Bye Bye Bangkok

Andreas and I cut our time in other destinations in Southeast Asia in order to return to Bangkok for a few extra days of fun and sightseeing before heading to Israel. We only had two extra days....which was not enough time to fit in EVERYTHING we wanted to do there....but our time was fantastic! We plan to return some day....hopefully soon!

First Class Movies
Our first night back in Bangkok, we took the advice of Sandra and Manu, and checked out the Siam Paragon First Class Movie Theater to see nothing other than...The Hangover 2. The movie was set in Bangkok, which made it fun because Andreas and I could pick out locations in the movie that we also had visited in the past month. However, that was the only good thing about the film...it made us laugh...but it was an exact repeat of the first Hangover movie. Oh, and I must mention that before the movie began, we had to stand and pay respect to the king by watching a video (with background music tied in) of the king making various appearances around the country. I was trying to imagine how that would play out in the USA...please stand to pay respect to Obama before the start of Bridesmaids.....I don't think so!!!
Anyways, check out the real reason we went.....for the 'first class experience!' 

Getting comfortable in my reclining chair...with a blankie! I had ordered some dinner...it was on its way. There were only about 15 cubicles in this theater....pretty nice!

Andreas cuddling up with his blanket....waiting for his popcorn and coke to arrive!

The Le Meridien
This hotel was one of the main reasons we wanted to return to Bangkok for a few more nights. Not only was the staff super welcoming, but the hotel was top-notch! The buffet breakfast was nothing short of delicious...we looked forward to it every morning!!! (I also have to mention our favorite restaurant, Mango Tree. The hotel recommended it to us early into our stay in Thailand and we fell in love with this place....the food was great and inexpensive...just had to give it a little shout-out! ;-)

So many choices...what to choose, what to choose!

Nothing says breakfast like complimentary champagne

The area for Platinum Guests....how does the other half live?

The fruit station...every fruit you could imagine was here!

The bread station....our favorite was the almond croissant with apples inside...yum!

Room 2424 was our room. It was by far, our favorite accommodation while on this trip! We loved it!

The Grand Palace 
On our final day in Bangkok, we got our acts together and made it out of the hotel before the palace closed for the day. It was a luxurious site....definitely worth the visit.  So, even though Andreas took most, if not all, of the above photos...these are a few of my favorites through his eyes.

 

A small-scale copy of Angkor Wat. Why did we go to Cambodia?

I was growing a little bored...and extremely hot....so I needed him to entertain me a little.

I made him take this silly photo...but then I had to endure an explanation from him on how to be respectful at the palace...NO MORE FUN....THE PALACE IS A ZERO FUN ZONE!!!! (at least I got the photo I wanted ;-)

Well that concludes our time in Thailand, and Southeast Asia in general. We absolutely loved our time in this part of the world. We are already discussing when we can return.

We hope you enjoyed this post. Heading to Israel now...expect a post very soon from The Holy Land!