Bangkok: Highlights Reel

Best Experiences: Anna

1. Meditating on impermanence to the background music of Buddhist chanting at the glorious Wat Suthat Thepwararam.
2. Chatting pleasantly with the lovely owner of Mitramit Teahouse while nibbling on Thai confections and sipping milk oolong.
3. Making friends with every cat at Caturday Cat Cafe. Aaron and I have really been missing our pets. 

Best Experiences: Aaron

1. Making friends with Hip-Hop, who is undoubtedly the stupidest, ugliest cat I’ve ever seen. He was amazing.
2. Being engulfed in the chanting at Wat Suthat. It was really special.
3. The Temple on the Golden Mount was a beautiful view, and the mount itself was neat. Bonus points for a great conversation with Anna at the coffee shop halfway up. 

Best Meals: Anna

1. I ordered the fried eggplant balls from Il Bolognese twice for a reason
2. Chilli Chill had some of the best butter masala paneer I’ve ever tried, at half the price of everywhere else
3. Babaganoush, hummus, and falafel at Shoshanna: I never dreamed I would get to have good Mediterranean while I was still in Thailand

Honorable mention goes to the two kakigoris from After You Dessert Cafe.

Best Meals: Aaron

1. Anna’s number 3
2. Anna’s number 2
3. Anna’s honorable mention

Blooper Reel

1. When Anna ordered a taxi on Grab and got the following text message from the driver: “Can’t pick u up. On toilet (diarrhea).”
2. We found out that the canal water that had been sprayed on us during our boat-ride was basically raw sewage when I was doing research for my post on this blog.
3. Somewhere on Instagram, in the background of a model’s impromptu pool party photoshoot, is Anna flailing as she gracelessly falls off a giant inflatable unicorn.