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You are always filled with excitement and anticipation when going on a vacation. Traveling to Bangkok was no different. We started on a 3 and 1/2 hour flight from Atyrau to Almaty. When we arrived it was 2 am and our next flight did not leave until 8 so we decided to stay at the airport hotel to get some rest. It was a dormitory style hotel with no frills (check out the picture). When we left it was cold, but not wanting to take up room in our suitcase (so we could buy things) we decided not bring any jackets. People asked us where we were from since we were wearing short sleeve shirts and they were wearing winter coats. We answered their question with, "from Kazakhstan." They immediately replied, "no, where are you really from." We are used to these types of questions when we travel so we just kept moving along.
We then boarded the next flight to Bangkok which was about 7 hours. Our luggage made it and we were on our way to our hotel. Here is where Bangkok started off with a dud instead of a bang. Our ride to the hotel was supposed to last 35 minutes. Traffic was smooth until we were about 3 miles from our hotel then STOP. I don't know if it was rush hour traffic or what, but we did not move for 45 minutes. By this time we were tired and hungry and I think I even contemplated walking to the hotel, but thought kids, luggage, strange city, not a good idea. We finally turned off to another street only to be met by more traffic. Since we were just sitting there for so long the taxi started to overheat and our driver kept getting out and putting water on the car. He even had to ask other taxi drivers for water, but nothing seemed to work. I peeked over and saw the gauge was on HOT and the gas gauge was on empty. Well the car finally shut down and I was just thinking great, all this time and still not at the hotel. Luckily I was able to flag another taxi down and he did get us to the hotel.
The hotel was very nice. When we arrived they even had a Marie Claire magazine red carpet event there. I knew Stacey would want to go shopping so I got a hotel that connected to a large shopping mall. We checked in and were off to find some food. We asked the boys what they wanted for dinner and to no surprise we ended up at McDonalds. After all this traveling I was thinking where are these massages everyone raves about.
We then boarded the next flight to Bangkok which was about 7 hours. Our luggage made it and we were on our way to our hotel. Here is where Bangkok started off with a dud instead of a bang. Our ride to the hotel was supposed to last 35 minutes. Traffic was smooth until we were about 3 miles from our hotel then STOP. I don't know if it was rush hour traffic or what, but we did not move for 45 minutes. By this time we were tired and hungry and I think I even contemplated walking to the hotel, but thought kids, luggage, strange city, not a good idea. We finally turned off to another street only to be met by more traffic. Since we were just sitting there for so long the taxi started to overheat and our driver kept getting out and putting water on the car. He even had to ask other taxi drivers for water, but nothing seemed to work. I peeked over and saw the gauge was on HOT and the gas gauge was on empty. Well the car finally shut down and I was just thinking great, all this time and still not at the hotel. Luckily I was able to flag another taxi down and he did get us to the hotel.
The hotel was very nice. When we arrived they even had a Marie Claire magazine red carpet event there. I knew Stacey would want to go shopping so I got a hotel that connected to a large shopping mall. We checked in and were off to find some food. We asked the boys what they wanted for dinner and to no surprise we ended up at McDonalds. After all this traveling I was thinking where are these massages everyone raves about.
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