First of all flying with Ethiad Airlines is like getting on the plane to Heaven. All cream and white interior with mood lighting, polite airhostess, lots of movies to choose from AND your own arm-rests. The food was, dare I say it, yummy. We could see our landing into Abu Dhabi Airport in the desert because our dvd screens showed the captain's view from the cockpit. Arriving in Abu Dhabi was like actually having gone through the Pearly Gates and were in an eternity of cleanliness and serenity.
Our Hotel Cha-Da Bangkok is lovely. We were so glad to have a shower and go out in search of food. Of course we accidentally chose the poshest place in the Rough Guide for our dinner. A restaurant of little temple like buildings on columns in lotus flower ponds. Luckily it was closed and we were directed to restaurant 'Eat Me'. The taxi / rally driver brought us down a dark alley to this little oasis of modern thai architecture, a first floor restaurant around a courtyard of bamboo plants, low lighting, low seating and trendy clientele. Well we fit right in.
The thai waiter had learned a Scottish type of English and while giving us tips on getting around the city he said things like "take a wee walk around here", one bar was "bonkers" and "you know what I mean like"!
The menu was amazing. especially the Chili-chocolate ice-cream. It's freezing...but yet burns! A very confusing culinary experience.
Bangkok is SPOTLESS. It's very well kept. All the taxis are candy colour with metalic paint. All the cars look like they have been washed this morning.
The traffic is mental but we got the Sky-Train today which glides through the city four stories above ground level. It's spotless too, when were ascending the stairs to the ticket station there was a woman washing the stairs with soapy water and polishing the chrome.
Maybe we'll have a different opinion when we get into the city centre.
We don't mean to be annoying everyone with being away when people are headwrecked with the recession. It is so crap for everyone. This is just a bit of escapism on our part.
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