Flo and I started our adventures in Bangkok with a cooking class. Our instructor was a charismatic and crazy Thai guy who was visibly going through an existential crisis throughout the lesson. Here he is showing us how to buy ingredients in the Thai market, and still keeping it together.
In between making our five courses, he manically weaved in and out of the room, made provocative statements about his life and varying levels of satisfaction, ordered around his two assistants, accused one of our classmates of being on drugs, and tussled with a lady from Michigan about the value of work. Here were are pounding a curry:
In the end, we made Pad Thai, Masaman Curry, Papaya Salad, Spring Rolls, and a banana desert. They were all amazing, and I have all the recipes should anybody request one.
The next day we did a bike tour of Bangkok. Bangkok is not a bike-able city. Most of you know what a bike enthusiast I am, so it won't surprise that one of the things I miss most about NYC is getting on my bike and seeing the city from two wheels. The bike tour showed me that, given time and patience, there are areas of Bangkok that are safe for biking. First we rode through the Khlong Toei slum. It was great to see another side of the city, where life is totally different from the glitzier and more western sections of the city I frequent. We then crossed the Chao Praya and biked around the Bang Krachou section.
The entire Star Wars Universe in lego form, on display at an upscale mall in Bangkok.
And finally a trip to Ayuthaya, one of the historic capitals of the Thai empire
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