam while he went to the office for 45 minutes. So I was left with these two adorable 6 year olds to order what ever they wanted at McDonalds, fun stuff. I was nervous a bit since I was in charge of the little guys, can speak no Thai and are white as hell, although I run into Europeans and Westerners all over the place. Joe showed back up and then we went to the shopping mall there in Siam.

After Siam we went to another part of town to pick up Joe's wife, Ion. I have no idea where I was. Trying to figure out where you are based on Thai street signs and land marks is far beyond me at this point, I can't really do it. This place has so many people and is so huge it is over whelming. Then there is the traffic, you think you have seen traffic in the states think again, this traffic is grid lock every where you go about. Some times on the express way you get a mile or two of 100 kilometer an hour driving for short stretches, but that is always side lined by stop and go traffic at some point. Driving is crazy here, very fast, very aggressive.....Then there all the moto-bikes and motocycles that are buzzing between cars, yeah, it just gets more and more intense. We picked up Ion and then headed to Joe's parents house where the third child was being kept at.

Joe's Mom cook for us

At Joe's parents house I ate fried chicken and rice, had brothy soup with water melon chunks with in it, Ginger soup with some other fried vegtable side dishes. We left the Nemo and Yan at his parents and took there youngest child (2 yrs old) to Ion's father's house where we left Ion and the little one. Joe and I went back to his house and then called a cab so we could go down town.

Destination was Khaosan road, the gate way to eastern asia. I will just say we walked around and stuff. I do got stories already and have not been here 24 hours, the story is not here fully, dont have time or energy to write every little thing.

Today we go to palace and stuff, I am waking up and writing while Joe is still sleeping. Later dawgs. O yeah, Joe has a yellow lab.

And no, I have not gotten to skating yet. and for those in the know, I finally lost my toe nail.
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