Indochina Day 2: Stop in Hong Kong and arriving in Bangkok

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We arrived in Hong Kong a little late, so we had enough time to grab a drink of water before catching our flight to Bangkok. The internet connection was so slow that I barely got anything done while I was in the airport.

When we arrived in Bangkok it was still daylight. I don't think we ever saw the sun set during our trip. We flagged down one of the taxis at the airport and was a little worried when the driver did not seem like he knew the hotel we were going to. I had the address printed out, but maybe he could not read English? He actually got out of the taxi to call someone on his phone for directions. He came back five minutes later and we were off. Off to where? Hopefully the hotel. Traffic in Bangkok was terrible! We did arrive during the evening "rush" so I expected it to be a little slow, but it was pretty ridiculous. Four lane highways became five when drivers squeezed onto the shoulders to use up all available space. There did not seem to be any observance to traffic laws, and nobody was being stopped. Even with the shoulder weaving and aggressive driving, it took us 45 minutes to make it to the hotel!

Triple Two Silom was pretty nice though. Our room was spacious and modern. The air conditioning worked very well, which was my greatest relief. Free internet was also a must have since I still had a trip to plan for the rest of the journey.

The bathroom in our hotel room. Very nice!

I noticed that Blogger does not seem to be enabled on the Google app window for some reason.

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