Bangkok is filled with street food it does not make any sence to cook at home….
Today we spent out and in the evening we had another street food explorations.
That was in Thong Lo
That is salted grill Tillapia…yummy
Street food all the way…
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So while at the mall called Terminal 21, Marcus said he was going to the bathroom. We waited for him for about 5min he did not return. Then my phone buzz and it was a whatsapp photo from Marcus…the picture is what am sharing….
Don’t ask me what the buttons are for but from my little to clueless knowledge it seem like you use it to wash your butt after doing #2 by just pressing one of those buttons you see, and it has a button for drying your butt too…LOL!!! who said you need toilet paper in every bathroom….super cool. So after I received that picture from Marcus I had to go to the bathroom and I could not try it because one of the buttons says shower and I was scared to push it and have water all of me…LOL!! I will use it one day before I depart from Bangkok.
That’s the toilet seats in the bathrooms….
Now the next picture is a shocker…a robot vacuum cleaner….come on now…That’s what I said…But hey I guess they are too busy inventing news things they can’t vacuum their homes…LOL!!
So our first day we needed to go to the grocery store for some stuff.
So we took the BTS sky train to E9 which is about 2 stops away from our apartment.
We went to Tesco Lotus store
It was huge…my goodness…LOL!!!
And so many options to choose from. Fresh fish ( which can be grilled right there for you….at the grocery store) But we found out that Tesco is one of the cheapest way to shop for groceries so I think I will be there more often. Also found out that you can shop for your groceries online and for $1.80 they will deliver all your groceries to your home….Now that convenient shopping…
Below are some more random photos to share
Daddies buddies
Me and my new co pilot
father and son in action
Rated R….he had to find a way to make us all laugh
I had to get in the fun too…that is breast with pink nipples..LOL!!!
Sawdsdi ( Sawadikaaa) meaning Hello in Thai…
So after a long street food hunt we woke up the next day at 12noon, so tired but for some reason being tired produces more energy for a city like Bangkok.
We got up and walked back ont the street. We had a great lunch.
Then we went to the BTS station ( sky train station) to buy our train pass…That was a funny adventure since we had not idea how to communicate with the people what we really wanted…LOL!!
But we finally go through by using an app on my Samsung Note 4 phone called Translate….it really helped since you can type in english and choose the language you want it to translate into for you and this time we choose Thai.
So for 6 BTS pass and some money on it we paid 1,200 Baht ( $36) so we are all set to travel around the Sukumvit area.
We got on the BTS at the station called ….Name below in this picture
So we got on the BTS and headed to Terminal 21 which is one of their biggest malls in Bangkok. We got off at E4 which is right in front of the mall.
The mall was huge with 10 levels and each level is labeled like a country. So they had Istanbul, San Francisco, London, Paris, Rome, India, Caribbean, Food court, Hollywood and a parking lot .
The place was a shopping definitely for shoppaholics…LOL!!!
At the food court they do not take cash at the food stands you will have to buy a food card ( the card is free ) but you load it with some money. We bought 2 cards and loaded it with $12 ( which is 700 baht). The card expires in 30days but if after that day you still have money on it you can take it to them and they will give you cash back. So its great to have that if you do visit Terminal 21.
Now this was really new to me…the food court was packed with options of foods and one that I really loved was the healthy fries….yeap healthy fries…
This was at a place called Mama Monkey. They have fried bananas like french fries and, fried banana cheese balls. everything is based on using banana.
As we walked around the food court we realized 99% of the things they eat are so healthy…lots of fruits and veggies. lots of smoothie stands freshly made. So you know us we had to try some and it was really good.
blenders ready to make fresh smoothies
So when you buy the coconut and drink the water then they serve your ice cream in it too…
ready for salads
choose and let me grill
No need to print menus…we prepare the dish and show them to you…LOL
We can live here for years…..
With lights all over the place our faces are filled with smiles and ready to explore the city of Bangkok.
After we checked into our new home for 2 months.
We walked about 5min from our apartment to the buzzing streets of Bangkok and at 10pm the place was filled with people and cars tooting all over the place and street food was freshly made.
We had so many options to choose from and we looked like kids in a candy shop. LOL!!
We decided to sit and have some street food. This lady in the pictures below made the food for us while we wait. From the fresh shrimps and chicken and all that fresh veggies.
Each plate of food was 50 Baht ( $1.49 ) so for our plates we got we paid $5.96 and that was our dinner and everyone was super full. our 4 bottles of small bottles of water was $.83 cents….Now that is what we call street food at a low low price.
Bangkok here we come with food exploration
Today we are all packed up ready to say goodbye to Nairobi. (May 21st 2015)
We met our nairobi landlord and made sure all bills are paid and handed the keys to her.
It was defiantly a great place to stay and the apartment was really nice it’s a 3 bedroom, staff quaters and 4 bathrooms. Pretty awesome for our large family.
So after all our 11 check in bags are packed into the van that was taking us to the airport we left our apartment at 4:45pm…the traffic was so horrible I could not believe a trip that usually takes us 30min, now took us 3 and a half hours. So be warned when going to the airport in Nairobi to catch a flight give yourself at least 4 hours drive time.
So we made it onto our flight. Right now I am blogging straight from Dubai airport waiting to connect our flight to bangkok.
Oh check this out, we have 18 bags
total in our possession. So we said instead of the 18 kids and counting like the Duggars we can do 18 bags and counting…lol!!!!
Bye bye Nairobi Kenya hello Asia!!!!
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And the party continues on and on…
As we are leaving our amazing friends that we have made in Nairobi decided to have a go away party just for us. It was really nice of them to do that for us.
While we had a great time at the party all the kids decided to perform a dance program for us and it was super exciting watching all our kids create great memories and bonding for Life.
Our kids have made Friends for Life….who said homeschool kids don’t know how to socialize…let the pictures tell you otherwise.
Asia here we come….I hope you are ready for the Manns’ Clan!!!
All bags packed and kids are all excited about the journey ahead of us tomorrow. As we depart from the continent of Africa to the continent of Asia…specifically Bangkok Thailand.
It’s been an amazing journey here in Nairobi as we learn to understand the different cultures of the Western part of Africa, southern part of Africa and the Eastern part of Africa.
One thing we all have in common is the gift of free smiles everywhere….
Thank you for making our stay in Nairobi extra special with all our LLF’s ( LIFE LONG FRIENDS) we have made since we arrived here. That is what our Journey is all about and we are well on our way to accomplishing that dream of creating great memories with Life Long Friends.
All 10 bags ready to go …
While travelling around the world as a family we needed to find an activity that we can play as a family and enjoy.
So we started playing tennis and we are really enjoying it as a family.
We play for fun and we also play to compete with each other. everyone likes a little bit of competition in their system.
Here are some few pictures of our family on the tennis court.
At a Tennis Camp in Capetown
Well I am 36yrs old and you will think that I should have had a beer at least in my youth.
But Nope…!!!
I had my first Beer at a goodbye party while here in Nairobi and I think I have made my descion…NO BEER for me.
It’s so bitter and I am still yet to find out why people consume so much at a time.
Well as I am travelling maybe I might find a Beer that will stick with me, but for now NO Beer for Mavis Manns..LOL!!!
This is the first beer I had and the picture of the rest in the cup tells it all if I loved it or not…
The rest of the beer is still in the can..LOL!!!
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