Bangkok, Thailand

We caught the ferry out of Ko Phi Phi that went to Krabi. We then caught a bus to Bangkok. This was a 12 hour long bus ride with our seats barely reclining so needless to say it was a sleepless night. We got into Bangkok at 6:00am with a hostel in mind but found out we couldn't check in until 11:00. Exhausted but bored we dropped our bags and headed off to explore. We found an open air market that was surprisingly very busy for so early on the morning. After checking in and a short power nap me and the Mollys headed out to explore more. We found a Kahlong Boat Tour. These boats are the long narrow wooden boats. On our tour we went through many canals with traditional Thai houses. We then went to a floating market. It was not the big one they have that we wanted to see but a floating market nonetheless. It was really neat to see all these people cooking up food in there boats to sell in the market.  We then fed humongous catfish in the river. The river boat tour was wonderful especially since we had the whole boat to ourselves. Later that night we had arranged to meet up with Jeff, a friend from South Korea, who was stopping in Bangkok to star off his traveling. It was so great to meet up with him and have a night out on the town with him just like old times. The next day we went to explore the temples of Bangkok. We went to Wat Pho and Wat Phra Kaew. These were beautiful temples. We luckily showed up just in time to snag a free English tour with an amazing and funny tour guide. After exploring the temples and royal palace we were exhausted and drenched in sweat since we had been walking for hours in 100 degree weather with pants on since they won't let you in in shorts. That night we went to a place that was recommended by a friend we met. All we knew of the place was the name and that it was a rooftop bar. With backpacking its not like any other vacation clothing wise. You have very limited outfits mostly all being quick dry clothing which we all know is not fancy. Well anyways we walk in to a hotel and ride the elevator to the 59th floor and immediately get stopped by a woman behind the desk who informs us that there was a dress code that we needed follow she then gave Tyler a pair of black pants and gave all three of us girls closed toe shoes. It was a bit embarrassing but what we were about to see was well worth the embarrassment. We went up to the rooftop that overlooked all of Bangkok. It was so beautiful to see the whole city lit up with sly rises every which way on the horizon.  The next morning we checked out and headed to the airport to fly to Chiang Mai.