Feb 3, 2018 - Hello Thailand - First: "One night in Bankok"

This year our family went to Thailand to escape the cold Canadian winter and learn about the people and culture on the otherside of the world.  The time in Thailand is 14 hours ahead of the time in Alberta.  At first that was very confusing and it took a long time for our bodies to adjust to the time change.

Our flight from Edmonton left at 7:30 AM from Edmonton on Jan 31, 2018.  We made a short stop in Vancouver and then a long 12 hour flight to Shanghai, China.  Wow, I have never been on a plane for so long. 



I was trying to learn some Chinese language and practice eating with chopsticks while we were in China since we had about 6 hours to wait at the airport.

Then our final flight to Bankok, Thailand was a few more hours and we landed at 1AM, on Friday Feb 2.  We totally skipped Feb 1st.



Bankok is a huge city of 9 million people and it seems most of them drive scooter style motor cycles.  My dad rented a car and we drove around in Bankok - the driving is crazy.

We actually spent three days in Bankok.
On Friday we visited Bethel:
Bethel means "house of God".  Here are some pictures from our visit to the Bankok bethel

On Saturday we went shopping in the biggest market ever: called Jakarta (Chatuchak) market. Apparently there are 15,000 little shops. We needed gps to find our way around the market.
 

On Sunday we went to an English Assembly of Jehovah's Witnesses.  To our amazement, we met friends from Edmonton that we didn't know were visiting in Thailand.


After the Assembly, we left Bankok and drove to the house we rented in Hua Hin, which was about a 3 hour drive.