{"id":186,"date":"2007-12-29T11:42:29","date_gmt":"2007-12-29T02:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matero.net\/?p=186"},"modified":"2007-12-29T11:42:29","modified_gmt":"2007-12-29T02:42:29","slug":"day-196-bangkok-thailand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/matero.net\/blog\/?p=186","title":{"rendered":"Day 196 – Bangkok, Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"

Finally, we checked out and left the island on the 11:30AM boat. Then we got on a 1:30PM bus to the capital of Thailand, Bangkok. Luckily this was a better bus experience over my last one. We arrived 3.5 hours later and boarded the SkyTrain. This is very similar to Detroit’s PeopleMover. Then there was a transfer to the subway, which just opened in 2004. I’ve been on countless metro systems around the world, but I was surprised that I had to get my bag searched by security at the SkyTrain and<\/em> the subway! That’s never happened anywhere else since it just isn’t practical for the amount of people using the system. We got to our destination finally after a trip on a motorcycle taxi again.<\/p>\n

For dinner, we tried some nearby street vendors. By this time we were hungry and actually after eating a plate a one vendor, went to another to have a second. The food is only $1 for each plate out on the street. It is Friday and tomorrow begins a New Year holiday for a lot of people in Thailand (there is no Christmas holiday). We figure a lot of people will leave the city for the beaches and islands, so it is a good time to be here in Bangkok for the next few days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Finally, we checked out and left the island on the 11:30AM boat. Then we got on a 1:30PM bus to the capital of Thailand, Bangkok. Luckily this was a better bus experience over my last one. We arrived 3.5 hours later and boarded the SkyTrain. This is very similar to Detroit’s PeopleMover. Then there was … <\/p>\n

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