Eric recommended that if we can only see one thing in Bangkok it should be the Grand Palace (the Big C is second? :). The post cards certainly didn't do justice here, there are just too many amazing sights to capture on camera. Admission to the grand palace is free for thais (many go once a week to pray to the Buddha) and 250 THB for foreigners. We also saw the nearby reclining Buddha, which was very impressive but difficult to photograph. We made the mistake (again) of taking a nap upon returning to the hotel, and slept 3 hrs.
At about 10pm we began what turned out to be a very difficult task of booking a flight to Chiang Mei. All flights on the airlines we knew of were booked (Asia Air and Thai Air). This is where the lonely planet guide came in very handy, by providing info on several additional airlines. We ended up finding cheap flights $53/person on Nok (nokair.com), and in the process of booking someone recommended one-two-go airlines (fly12go.com). He claims that you can pickup/purchase(?) tickets for this airline at 7-11's. Ram was wavering on heading to Railey (Krabi), but he decided to join us on the trip to Chiang Mei. Ram plans to stay only one evening in Chiang Mei to purchase a tek wood carved elephant from the night bizarre for about $700 US. Looking forward to this market and checking out Ram's elephant (that he's mentioned several times since his thailand trip last year).
After booking this flight, we headed to the Tiger bar for dinner and beer. Hard to believe you can get a full dinner and live music at 12:15 am! Bangkok would be a super cool place to live if it weren't for the pollution.
We leave in about 3 hrs for Chiang Mei (3:30 pm). Will miss the Tiger bar and Big C within walking distance.
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$53, pretty dam cheap
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