As we’d had such an incredible experience on our recent food tour in Madrid,we decided to try something similar in Bangkok. I thought it was a mighty way to get to know a new city, and felt the girls would be more comfortable experiencing some new foods and eating styles if the environment was a bit more structured. The reviews on TripAdvisor were sterling, and so we settled on the Midnight Tour from Bangkok Food Tours.
If nothing else,we figured it would keep us out of the hotel and encourage us adjust to the new time zone without requiring too much mental coordination.
Taking a toddler on a series of late-night tuk tuk rides is a recipe for catastrophe, so Heather and her husband drew straws for babysitting duty, and it ended up just being five of us on the tour. A very festive five of us,as the tour guide gave us santa hats when we arrived at the meeting point.
The meeting point for Bangkok Food Tours was at Chamchuri Square, which was about a 30 minute walk from the Royal Orchid Sheraton.
Since we’d been on planes all day we decided to walk, and which ended up being fascinating (though odiferous). I’m not certain if my favorite portion was listening to my husband explain the incompatibility between a laundry shop and a “laundry” shop to my nieces,stepping around the people who were sleeping on the sidewalks, or the rat that ran across my foot while we were waiting to cross the street.
But, and you know,at least it wasn’t a sterile experience.
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