Wow! It's been a while since I posted. I told myself I would post on a regular basis and keep this blog alive. Somehow, life always has a way of taking me away from my computer. Not exactly a bad thing I guess.
We are days away from leaving for Thailand, and I can hardly stand it. I'm so excited! My friends are probably sick of seeing my countdown posts on Facebook. In about 72 hours, we will be on our way to the airport.
With all of the things we have planned for us while we are in Thailand, I'm a little concerned about how exhausted we will all be when we get back. But then I quickly tell myself how ridiculous I am for worrying about such a thing. I mean. Come on. We're going to THAILAND. I have never been there, and who knows if I'll ever make it there again (I'd rather spend my money travelling to places I have yet to visit - and my list is very long). I have to see everything I can see while I am there. AND I have to take an insane number of pictures!
We will spend a few days in Bangkok before heading up to Chiang Mai. We plan on hitting the Chatuchak weekend market on our first day in Bangkok. The Grand Palace and Wat Arun are on the schedule for Monday. Then, on Monday night J and I have reservations for dinner at Sirocco. If you've seen Hangover II (hilarious movie!), then you've seen Sirocco. The view is absolutely amazing, and the famous Sky Bar is also located there. Hope the food is as good as the view because it is PRICEY. On Tuesday we will head to one of the floating markets (one of my requests). I don't know what my fascination with floating markets in Thailand is all about, but I always told myself that if I go to Thailand I HAVE to check out a floating market. We also plan on catching a movie while we are there (heard the movie theaters there are pretty awesome), and we have to hit the Hard Rock Cafe for dinner one night. I have this ridiculous love for Hard Rock Cafes. No matter where I go, if there is a Hard Rock Cafe, I have lunch or dinner there at least once. I have already checked out the Hard Rock Cafe in Bangkok, and I'm excited about having dinner there.
After a few days in Bangkok, we will board a plane (hopefully not a super tiny one) and head up to Chiang Mai. Now this is where my exhaustion concern is thrown into high gear. We have reservations to visit the Tiger Kingdom, do a zip line (all day) tour, visit an elephant home (all day), and possible do an ATV tour. I would also love to visit the famous Doi Suthep in Chiang Mai if I can squeeze it in somehow. Oh. And we are staying right by the Night Market so I'm sure we'll be out and about in the evenings too.
Once we have had as much fun as one could possibly have after four full days in Chiang Mai, we will begin our trek back to Japan. We have to leave Chiang Mai the day before our flight departs Bangkok because our flight to Japan departs at 6am. So we will spend one last night in Bangkok. Near the airport.
In preparation for this trip, I have purchased a camera backpack (ridiculously huge), a camera messenger bag (I refuse to haul the backpack every day), two extra memory cards (did I mention I have to take an INSANE number of pictures??), a small tripod (not sure if I will even use it...), an adapter so I can download my pics every night to my iPad, and I ordered a new camera strap (supposed to be more comfy than my stock Nikon strap). I don't think my camera strap will get here in time, but one can hope.
I think I'm all set for my trip. Passport. Camera. Camera accessories. Money. Excitement. Yep. I'm all set.
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