A Sunday in Bangkok

We started off our first day in Bangkok in style...an all you can eat buffet  in the "Sky Lounge" overlooking the city, only accessible by those lucky enough to be staying on the top three floors...yes, I'm bragging a little! This was farrr beyond what had been my reality the last nine months!!

Breakfast View

Then we were off with overly stuffed bellies to the Chatuchak Weekend Market.

This map doesnt even do this monster justice! It covers 35 acres and includes over 5,000 stalls of merchandise. It would take days to make it through the entire thing. You can find everything from artwork, to sarongs, to spices, to the kitchen sink in this place! I had been waiting to buy souvenirs until my last days in Bangkok, because I knew I'd be able to find everything in this market and would be able to put it straight on the plane home!

 

Yes, I do own this hat now!

As we were leaving the hotel that morning, the conceirge informed us that there would be an afternoon tea and ball room dancing in the main room that afternoon. So we made sure to be back in time to check it out. Feeling very VIP at this point, we were under the assumption that this was offered to all of the people on the top tier, so we went right ahead and took part in the enormous buffet. While we enjoyed the free entertainment of watching Bangkok's elite twirl around the dance floor.

We headed back up to the room a little while later to get ready for our complimentary Happy Hour in the sky lounge when we received a call from the ballroom...apparently we had forgotten to pay for the buffet..."Umm just charge it to the room," I hear Aunt Margie say. Whoops...that popped our VIP head bubble...we still aren't sure how much that Uh-Oh cost!

Atleast we knew the Happy Hour was definitely on the house...

and with an incredible view and sunset!

Not really needing any dinner after our afternoon "snack" in the ball room we headed over to the Lebua State Tower, to have a drink on the rooftop, where a scene of The Hangover 2 took place.

There is a  small bar in the corner of the roof where they shove all of the tourist wanting to get a drink at "The Hangover" bar. We ordered "The Hangover 2" signature cocktail and enjoyed the incredible view of the city.

It was straight to bed from there...we had a long day ahead of us!