Bangkok - Day 1

We arrived at our hotel in Thailand at 11:30pm after a LONG 24 hours of travel. We were pretty exhausted and just went to bed. We had a great view of Bangkok from our window and excitedly went to sleep for our first day of adventures. Our first stop in Thailand was the Chatuchuk Weekend Market. I really wanted to check this market out as we were only there for that Sunday and this was our only day to go. We set out on the Skytrain (the best way to get around Bangkok, in our opinion) and it dropped us off right at the market. It really is unbelievably huge and overwhelming. There are up to 15,000 stalls and you could purchase anything you could possibly imagine. The sights, smells, tastes - sensory overload! It was quite incredible. This market was closed for a few weeks due to the flooding and one of the vendors told us that the water was knee-level not long ago, although there was no signs of water. We purchased some things for our family, but mostly just checked everything out. The prices are so cheap, but we were worried about buying too much and having to haul it all over the country. We ended up with a couple scarves, a purse for me, and a few other odds and ends before dying of a heat stroke. Just kidding (sort of). We hopped back on the train and went back to our hotel to jump in the pool and cool down. It was about 90-95 and 90% humidity everyday. Hard to get used to after coming from the cold winter weather in California.