Oh boy... So to our disappointment, we were not flying in luxury on JAL from Tokyo to Bangkok. Fortunately we fell asleep right away and unfortunately because wevwere asleep during the food choosing and when the flight attendant showed us our choices - western, recognizable or Japanese, but nothing they have at Hapa Sushi in Boulder - we were told, "thank you for your cooperation, we only have Japanese meal." Now we know this sounds very non adventurous of us but we were hungry and scared about the fish we had never heard of - shrimp roe? I didn't even know they were big enough to lay visible eggs.
And then it came... A bowl of rice, miso soup - so far so good - and then the bento box. All I wanted with said box was to take it with us... Minus the scaly, hairy, slimy, unidentifiable piece of fish. Not even Amy would touch it. Well the flight attendant felt bad for us, you know that the only westerners got stuck with the bento box -- yes, even the locals choose the western food. I don't know if that is a commentary on globalization, or vindication in our desire for the western meal... Either way she flet bad and brought us a fruit and cheese plate that no one else got. Phew, we won't starve ( after the fist flight it is surprising we were even hungry, and honestly we have no idea how many hours have passed since we left Denver.
And then we landed in Thailand... Doors opened, its 11pm, and we realize our long sleeves will be completely unnecessary... It's 85 at least with 100% humidity. Every person we encounter smiles and is beyond sweet. The airport is modern and clean. Lots of pink... Signs, chairs, carpet. There are makeup counters open and designer bags for sale. Customs took two minutes, our bags were waiting for us on carosel 18 and there was Waio... An adorable thai girl holding a sign that read, "GROSS: Ms. Amy and Ms. Christie." She spoke perfect English, walked us down a ramp and to our car, a fully loaded toyota camry... Oh and they drive on the left. Ours was black, and all of the taxis we saw were pink. The Thai people seem to have a thing for pink!
She told us about the royal family... They are on their 9th king. And the democratic parliament... They have provinces, I can't remember how many, but mire than 50. There are 64 million people in Thailand. We were informed of our dress code form the following day - pants and closed toed shoes, good thing I brought crocs, yes I did. And that is another thing I will never again make fun of tourists for - dressing silly.
And then we arrived at our amazing hotel on the river across from the grand palace.
Shower and bed.
Oh and ps... In case you were wondering, the western meal was beef and noodles not too exciting.
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