Disclaimer: we didn't have enough time in Thailand's capital city and we didn't do a great job documenting the time we did have. 

Luckily, our few days fell on a weekend, so we got to spend the better part of one day at Chatuchak Weekend Market, Thailand's largest and one of the biggest, baddest markets in all of Asia. 

What do you need to buy? Purse? Shoes? Custom denim? Bedazzled iPhone case? Sheets? Designer puppies? Squid on a stick? Yeah, they have that. They sell everything. 

Then, because we're still in SE Asia, we visited, like, a dozen temples. Wat Pho, home to the Temple of the Reclining Buddha (that huge gold one), is a particularly cool one. 

We discovered the river ferries as a wonderful way to get around when we weren't taking advantage of BTS, Bangkok's delightful public transit system. (That's not facetious, it really is delightful! Punctual, clean and it has AC. That's more than we can say for some of the hostels we've experienced.) 

Then we decided we had to go to one of Bangkok's notorious red light districts and chose Patpong, the most well known and touristy (since when you're doing such a thing, it's go big or go home). We started our evening at the bustling night market on Silom St. and then made our way over. 

Patpong is two small side streets lined with go go bars and a few restaurant/bars, with vendors selling all the typical crap* in the middle of the road. We decided to not spend the money on a "ping pong" or "banana" show and were perfectly happy to keep those dollars in our pocket. I'm not just saying that for any future employers who may be reading, or for our moms (please do not Google to find out what those shows are!) 

And of course, in between all of that we could be found indulging in what felt like more than our fair share of Thai food. *sigh* we finally made it. The food here is SOFREAKINGGOOD. 

Like I said, we barely scratched the surface, and even before we left we were already looking forward to returning to Bangkok again someday.

But it was time to catch an overnight train heading north to Chiang Mai... 

*All the typical crap is, in no particular order: baggy pants with elephants on them, knockoff designer jewelry and watches, knockoff Haviannas flip flops, touristy tank tops, small buddha statues (for when you need a lil buddha in yo pocket), paper fans, and a bunch of other stuff I can't remember right now.