Exhaust Fumes and Incense

Well we made it to Bangkok Thursday night at 10pm. By the time we got to our apartment it was midnight – the perfect time for a quick stumble around the neighborhood. The school had booked an apartment for us, which is directly across a small lane from the school. It is massive (too big for little ole’ us really) and came complete with Kit Kats in the fridge (thanks to our vice principal.)

And just so everyone knows, jet lag is no fun. Jess and I woke up at the crisp hour of 6:15am this morning and surprised everyone at our school by showing up just after 7. What else are you going to do really? The school grounds are really neat – a bit of a sanctuary amidst the hussle and bussle of Bangkok. Some buildings are ultramodern, some are teak and 100 years old. Looking forward to working there.

After our visit to the school we began to acclimatize ourselves to the city. We walked to the BTS (skytrain) and set ourselves up with passes, we found some grocery stores, and Jess found a mall. The city isn’t really what I expected (most experiences never are really…) – you can find anything and everything here if you look hard enough. Chuck T’s, Oreo cookies, Irish pubs – you name it, this city has it.

We started “The Great Apartment Hunt” today as well. We contacted an agent who took us around to about 7 different places. We were pretty excited about the last few but they are a bit far from the school, which means more money spent on transit. We are seeing more on Sunday hopefully.

“The Great Apartment Hunt” took us until 6pm so we treated ourselves to dinner and a massage. (It was either eat out or have P.B and J sammies because we have no cookware.) Thai food in Thailand just tastes better. (That should be a tourism add eh?) And for the equivalent of $7 CAD, we had a Thai foot massage that ended up being more of a full body massage, lasting an hour. I barely made it home on my own jelly-like legs.

That’s all for now.

C&J