Our first day in Bangkok we headed to the Snake Farm. The Red Cross put together this Snake Farm to try and find antidotes to snake venom. They had a bunch of snakes in enclosures and then they do a snake show as well. I am not a big fan of snakes at all but it was definitely cool to experience. I spent a lot of our time there gasping, and squeezing Rick's hand/arm in fear but I would recommend the Snake Farm to anyone. Definitely worth a visit.
Next, we were starving so food was on our minds. We headed to a restaurant called Taling Pling, recommended by our guide book. The food was very tasty and the area we were in was very nice. There was a beautiful Christmas tree which really made me miss home. We had went to that area to visit the Erawan Shrine. We actually ended up walking past it the first time as we were expecting a huge display but it was nice when we found it. It was small, but beautiful and it has a very cool story behind it. It was originally built because the hotel that was being built beside it had consulted a monk who had told them they needed to build it to counteract their bad karma. Then in 2006, it was vandalized by a man who was then killed by the crowd because they were so angry that he destroyed it. It was rebuilt to what it is today. However after seeing so many massive temples and the like, we both found the shrine very underwhelming.
That night, we went back to our hotel and I wasn't feeling so great. But we had already booked the Escape Hunt for the next day. So we went to bed early and woke up early for our day.
Escape Hunt is a mystery-game where you are the detective. They have three different types of games, two where you are in a room and trying to find a murderer and another where you go to a mall next door and try to solve a bomb mystery. All games have an hour time cap on them so we spent our time running through a shopping mall trying to find who was going to set off the Bangkok Bomb. We succeeded! It was very exciting and we felt pretty accomplished afterwards. They gave us tea and we took some pictures. It was a great experience and I would recommend it to anyone. The only downside was they advertise that they take credit cards and then when we got there, they said their credit card machine wasn't working that day. When I got home, I read that other people had the same problem which leads me to believe that it wasn't just a problem that day. Maybe they don't want to accept credit cards because they don't want to pay the fee that businesses have to pay which is fine, but then don't advertise that you accept credit cards. Say upfront, cash only.
After we had finished our mission, my sickness was back in full force. I think the excitement and running around kept it at bay but after Escape Hunt, I felt like crap. We went to eat lunch at the mall and headed right back to our hotel after as I was feeling pretty feverish. We spent the rest of our day lounging in our hotel room, me sleeping and Rick watching movies. I felt a bit better around dinner time so we went out for dinner. Only to feel worse while eating and afterwards.
The next day was our day of departure but our flight wasn't until late afternoon so first we went to the Chatuchak Weekend Market. I think this was one of my favorite parts of Bangkok. I really wish we would've went here when we first came to Thailand as every souvenir we had seen all over Thailand was being sold here at a fraction of the price. Live and learn. Regardless, it was a great way to spend our last day in Thailand and we really enjoyed ourselves while spending our money.
Next we headed back to Taiwan and the countdown officially started for me to come home.
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