We arrived after a seemingly quick and incredibly easy journey from LA to Bangkok, probably because we were beyond exhausted when we got on the plane and slept for at least 7 hours. It’s now 2:00am in Thailand, the first thing I do when arriving in a new time zone, change my watch and refuse to try to figure out "what time it is back home”. The body can’t adjust to a new time if your mind is constantly reminding it what it should be feeling. My second move for beating jet lag is to utilize coffee or beer to coax your body into acclimating to the proper time. Thirdly, embrace the incredibly early morning wake ups. Put on your running shoes and explore the city, write, read, research, whatever you do- just embrace it, chances are, you’ll have a train, bus or boat ride to nap on later in the day when you’re crashing.
We take a cab from the airport- a total breeze compared to anywhere in Latin America to pre booked hotel- thank you husband for researching in advance and not having us roaming the streets with bags at 2:00am. Get to the Dream Hotel- it’s pretty dreamy. Ditch our bags and go for a late night stroll to walk off the 16 hours of sitting and hunt down some food. I will say- if I wasn’t married to a man highly trained in a variety of marshall arts, I might rethink late night strolls from time to time. Bangkok is alive and kicking at this hour, we walk until we find street food and sit on a bench outside eating with all the party animals leaving the near by club. I am SO excited to finally be in Asia, I can’t believe it took me so long to get here and I plan to eat my way through Thailand and any other countries we make it too. We ordered just about everything the nice woman had to offer plus a few Chang’s (cheap Thai beer) and our bill was $12 USD, I’m overjoyed both with the price and the tastiness. Not even the raccoon sized rats shimmying by my feet could deflate me.
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